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YLE Starters - Reading & Writing

The table shows the breakdown of candidate achievement, by location.

Location Number of Shields
1 2 3 4 5
Albania 0.0% 4.3% 32.6% 39.1% 23.9%
Algeria 0.0% 2.1% 21.1% 50.5% 26.3%
Argentina 0.2% 3.8% 17.0% 42.3% 36.7%
Austria 0.0% 5.6% 38.9% 55.6% 0.0%
Bahrain 9.1% 27.3% 9.1% 36.4% 18.2%
Bangladesh 0.2% 4.2% 15.5% 37.5% 42.7%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 0.6% 3.0% 20.7% 34.1% 41.5%
Brazil 0.4% 4.4% 17.2% 42.6% 35.3%
Bulgaria 0.9% 5.4% 8.8% 29.7% 55.1%
Chile 0.6% 8.1% 25.5% 39.8% 26.1%
China 0.0% 0.0% 8.0% 12.0% 80.0%
Colombia 0.9% 8.5% 22.0% 41.0% 27.6%
Costa Rica 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 61.5% 38.5%
Croatia 0.0% 0.7% 6.6% 32.8% 59.9%
Cyprus 0.2% 2.7% 12.5% 39.4% 45.1%
Czech Republic 0.1% 4.6% 20.0% 41.9% 33.4%
Ecuador 1.7% 7.5% 22.0% 41.7% 27.0%
Egypt 2.1% 10.9% 16.7% 33.3% 37.0%
Estonia 0.0% 0.0% 5.3% 23.7% 71.1%
France 0.4% 6.2% 22.0% 42.3% 29.1%
Georgia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 18.2% 81.8%
Germany 0.0% 5.1% 15.0% 41.2% 38.6%
Greece 0.3% 2.5% 11.3% 37.0% 49.0%
Hong Kong 4.5% 11.9% 20.4% 34.3% 28.9%
Hungary 0.0% 0.8% 6.3% 32.1% 60.8%
India 1.0% 5.7% 15.4% 34.7% 43.1%
Indonesia 0.5% 4.0% 12.8% 36.9% 45.8%
Iran 0.4% 4.3% 14.2% 40.4% 40.7%
Ireland 0.0% 14.3% 42.9% 35.7% 7.1%
Italy 0.3% 4.8% 19.0% 41.9% 34.0%
Japan 18.6% 27.7% 27.4% 19.4% 6.8%
Jordan 0.0% 6.7% 6.7% 46.7% 40.0%
Kazakhstan 0.0% 26.7% 6.7% 46.7% 20.0%
Korea (South), 0.6% 4.2% 19.3% 48.3% 27.7%
Kuwait 0.0% 33.3% 55.6% 11.1% 0.0%
Latvia 0.5% 5.0% 16.1% 43.7% 34.7%
Lebanon 0.0% 0.0% 6.6% 41.8% 51.6%
Libya 4.8% 15.9% 19.0% 27.0% 33.3%
Lithuania 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.4% 94.6%
Macao 0.0% 5.1% 32.7% 39.8% 22.4%
Macedonia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7.7% 92.3%
Malaysia 0.1% 0.9% 3.7% 27.7% 67.7%
Maldives 0.8% 2.1% 6.3% 34.6% 56.3%
Mauritius 2.1% 6.4% 21.3% 31.2% 39.0%
Mexico 0.9% 4.8% 19.8% 42.7% 31.8%
Morocco 8.4% 22.5% 30.9% 27.0% 11.2%
Myanmar (Burma) 0.0% 1.1% 3.7% 24.6% 70.5%
New Caledonia 1.4% 9.7% 25.0% 33.3% 30.6%
Norway 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Pakistan 0.0% 4.7% 18.8% 40.0% 36.5%
Paraguay 0.0% 2.0% 14.0% 52.0% 32.0%
Peru 0.1% 3.8% 15.6% 41.6% 38.8%
Philippines 0.8% 0.8% 14.8% 45.3% 38.3%
Poland 2.4% 4.1% 13.5% 35.9% 44.1%
Portugal 0.1% 3.4% 15.7% 42.2% 38.6%
Qatar 5.0% 17.0% 20.8% 30.9% 26.3%
Réunion 0.0% 23.7% 60.5% 15.8% 0.0%
Romania 0.4% 3.3% 10.8% 36.0% 49.5%
Russia 0.9% 4.8% 16.1% 38.4% 39.9%
Saudi Arabia 5.5% 12.3% 24.3% 33.4% 24.3%
Serbia 0.5% 3.1% 15.9% 41.0% 39.4%
Slovakia 2.6% 9.2% 13.2% 48.7% 26.3%
Slovenia 0.0% 2.3% 7.0% 41.1% 49.5%
Spain 0.3% 5.2% 19.9% 42.6% 31.9%
Sri Lanka 1.2% 7.0% 18.4% 39.3% 34.2%
Switzerland 0.1% 2.4% 13.3% 39.2% 45.0%
Syria 0.0% 5.0% 20.0% 60.0% 15.0%
Taiwan 0.6% 4.3% 15.2% 41.0% 39.0%
Thailand 4.0% 16.5% 24.3% 34.2% 21.0%
Tunisia 0.0% 4.2% 8.0% 44.1% 43.7%
Turkey 0.3% 3.0% 15.3% 38.8% 42.6%
Ukraine 0.4% 2.4% 11.6% 44.3% 41.3%
United Arab Emirates 3.4% 14.8% 30.4% 34.2% 17.3%
United Kingdom 2.9% 0.0% 34.3% 40.0% 22.9%
Uruguay 0.3% 3.5% 15.9% 37.6% 42.6%
Vietnam 0.8% 7.0% 19.0% 38.5% 34.7%
Grand Total 0.8% 5.2% 17.3% 39.9% 36.7%

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YLE Starters - Listening

The table shows the breakdown of candidate achievement, by location.

Location Number of Shields
1 2 3 4 5
Albania 8.7% 15.2% 30.4% 28.3% 17.4%
Algeria 0.0% 6.3% 24.2% 23.2% 46.3%
Argentina 0.9% 6.3% 20.4% 37.0% 35.4%
Austria 0.0% 8.3% 16.7% 30.6% 44.4%
Bahrain 0.0% 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 81.8%
Bangladesh 3.2% 7.7% 18.5% 32.3% 38.3%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 0.0% 3.0% 13.4% 36.0% 47.6%
Brazil 1.1% 7.4% 20.4% 36.4% 34.7%
Bulgaria 1.0% 1.9% 8.6% 24.9% 63.6%
Chile 1.2% 13.3% 28.7% 33.9% 23.0%
China 0.0% 0.0% 12.0% 8.0% 80.0%
Colombia 2.2% 10.1% 18.6% 35.8% 33.3%
Costa Rica 0.0% 0.0% 7.7% 61.5% 30.8%
Croatia 0.0% 0.7% 7.7% 28.6% 63.0%
Cyprus 0.2% 3.0% 13.5% 33.2% 50.1%
Czech Republic 0.1% 6.7% 25.0% 39.9% 28.3%
Ecuador 5.8% 11.6% 20.7% 34.6% 27.4%
Egypt 0.5% 3.1% 12.5% 23.4% 60.4%
Estonia 0.0% 0.0% 7.9% 21.1% 71.1%
France 1.4% 8.3% 20.4% 34.9% 35.0%
Georgia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 54.5% 45.5%
Germany 0.0% 3.4% 13.3% 34.9% 48.4%
Greece 0.4% 3.7% 14.2% 32.6% 49.2%
Hong Kong 1.1% 4.5% 12.2% 28.8% 53.4%
Hungary 0.0% 0.4% 4.2% 30.0% 65.4%
India 2.6% 8.9% 20.5% 33.8% 34.2%
Indonesia 2.2% 8.5% 15.9% 30.0% 43.4%
Iran 1.0% 3.8% 13.7% 34.3% 47.2%
Ireland 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 35.7% 50.0%
Italy 1.7% 9.1% 23.7% 35.2% 30.3%
Japan 4.8% 20.1% 26.8% 24.9% 23.3%
Jordan 6.7% 0.0% 13.3% 20.0% 60.0%
Kazakhstan 0.0% 6.7% 26.7% 46.7% 20.0%
Korea (South), 9.3% 8.5% 27.5% 38.7% 16.1%
Kuwait 0.0% 0.0% 22.2% 55.6% 22.2%
Latvia 0.5% 5.5% 19.1% 32.2% 42.7%
Lebanon 0.0% 2.2% 24.7% 38.5% 34.6%
Libya 7.9% 25.4% 17.5% 9.5% 39.7%
Lithuania 0.0% 0.0% 10.8% 18.9% 70.3%
Macao 0.0% 15.3% 42.9% 31.6% 10.2%
Macedonia 0.0% 0.0% 7.7% 53.8% 38.5%
Malaysia 0.1% 0.8% 5.6% 23.4% 70.1%
Maldives 0.5% 0.3% 7.8% 23.4% 68.0%
Mauritius 0.7% 7.1% 22.0% 27.0% 43.3%
Mexico 1.5% 8.6% 24.0% 36.9% 28.9%
Morocco 7.4% 24.4% 24.4% 23.3% 20.5%
Myanmar (Burma) 0.7% 2.1% 11.9% 30.5% 54.8%
New Caledonia 1.4% 6.9% 20.8% 40.3% 30.6%
Norway 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Pakistan 0.0% 16.5% 20.0% 35.3% 28.2%
Paraguay 2.0% 8.0% 10.0% 42.0% 38.0%
Peru 0.8% 5.2% 16.9% 44.1% 33.0%
Philippines 0.0% 2.3% 8.6% 32.0% 57.0%
Poland 3.1% 4.2% 12.7% 32.9% 47.1%
Portugal 0.7% 3.7% 15.6% 36.8% 43.2%
Qatar 3.5% 8.9% 17.4% 30.1% 40.2%
Réunion 21.1% 47.4% 23.7% 5.3% 2.6%
Romania 0.1% 3.0% 13.0% 31.7% 52.3%
Russia 0.5% 3.5% 13.8% 36.6% 45.5%
Saudi Arabia 4.7% 6.1% 15.7% 29.5% 44.1%
Serbia 0.0% 2.3% 15.4% 32.9% 49.3%
Slovakia 0.0% 2.6% 15.8% 53.9% 27.6%
Slovenia 0.0% 1.9% 8.4% 37.4% 52.3%
Spain 1.2% 7.9% 20.9% 36.7% 33.4%
Sri Lanka 0.9% 6.3% 19.8% 36.4% 36.6%
Switzerland 0.2% 2.3% 12.0% 30.0% 55.3%
Syria 0.0% 0.0% 15.0% 15.0% 70.0%
Taiwan 0.1% 2.5% 12.3% 33.1% 51.9%
Thailand 3.1% 12.5% 21.8% 28.5% 34.0%
Tunisia 1.4% 6.6% 14.6% 42.7% 34.7%
Turkey 1.0% 6.0% 18.0% 34.9% 40.1%
Ukraine 0.6% 2.2% 12.7% 32.0% 52.5%
United Arab Emirates 0.4% 5.5% 23.6% 42.6% 27.8%
United Kingdom 0.0% 8.6% 5.7% 51.4% 34.3%
Uruguay 1.1% 5.9% 20.5% 37.8% 34.8%
Vietnam 3.9% 16.1% 27.9% 30.5% 21.6%
Grand Total 1.8% 7.3% 19.7% 34.4% 36.7%

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YLE Starters - Speaking

The table shows the breakdown of candidate achievement, by location.

Location Number of Shields
1 2 3 4 5
Albania 2.2% 21.7% 15.2% 23.9% 37.0%
Algeria 0.0% 5.3% 12.6% 22.1% 60.0%
Argentina 0.9% 4.8% 9.7% 18.0% 66.7%
Austria 0.0% 2.8% 5.6% 11.1% 80.6%
Bahrain 9.1% 0.0% 18.2% 36.4% 36.4%
Bangladesh 0.4% 2.4% 8.9% 15.9% 72.4%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 0.0% 3.7% 5.5% 14.6% 76.2%
Brazil 0.6% 4.4% 8.9% 21.8% 64.2%
Bulgaria 0.2% 0.9% 2.1% 7.1% 89.7%
Chile 1.9% 7.4% 13.1% 18.7% 58.9%
China 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 80.0%
Colombia 2.2% 7.0% 7.5% 15.7% 67.7%
Costa Rica 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 15.4% 84.6%
Croatia 0.0% 0.0% 1.5% 4.2% 94.3%
Cyprus 1.1% 3.1% 8.7% 15.6% 71.5%
Czech Republic 0.4% 2.4% 8.3% 21.9% 67.0%
Ecuador 0.8% 7.1% 8.5% 20.1% 63.5%
Egypt 1.0% 4.7% 5.7% 21.9% 66.7%
Estonia 0.0% 0.0% 10.5% 26.3% 63.2%
France 1.4% 9.4% 12.6% 20.8% 55.7%
Georgia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Germany 0.0% 2.4% 6.0% 17.4% 74.2%
Greece 0.3% 2.9% 6.4% 13.7% 76.8%
Hong Kong 0.7% 1.7% 3.1% 9.8% 84.7%
Hungary 0.4% 2.5% 4.6% 11.3% 81.3%
India 0.5% 2.1% 3.5% 11.1% 82.9%
Indonesia 1.1% 4.8% 5.5% 16.6% 72.0%
Iran 0.4% 1.7% 3.2% 12.1% 82.5%
Ireland 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 28.6% 57.1%
Italy 1.8% 8.3% 12.3% 20.8% 56.8%
Japan 3.7% 11.1% 18.5% 22.7% 44.0%
Jordan 6.7% 0.0% 6.7% 20.0% 66.7%
Kazakhstan 0.0% 0.0% 26.7% 20.0% 53.3%
Korea (South), 92.5% 0.3% 0.9% 1.9% 4.4%
Kuwait 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 88.9%
Latvia 2.0% 1.5% 7.0% 10.6% 78.9%
Lebanon 0.0% 1.6% 4.9% 9.3% 84.1%
Libya 3.2% 23.8% 4.8% 17.5% 50.8%
Lithuania 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Macao 0.0% 2.0% 8.2% 32.7% 57.1%
Macedonia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 23.1% 76.9%
Malaysia 0.2% 0.2% 1.6% 10.7% 87.4%
Maldives 0.0% 0.3% 0.5% 8.3% 90.9%
Mauritius 0.0% 0.0% 4.3% 15.6% 80.1%
Mexico 3.2% 5.0% 8.6% 20.8% 62.3%
Morocco 1.7% 9.0% 13.5% 19.1% 56.7%
Myanmar (Burma) 0.1% 1.6% 7.4% 17.2% 73.6%
New Caledonia 4.2% 18.1% 15.3% 22.2% 40.3%
Norway 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Pakistan 0.0% 0.0% 2.4% 15.3% 82.4%
Paraguay 0.0% 4.0% 14.0% 28.0% 54.0%
Peru 0.1% 2.6% 9.4% 22.2% 65.7%
Philippines 0.0% 0.8% 1.6% 13.3% 84.4%
Poland 1.2% 3.8% 5.5% 18.4% 71.2%
Portugal 1.1% 6.8% 10.3% 19.4% 62.4%
Qatar 2.3% 9.3% 8.1% 11.2% 69.1%
Réunion 2.6% 26.3% 15.8% 31.6% 23.7%
Romania 0.2% 1.3% 3.5% 10.9% 84.1%
Russia 0.7% 3.9% 8.5% 18.5% 68.3%
Saudi Arabia 1.4% 7.2% 10.8% 22.2% 58.3%
Serbia 0.0% 0.5% 4.7% 10.2% 84.6%
Slovakia 0.0% 0.0% 6.6% 18.4% 75.0%
Slovenia 0.0% 0.0% 2.3% 15.4% 82.2%
Spain 0.9% 4.6% 8.2% 16.6% 69.7%
Sri Lanka 0.4% 3.2% 7.7% 15.4% 73.4%
Switzerland 1.4% 4.7% 5.1% 14.9% 73.9%
Syria 0.0% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 85.0%
Taiwan 0.7% 2.9% 6.1% 16.3% 73.9%
Thailand 3.0% 10.8% 11.8% 18.5% 56.0%
Tunisia 0.9% 5.6% 8.0% 18.8% 66.7%
Turkey 2.1% 4.9% 8.9% 17.1% 67.0%
Ukraine 0.0% 2.1% 5.6% 13.8% 78.5%
United Arab Emirates 0.0% 3.0% 4.2% 29.1% 63.7%
United Kingdom 0.0% 0.0% 2.9% 8.6% 88.6%
Uruguay 0.9% 5.3% 8.5% 21.1% 64.3%
Vietnam 3.5% 13.6% 15.1% 23.1% 44.7%
Grand Total 2.9% 5.2% 8.4% 16.9% 66.5%

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