Young Learners English Tests, Starters (YLE Starters)

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YLE Starters - Listening

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

Location Grade
1 Shield 2 Shields 3 Shields 4 Shields 5 Shields
Albania 0.0% 16.7% 33.3% 16.7% 33.3%
Algeria 0.0% 0.0% 47.6% 38.1% 14.3%
Argentina 1.9% 5.8% 24.2% 33.0% 35.2%
Austria 0.0% 23.1% 23.1% 38.5% 15.4%
Bangladesh 0.0% 3.3% 32.8% 39.3% 24.6%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 3.6% 12.5% 23.2% 25.0% 35.7%
Brazil 1.2% 4.8% 21.5% 27.1% 45.4%
Bulgaria 0.0% 0.8% 8.7% 24.6% 65.9%
Chile 6.8% 8.5% 23.0% 23.0% 38.7%
China 5.3% 0.0% 21.1% 26.3% 47.4%
Colombia 2.1% 7.4% 20.0% 29.7% 40.7%
Costa Rica 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 33.3% 55.6%
Croatia 0.0% 0.8% 9.4% 18.0% 71.7%
Cyprus 0.5% 2.0% 13.1% 27.5% 56.8%
Czech Republic 1.1% 5.5% 21.6% 29.6% 42.2%
Ecuador 11.6% 9.8% 26.2% 26.2% 26.2%
Egypt 0.0% 0.9% 9.4% 35.0% 54.7%
Estonia 0.0% 5.3% 21.1% 36.8% 36.8%
France 2.6% 7.6% 28.3% 28.1% 33.4%
Georgia 0.0% 1.2% 8.6% 24.7% 65.4%
Germany 0.0% 1.1% 20.7% 33.0% 45.2%
Greece 0.7% 3.5% 14.0% 26.5% 55.3%
Hong Kong 1.3% 3.9% 12.0% 24.2% 58.5%
Hungary 0.0% 0.8% 4.2% 15.8% 79.2%
India 3.5% 10.6% 25.0% 26.4% 34.4%
Indonesia 2.0% 6.1% 19.6% 26.0% 46.3%
Iran 1.0% 2.8% 11.7% 25.5% 59.1%
Italy 2.5% 10.0% 27.1% 29.4% 31.0%
Japan 6.0% 12.4% 28.0% 22.0% 31.7%
Jordan 4.8% 9.5% 0.0% 47.6% 38.1%
Kazakhstan 0.0% 13.3% 30.0% 23.3% 33.3%
Korea (South), 0.4% 5.0% 37.9% 35.1% 21.6%
Kuwait 14.8% 27.8% 31.5% 22.2% 3.7%
Latvia 0.0% 0.0% 12.5% 31.9% 55.6%
Lebanon 0.0% 2.1% 16.0% 30.9% 51.1%
Lithuania 0.0% 5.0% 20.0% 15.0% 60.0%
Macao 1.6% 8.8% 40.0% 27.2% 22.4%
Macedonia 1.5% 1.5% 14.7% 30.9% 51.5%
Malaysia 0.2% 1.3% 5.8% 22.7% 70.0%
Maldives 0.0% 1.0% 8.7% 15.0% 75.2%
Mauritius 5.5% 4.1% 19.2% 31.5% 39.7%
Mexico 2.6% 9.4% 26.1% 28.8% 33.0%
Morocco 0.0% 20.9% 34.9% 9.3% 34.9%
Myanmar (Burma) 0.6% 1.9% 17.3% 25.6% 54.6%
Nepal 2.0% 5.7% 19.9% 27.6% 44.9%
New Caledonia 0.0% 16.7% 33.3% 16.7% 33.3%
Paraguay 30.3% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 42.4%
Peru 4.3% 5.5% 23.5% 28.8% 37.9%
Philippines 0.0% 3.8% 1.9% 22.6% 71.7%
Poland 1.0% 3.1% 14.6% 25.7% 55.5%
Portugal 0.6% 2.3% 13.7% 29.9% 53.5%
Qatar 1.4% 1.4% 11.6% 30.4% 55.1%
Réunion 0.0% 50.0% 28.6% 14.3% 7.1%
Romania 0.4% 1.1% 9.6% 23.8% 65.2%
Russia 0.4% 5.0% 16.8% 28.1% 49.8%
Saudi Arabia 11.4% 10.0% 22.3% 30.1% 26.2%
Serbia 0.5% 2.2% 15.1% 24.7% 57.5%
Slovakia 0.0% 0.0% 8.3% 33.3% 58.3%
Slovenia 0.0% 0.0% 2.6% 30.8% 66.7%
South Africa 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 33.3%
Spain 1.6% 5.7% 23.2% 30.5% 38.9%
Sri Lanka 0.6% 3.8% 19.4% 30.0% 46.1%
Switzerland 0.4% 3.8% 12.8% 23.3% 59.7%
Taiwan 0.6% 2.2% 11.9% 27.0% 58.3%
Thailand 1.8% 6.1% 16.9% 25.3% 49.9%
Tunisia 0.5% 9.2% 25.6% 26.2% 38.5%
Turkey 2.6% 6.7% 20.4% 26.0% 44.4%
Ukraine 0.3% 2.3% 20.3% 35.8% 41.3%
United Arab Emirates 0.7% 13.9% 31.8% 27.2% 26.5%
United Kingdom 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 33.3%
Uruguay 1.9% 4.2% 19.0% 35.4% 39.4%
Venezuela 33.3% 16.7% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Vietnam 7.7% 12.6% 27.0% 26.8% 25.9%
Grand Total 2.3% 6.8% 22.0% 28.3% 40.5%

 

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YLE Starters - Speaking

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

Location Grade
1 Shield 2 Shields 3 Shields 4 Shields 5 Shields
Albania 0.0% 16.7% 8.3% 8.3% 66.7%
Algeria 0.0% 0.0% 4.8% 33.3% 61.9%
Argentina 0.8% 3.1% 8.5% 18.6% 69.0%
Austria 7.7% 7.7% 7.7% 7.7% 69.2%
Bangladesh 0.0% 0.0% 9.8% 26.2% 63.9%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1.8% 1.8% 12.5% 17.9% 66.1%
Brazil 0.9% 3.2% 7.0% 17.4% 71.5%
Bulgaria 0.0% 0.8% 5.3% 13.0% 80.9%
Chile 17.1% 8.0% 7.3% 16.4% 51.3%
China 0.0% 5.3% 5.3% 10.5% 78.9%
Colombia 1.7% 7.1% 6.3% 11.8% 73.1%
Costa Rica 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 77.8%
Croatia 0.4% 0.0% 0.8% 6.1% 92.7%
Cyprus 0.7% 2.2% 6.8% 14.3% 76.0%
Czech Republic 0.3% 1.4% 7.7% 15.6% 75.1%
Ecuador 2.4% 3.7% 8.5% 20.7% 64.6%
Egypt 0.0% 0.9% 6.0% 19.7% 73.5%
Estonia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 21.1% 78.9%
France 2.3% 10.2% 12.5% 20.4% 54.6%
Georgia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Germany 2.1% 4.7% 4.2% 19.8% 69.3%
Greece 0.9% 1.4% 3.8% 11.8% 82.1%
Hong Kong 1.3% 1.5% 3.8% 9.7% 83.7%
Hungary 0.0% 0.0% 1.7% 10.8% 87.5%
India 1.4% 2.4% 3.1% 10.0% 83.1%
Indonesia 0.3% 3.5% 3.5% 17.5% 75.2%
Iran 1.1% 1.4% 3.2% 11.4% 82.9%
Italy 2.7% 7.5% 11.1% 19.6% 59.2%
Japan 2.3% 7.8% 14.2% 28.4% 47.2%
Jordan 0.0% 9.5% 9.5% 14.3% 66.7%
Kazakhstan 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 10.0% 80.0%
Korea (South), 9.8% 0.0% 2.0% 7.8% 80.4%
Kuwait 5.6% 27.8% 20.4% 25.9% 20.4%
Latvia 0.0% 0.0% 2.8% 9.7% 87.5%
Lebanon 0.0% 2.1% 5.3% 7.4% 85.1%
Lithuania 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 90.0%
Macao 0.0% 2.4% 4.8% 20.8% 72.0%
Macedonia 0.0% 1.5% 0.0% 11.8% 86.8%
Malaysia 0.1% 0.2% 1.5% 11.8% 86.5%
Maldives 0.0% 2.4% 8.3% 20.9% 68.4%
Mauritius 0.0% 2.7% 6.8% 15.1% 75.3%
Mexico 1.1% 6.4% 7.6% 18.5% 66.5%
Morocco 0.0% 9.3% 7.0% 14.0% 69.8%
Myanmar (Burma) 2.4% 3.0% 4.0% 16.3% 74.2%
Nepal 0.3% 1.1% 3.4% 17.9% 77.3%
New Caledonia 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 16.7% 50.0%
Paraguay 3.0% 27.3% 6.1% 6.1% 57.6%
Peru 1.5% 4.8% 11.1% 20.0% 62.6%
Philippines 0.0% 1.9% 1.9% 3.8% 92.5%
Poland 0.1% 1.9% 7.1% 15.2% 75.6%
Portugal 2.1% 3.1% 8.1% 22.4% 64.2%
Qatar 4.2% 1.4% 9.9% 8.5% 76.1%
Réunion 0.0% 7.1% 21.4% 14.3% 57.1%
Romania 0.1% 1.1% 3.2% 9.9% 85.7%
Russia 1.8% 4.3% 6.2% 15.9% 71.8%
Saudi Arabia 10.2% 15.7% 9.8% 9.8% 54.5%
Serbia 0.5% 2.2% 6.5% 9.7% 81.2%
Slovakia 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 4.2% 79.2%
Slovenia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.1% 94.9%
South Africa 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Spain 1.4% 3.2% 6.2% 16.6% 72.7%
Sri Lanka 0.4% 3.0% 6.7% 17.8% 72.0%
Switzerland 0.9% 2.7% 7.8% 20.2% 68.5%
Taiwan 1.0% 2.8% 4.9% 14.3% 76.9%
Thailand 2.0% 7.2% 9.0% 17.8% 63.9%
Tunisia 1.0% 4.6% 3.6% 8.7% 82.1%
Turkey 2.4% 6.4% 9.7% 16.7% 64.9%
Ukraine 12.8% 2.3% 3.5% 13.3% 68.1%
United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2.6% 9.3% 23.2% 64.9%
United Kingdom 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Uruguay 1.3% 3.3% 6.3% 18.1% 71.0%
Venezuela 0.0% 66.7% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0%
Vietnam 4.4% 13.0% 14.0% 23.7% 45.0%
Grand Total 1.9% 5.0% 7.7% 16.7% 68.8%

 

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YLE Starters - Reading & Writing

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

Location Grade
1 Shield 2 Shields 3 Shields 4 Shields 5 Shields
Albania 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Algeria 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 42.9% 23.8%
Argentina 0.4% 4.2% 17.1% 35.7% 42.7%
Austria 15.4% 7.7% 30.8% 46.2% 0.0%
Bangladesh 0.0% 6.6% 13.1% 41.0% 39.3%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 3.6% 5.4% 16.1% 44.6% 30.4%
Brazil 0.2% 4.4% 16.1% 35.8% 43.5%
Bulgaria 0.0% 2.0% 10.3% 27.1% 60.6%
Chile 4.7% 8.9% 20.9% 36.6% 28.9%
China 5.3% 5.3% 26.3% 42.1% 21.1%
Colombia 1.0% 9.1% 19.3% 35.9% 34.7%
Costa Rica 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 33.3%
Croatia 0.0% 0.8% 3.7% 32.0% 63.5%
Cyprus 0.2% 3.1% 10.4% 30.9% 55.4%
Czech Republic 1.6% 3.8% 14.8% 36.7% 43.0%
Ecuador 3.7% 6.1% 18.3% 29.9% 42.1%
Egypt 0.0% 3.4% 14.5% 49.6% 32.5%
Estonia 0.0% 5.3% 5.3% 52.6% 36.8%
France 0.6% 9.1% 21.6% 36.5% 32.3%
Georgia 0.0% 0.0% 3.7% 30.9% 65.4%
Germany 0.0% 3.7% 15.4% 42.6% 38.3%
Greece 0.4% 2.2% 10.0% 30.1% 57.4%
Hong Kong 4.7% 12.1% 19.3% 29.9% 33.9%
Hungary 0.0% 0.8% 5.8% 31.7% 61.7%
India 1.3% 5.9% 15.0% 30.2% 47.6%
Indonesia 0.1% 3.4% 11.6% 29.3% 55.6%
Iran 0.6% 3.7% 15.5% 36.1% 44.1%
Italy 0.7% 6.1% 17.8% 35.2% 40.2%
Japan 24.8% 26.1% 25.7% 17.0% 6.4%
Jordan 0.0% 9.5% 33.3% 28.6% 28.6%
Kazakhstan 0.0% 6.7% 13.3% 53.3% 26.7%
Korea (South), 0.1% 3.1% 19.9% 53.1% 23.8%
Kuwait 0.0% 16.7% 31.5% 35.2% 16.7%
Latvia 0.0% 0.0% 9.7% 37.5% 52.8%
Lebanon 0.0% 0.0% 3.2% 19.1% 77.7%
Lithuania 0.0% 5.0% 0.0% 40.0% 55.0%
Macao 0.8% 1.6% 20.0% 46.4% 31.2%
Macedonia 0.0% 4.4% 5.9% 41.2% 48.5%
Malaysia 0.6% 1.5% 7.3% 23.5% 67.2%
Maldives 0.0% 2.4% 6.8% 30.1% 60.7%
Mauritius 4.1% 9.6% 17.8% 11.0% 57.5%
Mexico 0.7% 5.4% 18.1% 34.5% 41.4%
Morocco 0.0% 25.6% 27.9% 20.9% 25.6%
Myanmar (Burma) 0.2% 0.8% 5.6% 16.1% 77.3%
Nepal 1.4% 5.1% 15.1% 29.0% 49.4%
New Caledonia 0.0% 33.3% 16.7% 33.3% 16.7%
Paraguay 15.2% 18.2% 9.1% 30.3% 27.3%
Peru 0.8% 5.7% 18.9% 34.3% 40.2%
Philippines 1.9% 1.9% 9.4% 37.7% 49.1%
Poland 0.7% 4.8% 12.3% 34.5% 47.7%
Portugal 0.1% 4.0% 13.0% 38.0% 44.9%
Qatar 2.9% 8.7% 14.5% 26.1% 47.8%
Réunion 0.0% 35.7% 35.7% 21.4% 7.1%
Romania 0.1% 3.1% 10.3% 27.5% 59.0%
Russia 0.9% 5.0% 14.3% 36.8% 42.9%
Saudi Arabia 12.0% 17.9% 26.9% 24.8% 18.4%
Serbia 0.0% 6.5% 11.8% 33.9% 47.8%
Slovakia 0.0% 0.0% 8.3% 45.8% 45.8%
Slovenia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.6% 74.4%
South Africa 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 50.0% 16.7%
Spain 0.5% 5.6% 16.7% 36.3% 40.8%
Sri Lanka 0.5% 4.9% 15.4% 32.0% 47.1%
Switzerland 0.2% 5.4% 12.5% 34.0% 47.9%
Taiwan 0.8% 4.1% 12.1% 34.9% 48.1%
Thailand 2.3% 10.4% 18.1% 31.8% 37.5%
Tunisia 0.0% 4.1% 20.0% 47.2% 28.7%
Turkey 0.4% 4.5% 14.6% 31.7% 48.7%
Ukraine 0.3% 4.4% 15.4% 34.3% 45.6%
United Arab Emirates 0.7% 15.2% 40.4% 27.8% 15.9%
United Kingdom 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 66.7%
Uruguay 0.0% 4.4% 11.6% 30.1% 53.9%
Venezuela 0.0% 50.0% 33.3% 16.7% 0.0%
Vietnam 3.4% 8.7% 16.6% 29.1% 42.3%
Grand Total 1.1% 5.6% 15.9% 33.9% 43.5%

 

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