Cambridge English: Starters (YLE Starters)

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YLE Starters Reading & Writing

Location Grade
1 Shield 2 Shields 3 Shields 4 Shields 5 Shields
Albania 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Algeria 0.0% 11.1% 25.9% 44.4% 18.5%
Argentina 0.7% 5.1% 18.9% 35.2% 40.0%
Armenia 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 50.0%
Austria 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 16.7% 50.0%
Azerbaijan 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% 17.6% 80.4%
Belarus 0.0% 0.0% 4.3% 17.4% 78.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 9.4% 11.3% 24.5% 54.7%
Brazil 5.4% 12.9% 19.5% 25.7% 36.6%
Bulgaria 1.6% 4.9% 14.0% 27.3% 52.2%
Cambodia 8.5% 21.1% 20.4% 21.1% 28.9%
Chile 6.3% 16.0% 22.4% 27.6% 27.6%
China 3.2% 10.9% 22.4% 28.6% 34.8%
Colombia 5.3% 17.4% 28.3% 28.7% 20.3%
Costa Rica 0.0% 10.0% 32.5% 27.5% 30.0%
Croatia 0.4% 0.8% 8.4% 24.1% 66.2%
Cyprus 0.4% 1.9% 8.9% 24.5% 64.3%
Czech Republic 0.7% 4.0% 15.5% 31.6% 48.3%
Dominican Republic 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 30.0% 50.0%
Ecuador 3.2% 15.7% 34.2% 29.4% 17.5%
Egypt 7.3% 8.5% 27.2% 30.1% 26.8%
Finland 0.0% 0.0% 40.0% 40.0% 20.0%
France 1.7% 8.2% 23.0% 33.7% 33.4%
French Guayana 3.9% 9.8% 31.4% 43.1% 11.8%
Georgia 0.0% 3.3% 19.6% 42.4% 34.8%
Germany 0.7% 4.3% 15.7% 28.7% 50.7%
Greece 0.8% 3.3% 12.9% 26.4% 56.6%
Guadeloupe 0.0% 10.5% 26.3% 31.6% 31.6%
Guatemala 0.5% 11.2% 29.8% 34.1% 24.4%
Hong Kong 10.3% 16.3% 22.3% 25.9% 25.1%
Hungary 0.0% 0.6% 10.5% 26.5% 62.4%
India 5.4% 10.4% 20.1% 29.2% 35.0%
Indonesia 2.4% 6.6% 17.9% 28.1% 45.0%
Iran 2.8% 9.3% 24.9% 28.8% 34.2%
Iraq 1.0% 1.0% 8.5% 35.8% 53.7%
Italy 1.1% 5.0% 19.2% 32.3% 42.4%
Japan 12.3% 19.9% 26.3% 24.3% 17.2%
Jordan 0.0% 21.1% 10.5% 31.6% 36.8%
Kazakhstan 1.1% 2.7% 10.3% 18.4% 67.6%
Korea (Republic of) 12.8% 16.6% 15.5% 25.3% 29.8%
Kuwait 5.7% 11.4% 18.2% 27.3% 37.5%
Latvia 0.0% 4.3% 13.0% 26.1% 56.5%
Libya 0.0% 0.0% 7.7% 46.2% 46.2%
Macau 0.0% 5.6% 0.0% 27.8% 66.7%
Macedonia 0.0% 0.0% 2.1% 8.5% 89.4%
Malaysia 2.1% 4.3% 11.2% 24.2% 58.2%
Maldives 0.4% 4.4% 16.0% 34.0% 45.2%
Mauritius 0.0% 7.1% 14.3% 17.9% 60.7%
Mexico 4.6% 11.4% 23.8% 30.8% 29.4%
Morocco 4.4% 15.6% 26.7% 22.2% 31.1%
Myanmar 2.1% 3.8% 6.7% 19.3% 68.1%
Nepal 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% 18.0% 80.0%
Netherlands 0.0% 6.0% 22.9% 31.3% 39.8%
New Caledonia 0.0% 0.0% 40.0% 20.0% 40.0%
Oman 0.0% 4.2% 0.0% 50.0% 45.8%
Pakistan 3.1% 8.8% 14.8% 29.0% 44.2%
Panama 0.0% 0.0% 21.4% 28.6% 50.0%
Paraguay 3.4% 16.3% 33.9% 30.9% 15.5%
Peru 1.6% 7.6% 19.4% 33.2% 38.1%
Philippines 0.0% 17.8% 13.3% 31.1% 37.8%
Poland 0.6% 3.3% 14.0% 29.5% 52.6%
Portugal 1.0% 4.6% 17.0% 33.4% 44.0%
Qatar 0.0% 1.8% 7.2% 16.2% 74.8%
Reunion 13.8% 24.1% 34.5% 20.7% 6.9%
Romania 0.3% 2.2% 9.1% 23.8% 64.5%
Russia 0.9% 4.0% 14.5% 29.9% 50.7%
San Marino 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Saudi Arabia 9.6% 25.2% 23.0% 23.0% 19.1%
Senegal 0.0% 21.4% 46.4% 32.1% 0.0%
Serbia 0.4% 1.5% 13.0% 21.8% 63.2%
Slovakia 0.0% 2.2% 13.2% 30.1% 54.4%
Slovenia 0.0% 5.3% 10.5% 31.6% 52.6%
South Africa 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 50.0%
Spain 1.0% 6.2% 21.1% 34.4% 37.2%
Sri Lanka 2.3% 4.7% 15.4% 28.6% 49.0%
Switzerland 1.5% 6.4% 21.0% 31.3% 39.8%
Taiwan 2.1% 6.6% 16.1% 28.9% 46.2%
Thailand 7.4% 18.0% 24.4% 23.7% 26.5%
Tunisia 3.8% 13.5% 28.9% 26.4% 27.5%
Turkey 1.5% 5.8% 18.7% 31.0% 43.1%
Ukraine 1.4% 5.3% 20.0% 33.9% 39.4%
United Arab Emirates 2.5% 7.6% 25.2% 31.9% 32.8%
United Kingdom 0.0% 0.0% 13.6% 13.6% 72.7%
Uruguay 3.0% 15.5% 24.2% 27.0% 30.2%
Vietnam 1.1% 5.2% 16.9% 32.1% 44.7%
Grand Total 2.4% 7.6% 19.2% 30.4% 40.5%

YLE Starters Listening

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% 7.4% 48.1% 25.9% 18.5%
Argentina 1.1% 4.6% 16.1% 35.9% 42.4%
Armenia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 75.0%
Austria 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 83.3%
Azerbaijan 0.0% 2.0% 3.9% 31.4% 62.7%
Belarus 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 17.4% 82.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.8% 5.7% 11.3% 24.5% 54.7%
Brazil 10.2% 9.5% 16.0% 28.6% 35.7%
Bulgaria 1.7% 2.5% 11.0% 28.5% 56.4%
Cambodia 4.9% 7.7% 9.2% 28.2% 50.0%
Chile 9.3% 8.7% 17.8% 29.7% 34.5%
China 3.7% 10.2% 20.4% 31.7% 34.0%
Colombia 13.4% 13.1% 23.4% 30.2% 19.9%
Costa Rica 2.5% 10.0% 10.0% 22.5% 55.0%
Croatia 0.0% 2.1% 5.1% 23.6% 69.2%
Cyprus 0.1% 0.8% 6.9% 27.1% 65.2%
Czech Republic 0.6% 2.1% 12.1% 27.3% 57.9%
Dominican Republic 0.0% 10.0% 30.0% 40.0% 20.0%
Ecuador 7.2% 18.8% 27.0% 32.2% 14.8%
Egypt 2.0% 1.2% 6.1% 25.6% 65.0%
Finland 0.0% 0.0% 40.0% 20.0% 40.0%
France 2.7% 7.2% 18.5% 32.8% 38.8%
French Guayana 13.7% 25.5% 35.3% 21.6% 3.9%
Georgia 1.1% 1.1% 16.3% 31.5% 50.0%
Germany 0.3% 2.3% 9.7% 19.3% 68.3%
Greece 0.9% 2.9% 10.2% 24.5% 61.5%
Guadeloupe 5.3% 26.3% 31.6% 21.1% 15.8%
Guatemala 2.9% 5.4% 23.4% 34.1% 34.1%
Hong Kong 2.0% 3.8% 11.5% 27.4% 55.2%
Hungary 0.0% 1.2% 4.1% 21.3% 73.5%
India 4.9% 8.4% 16.2% 29.1% 41.5%
Indonesia 3.4% 4.6% 13.4% 29.0% 49.6%
Iran 1.4% 3.6% 18.1% 33.8% 43.1%
Iraq 0.0% 0.0% 1.5% 10.0% 88.6%
Italy 2.0% 6.0% 18.5% 32.6% 40.8%
Japan 1.2% 7.6% 18.2% 35.9% 37.1%
Jordan 0.0% 10.5% 15.8% 47.4% 26.3%
Kazakhstan 0.0% 2.2% 5.9% 28.6% 63.2%
Korea (Republic of) 5.7% 7.2% 16.2% 26.0% 44.9%
Kuwait 2.3% 3.4% 21.6% 17.0% 55.7%
Latvia 0.0% 4.3% 13.0% 34.8% 47.8%
Libya 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 15.4% 84.6%
Macau 5.6% 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 77.8%
Macedonia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 8.5% 91.5%
Malaysia 0.8% 1.6% 8.1% 27.9% 61.7%
Maldives 0.4% 0.0% 4.8% 19.2% 75.6%
Mauritius 0.0% 0.0% 7.1% 21.4% 71.4%
Mexico 7.6% 10.1% 22.0% 31.4% 28.9%
Morocco 15.6% 13.3% 20.0% 35.6% 15.6%
Myanmar  4.0% 2.4% 9.0% 28.1% 56.6%
Nepal 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0% 96.0%
Netherlands 0.0% 4.8% 6.0% 16.9% 72.3%
New Caledonia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 40.0% 60.0%
Oman 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 20.8% 79.2%
Pakistan 1.3% 3.8% 9.1% 33.6% 52.2%
Panama 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 42.9% 57.1%
Paraguay 8.2% 23.6% 21.5% 28.3% 18.5%
Peru 3.7% 8.7% 21.9% 33.2% 32.6%
Philippines 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 22.2% 77.8%
Poland 0.3% 1.0% 10.1% 29.6% 59.0%
Portugal 0.5% 2.3% 11.5% 29.7% 56.0%
Qatar 0.0% 0.0% 1.8% 3.6% 94.6%
Reunion 20.7% 13.8% 31.0% 17.2% 17.2%
Romania 0.4% 1.1% 6.8% 21.4% 70.3%
Russia 0.4% 2.0% 9.7% 28.0% 59.8%
San Marino 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 50.0%
Saudi Arabia 8.9% 17.4% 17.0% 23.4% 33.3%
Senegal 0.0% 25.0% 39.3% 25.0% 10.7%
Serbia 0.0% 1.9% 6.9% 28.4% 62.8%
Slovakia 0.7% 0.0% 8.8% 29.4% 61.0%
Slovenia 0.0% 0.0% 10.5% 21.1% 68.4%
South Africa 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 75.0%
Spain 1.0% 3.8% 15.3% 31.9% 48.0%
Sri Lanka 1.5% 4.8% 13.7% 29.7% 50.3%
Switzerland 1.1% 2.4% 9.6% 25.0% 61.9%
Taiwan 0.3% 2.1% 8.6% 27.2% 61.8%
Thailand 4.9% 8.3% 15.7% 24.2% 46.9%
Tunisia 4.5% 12.3% 22.6% 34.0% 26.6%
Turkey 2.7% 6.6% 16.3% 30.7% 43.9%
Ukraine 0.4% 2.5% 11.8% 31.0% 54.3%
United Arab Emirates 1.7% 1.7% 5.9% 21.8% 68.9%
United Kingdom 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 18.2% 81.8%
Uruguay 15.8% 14.6% 17.7% 24.4% 27.5%
Vietnam 2.8% 6.9% 18.9% 32.9% 38.4%
Grand Total 3.0% 6.6% 16.8% 30.9% 42.8%

YLE Starters Speaking

Location Grade
1 Shield 2 Shields 3 Shields 4 Shields 5 Shields
Albania 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0%
Algeria 0.0% 14.8% 14.8% 18.5% 51.9%
Argentina 0.8% 4.4% 7.8% 16.8% 70.3%
Armenia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Austria 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Azerbaijan 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% 9.8% 88.2%
Belarus 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.3% 95.7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 0.0% 7.5% 9.4% 83.0%
Brazil 6.6% 8.5% 8.0% 15.0% 61.9%
Bulgaria 0.6% 1.0% 3.7% 11.5% 83.2%
Cambodia 0.0% 2.1% 7.7% 10.6% 79.6%
Chile 3.0% 6.5% 7.2% 18.2% 65.1%
China 2.0% 7.1% 9.1% 19.7% 62.1%
Colombia 6.1% 11.3% 9.9% 14.7% 58.1%
Costa Rica 0.0% 0.0% 2.5% 22.5% 75.0%
Croatia 0.0% 0.0% 1.7% 5.5% 92.8%
Cyprus 0.3% 1.8% 4.5% 12.4% 81.0%
Czech Republic 0.3% 1.9% 4.6% 13.3% 80.0%
Dominican Republic 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 30.0% 70.0%
Ecuador 1.8% 8.2% 12.8% 16.1% 61.1%
Egypt 0.0% 2.0% 2.4% 15.9% 79.7%
Finland 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 40.0%
France 1.8% 7.9% 13.4% 19.2% 57.7%
French Guayana 17.6% 25.5% 19.6% 25.5% 11.8%
Georgia 2.2% 2.2% 6.5% 26.1% 63.0%
Germany 0.0% 0.7% 4.0% 10.7% 84.7%
Greece 0.2% 1.3% 2.6% 7.8% 88.2%
Guadeloupe 10.5% 21.1% 10.5% 5.3% 52.6%
Guatemala 0.5% 4.4% 6.3% 16.6% 72.2%
Hong Kong 1.6% 2.5% 4.5% 12.3% 79.2%
Hungary 0.0% 0.0% 3.2% 13.7% 83.1%
India 0.3% 2.2% 3.2% 8.9% 85.4%
Indonesia 1.0% 4.5% 6.4% 16.2% 71.9%
Iran 0.7% 5.3% 7.1% 24.9% 61.9%
Iraq 0.0% 0.0% 1.5% 2.5% 96.0%
Italy 1.1% 5.9% 9.9% 19.5% 63.6%
Japan 0.5% 7.4% 12.3% 19.2% 60.7%
Jordan 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 21.1% 78.9%
Kazakhstan 1.1% 3.8% 6.5% 14.6% 74.1%
Korea (Republic of) 1.9% 7.2% 4.9% 13.6% 72.5%
Kuwait 0.0% 4.5% 8.0% 12.5% 75.0%
Latvia 0.0% 8.7% 0.0% 4.3% 87.0%
Libya 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 23.1% 76.9%
Macau 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Macedonia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Malaysia 0.3% 1.4% 3.9% 10.8% 83.6%
Maldives 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% 7.6% 90.4%
Mauritius 0.0% 0.0% 10.7% 10.7% 78.6%
Mexico 4.9% 8.5% 8.9% 17.6% 60.0%
Morocco 4.4% 13.3% 15.6% 11.1% 55.6%
Myanmar 2.8% 4.7% 6.3% 14.2% 71.9%
Nepal 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% 14.0% 84.0%
Netherlands 0.0% 1.2% 2.4% 9.6% 86.7%
New Caledonia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 60.0% 40.0%
Oman 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Pakistan 0.0% 1.8% 5.1% 17.0% 76.1%
Panama 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Paraguay 2.1% 6.9% 20.6% 15.0% 55.4%
Peru 1.5% 5.1% 12.7% 22.3% 58.3%
Philippines 0.0% 0.0% 2.2% 11.1% 86.7%
Poland 0.1% 0.8% 3.4% 13.9% 81.9%
Portugal 1.0% 2.6% 8.3% 19.0% 69.0%
Qatar 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10.8% 89.2%
Reunion 0.0% 0.0% 20.7% 37.9% 41.4%
Romania 0.0% 0.6% 2.6% 9.6% 87.1%
Russia 0.5% 2.0% 6.0% 17.1% 74.3%
San Marino 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Saudi Arabia 3.5% 9.2% 6.7% 14.9% 65.6%
Senegal 0.0% 7.1% 7.1% 32.1% 53.6%
Serbia 0.0% 0.0% 2.3% 8.8% 88.9%
Slovakia 0.7% 0.7% 5.1% 14.7% 78.7%
Slovenia 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10.5% 89.5%
South Africa 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Spain 0.4% 2.6% 5.7% 14.2% 77.2%
Sri Lanka 0.4% 2.6% 5.1% 16.3% 75.6%
Switzerland 3.9% 9.6% 8.3% 15.5% 62.8%
Taiwan 0.9% 2.2% 4.5% 13.4% 79.1%
Thailand 1.4% 7.9% 7.6% 17.2% 65.9%
Tunisia 1.4% 8.6% 6.3% 19.0% 64.7%
Turkey 2.4% 5.3% 7.1% 14.4% 70.8%
Ukraine 0.2% 0.8% 5.3% 11.0% 82.7%
United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2.5% 4.2% 5.0% 88.2%
United Kingdom 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 13.6% 86.4%
Uruguay 6.5% 10.0% 13.2% 21.1% 49.2%
Vietnam 2.0% 8.2% 11.5% 23.4% 54.9%
Grand Total 1.7% 5.5% 8.1% 17.4% 67.3%