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Data of the test in 2009 (December)
| Level | Applicants (persons) |
Examinees (persons)※ |
Certified (persons) |
Percentage Certified(%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 46,648 | 41,998 | 12,293 | 29.3 |
| 2 | 36,528 | 33,807 | 12,462 | 36.9 | |
| 3 | 17,703 | 16,675 | 9,360 | 56.1 | |
| 4 | 3,212 | 2,932 | 2,155 | 73.5 | |
| Subtotal | 104,091 | 95,412 | 36,270 | 38.0 | |
| Overseas | 1 | 137,708 | 114,725 | 26,427 | 23.0 |
| 2 | 176,628 | 147,328 | 41,488 | 28.2 | |
| 3 | 131,733 | 108,866 | 51,902 | 47.7 | |
| 4 | 61,995 | 53,041 | 29,530 | 55.7 | |
| Subtotal | 508,064 | 423,960 | 149,347 | 35.2 | |
| Total | 612,155 |
519,372 |
185,617 | 35.7 | |
※The number of examinees includes those who took only one or two of the three sections of the test (Writing-Vocabulary, Listening and Reading-Grammar).
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| Applicants, Examinees and Certification Results | |
| Number of Applicants and Examinees by Test Site | |
| Special Testing Arrangements for people with Disabilities | |
| Average Scores | |
| Scoring Distribution | |
| Statistics from FY1986 |
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