Data of the test in 2021(December) |JLPT Japanese-Language Proficiency Test

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Data of the test in 2021 (December)

	Level	N1	N2	N3	N4	N5	Total
Japan	Applicants	53,899	66,272	53,398	23,353	2,397	199,319
	Examinees^※	45,445	58,559	48,770	20,849	2,004	175,627
	Certified	12,120	17,078	16,806	7,472	1,351	54,827
	Percentage Certified(%)	26.7%	29.2%	34.5%	35.8%	67.4%	31.2%
Overseas	Applicants	53,893	53,365	44,420	35,803	33,410	220,891
	Examinees^※	44,091	42,839	33,513	27,662	25,260	173,365
	Certified	18,806	25,001	20,413	13,601	15,638	93,459
	Percentage Certified(%)	42.7%	58.4%	60.9%	49.2%	61.9%	53.9%
Japan・Overseas Total	Applicants	107,792	119,637	97,818	59,156	35,807	420,210
	Examinees^※	89,537	101,398	82,283	48,511	27,264	348,992
	Certified	30,926	42,079	37,219	21,073	16,989	148,286
	Percentage Certified(%)	34.5%	41.5%	45.2%	43.4%	62.3%	42.5%

※The number of examinees includes those who took only some of the test sections of the test.

Overview of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test	PDF (1MB)
Applicants, Examinees and Certification Results	PDF (146KB)
Number of Applicants and Examinees by Test Site	PDF (204KB)
Number of Applicants and Examinees by Test Site	EXCEL (52KB)
Special Testing Accommodations	PDF (148KB)
Average Scores and Standard Deviations, Highest and Lowest Scores	PDF (152KB)
Cumulative Distribution of Scaled Scores	PDF (455KB)
Statistics for the Tests through 2009	PDF (188KB)
Statistics for the Tests from 2010	PDF (256KB)
Whole	PDF (1.35MB)

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