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A levels JCQ exam entries data | Unnamed: 1 | Ordered on 2011 figures, descending. | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5 | Unnamed: 6 | Unnamed: 7 | Unnamed: 8 | Unnamed: 9 | Unnamed: 10 | Unnamed: 11 | Unnamed: 12 | Unnamed: 13 | Unnamed: 14 | Unnamed: 15 | Unnamed: 16 | Unnamed: 17
Source: JCQ exam entry data. 2011 figures are provisional.
The data covers all schools, FE and Adult college and individual entries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011
French | 27563 | 27487 | 25881 | 23579 | 21310 | 18341 | 18407 | 16053 | 15335 | 14864 | 14248 | 14381 | 14340 | 14998 | 14452 | 13907 | 13196
Spanish | 4837 | 5232 | 5606 | 5644 | 5876 | 5702 | 5743 | 5550 | 5748 | 5861 | 6173 | 6414 | 6906 | 7102 | 7385 | 7671 | 7610
German | 10634 | 10726 | 10440 | 10228 | 9677 | 8718 | 8575 | 7139 | 6876 | 6306 | 5834 | 6153 | 6255 | 6288 | 5810 | 5562 | 5166
Chinese | 956 | 1152 | 1038 | 1188 | 1286 | 1359 | 1439 | 1736 | 1914 | 2119 | 2055 | 2447 | 2441 | 2781 | 3151 | 2372 | 3237
Welsh1 | 892 | 855 | 862 | 971 | 858 | 922 | 842 | 913 | 850 | 912 | 919 | 948 | 837 | 938 | 952 | 866 | 917
Italian | 913 | 986 | 970 | 891 | 963 | 920 | 945 | 857 | 839 | 795 | 790 | 874 | 816 | 836 | 860 | 877 | 895
Russian | 426 | 486 | 555 | 549 | 573 | 581 | 531 | 493 | 569 | 545 | 651 | 632 | 748 | 793 | 847 | 816 | 871
Polish | 115 | 114 | 104 | 128 | 127 | 152 | 84 | 103 | 91 | 138 | 126 | 170 | 192 | 375 | 469 | 618 | 844
Urdu | 895 | 999 | 1093 | 655 | 857 | 837 | 671 | 707 | 728 | 742 | 762 | 731 | 645 | 645 | 629 | 651 | 739
Arabic | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 299 | 258 | 364 | 426 | 441 | 487 | 519 | 478 | 544 | 561
Turkish | 125 | 137 | 176 | 211 | 225 | 259 | 188 | 241 | 276 | 280 | 370 | 340 | 283 | 301 | 297 | 340 | 366
Portuguese | 113 | 118 | 135 | 124 | 143 | 151 | 110 | 163 | 139 | 165 | 172 | 186 | 198 | 173 | 259 | 281 | 340
Irish | 300 | 291 | 335 | 287 | 325 | 295 | 275 | 253 | 253 | 285 | 306 | 291 | 278 | 249 | 339 | 352 | 328
Japanese | 374 | 352 | 353 | 383 | 339 | 340 | 228 | 249 | 287 | 254 | 251 | 291 | 265 | 276 | 269 | 233 | 265
Panjabi | 185 | 269 | 253 | 268 | 182 | 229 | 226 | 134 | 183 | 160 | 199 | 235 | 178 | 207 | 218 | 159 | 196
Persian | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 120 | 135 | 142 | 176 | 217 | 194 | 183 | 150 | 156 | 182
Dutch | 27 | 42 | 38 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 37 | 30 | 39 | 73 | 113 | 108 | 99 | 137 | 131 | 185 | 178
Modern Greek | 239 | 268 | 260 | 281 | 219 | 233 | 127 | 180 | 129 | 154 | 154 | 110 | 136 | 141 | 121 | 116 | 113
Bengali | 147 | 131 | 132 | 147 | 54 | 67 | 58 | 56 | 57 | 60 | 83 | 71 | 62 | 94 | 97 | 64 | 83
Modern Hebrew | 32 | 32 | 50 | 33 | 34 | 25 | 18 | 30 | 41 | 44 | 41 | 54 | 55 | 53 | 50 | 38 | 50
Gujarati | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 41 | 29 | 53 | 45 | 41 | 41 | 29 | 38 | 25 | 33
TOTAL ML | 48773 | 49677 | 48281 | 45583 | 43071 | 39148 | 38872 | 35347 | 34776 | 34316 | 33894 | 35135 | 35456 | 37118 | 37002 | 35833 | 36170
ALL SUBJECT ENTRIES | 730415 | 740470 | 777710 | 790035 | 787734 | 768658 | 776319 | 711197 | 740320 | 749576 | 769771 | 785773 | 794290 | 834286 | 851386 | 858602 | 867317
% ML of total entries | 0.06677436799627609 | 0.0670884708360906 | 0.06208098134265986 | 0.05769744378413615 | 0.05467708642765198 | 0.05093032271829604 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.047 | 0.046 | 0.044 | 0.044713931377128 | 0.04463860806506439 | 0.04449073818810336 | 0.04346089787710862 | 0.04173412128087286 | 0.0417033218534861
* Arabic, Persian and Gujarati specifications first examined in 2002
Welsh 1 includes Welsh (Second Language) and [NAME] (First Language). Further breakdown is available at request.