Top grades since 2014
Share of economics entries awarded A*–A, and A* alone, across the UK. The shaded years are 2020 and 2021, when grades were awarded without exams.
Male and female entries
A*–A rate by sex. In 2026 there were 32,849 male entries and 14,308 female entries; at A* the rates were 7.3% and 8.7% respectively.
Entries
Entries have grown 40.6% over the last five years.
Every year in numbers
| Year | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47,157 | 7.7% | 30.2% | 98.2% | |
| 2025 | 42,667 | 7.6% | 29.7% | 98.3% | |
| 2024 | 40,451 | 7.6% | 30.2% | 98.1% | |
| 2023 | 39,141 | 7.5% | 29.3% | 98% | |
| 2022 | 36,483 | 13.6% | 38.3% | 98.8% | |
| 2021 | 33,546 | 18.6% | 46.7% | 99.6% | teacher-assessed grades |
| 2020 | 31,391 | 13.6% | 41.2% | 99.8% | centre-assessed grades |
| 2019 | 30,841 | 6.7% | 28.9% | 98.3% | |
| 2018 | 30,810 | 7.3% | 30.3% | 98.4% | |
| 2017 | 30,074 | 7.2% | 31% | 98.5% | |
| 2016 | 29,385 | 7.2% | 30.1% | 98.2% | |
| 2015 | 27,575 | 7.9% | 30.6% | 98.2% | |
| 2014 | 26,612 | 8.5% | 31.6% | 98.4% |
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About the data
Source: JCQ joint results tables, © JCQCIC. Provisional June-series results for the UK (England, Wales and Northern Ireland), all ages, as published at 9:30am each results day. Percentages are cumulative, so "A*–A" means the share of entries graded A* or A. Free to reuse our charts and computed figures with credit to Tutorperch and JCQ.