A-level · 2022–2025

Economics

The published A-level grade distribution for Economics, nationally and board by board, 2022 to 2025. Official figures, shown as they were published: a distribution, not a difficulty rating.

42,667
entries · 2025
7.5%
A* rate
29.7%
A*–A
60.7%
A*–B

National (JCQ) · 2025

A*ABCDEU
22.23121.811.2
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Year by year

The spread since 2022.

2022 grades were the assessed-grades peak; the reset since is visible in the shape of each year.

2022A*–A 38.3% · 36,483 entries
13.624.728.519.29.3
2023A*–A 29.3% · 39,141 entries
21.828.92212.5
2024A*–A 30.2% · 40,451 entries
22.629.12211.8
2025A*–A 29.7% · 42,667 entries
22.23121.811.2

Board by board · 2025

Every board that published Economics results.

Differences between boards reflect who enters each board as much as any difference in standard. The data shows the divergence; it does not explain it.

National reference: A*–A 29.7% · 42,667 entries

AQA
15,469 entries
212823.613
28.0%
A*–A
Edexcel
21,476 entries
823.33420.19.3
31.3%
A*–A
OCR
2,491 entries
22.429.221.412
30.3%
A*–A
WJEC
588 entries
11.12522.420.114.6
36.1%
A*–A
Eduqas
628 entries
10.225.626.317.512.4
35.8%
A*–A
Cambridge
entries not published
12.716.819.716.312.79.412.4
29.5%
A*–A

Economics is also offered at GCSE: see the GCSE distribution →

Grade distributions reflect who enters a subject as much as the exam itself, so nothing on this page is a difficulty ranking. Figures are published cumulative percentages from JCQ and the awarding bodies; per-grade shares are derived by subtracting adjacent bands. How the data is sourced and worked out.