IELTS Performance for test takers 2019

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performance 2019</span></li> </ol> </section> </div> <div id="main"> <div class="container"> <h1>Test taker performance 2019</h1> <div class="rte"> <h2>Band score information      </h2> IELTS is assessed on a 9-band scale and reports scores both overall and by individual skill. Overall band scores for Academic and General Training test takers in 2019 are shown here, together with scores for individual skills according to a variety of classifications. These figures are broadly in line with statistics for previous years.<br> <br> <div>Note: For nationality and first language, the tables show the top 40 nationalities and languages, listed alphabetically, not in order of the size of the candidature. <h3>Academic and General Training test takers </h3> <h3>Module Split</h3> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Module</strong></td> <td><strong>Percentage</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong>Academic</strong></td> <td> 77% </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong> General Training</strong></td> <td> 23%</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <h3>Gender Split</h3> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Gender</strong></td> <td><strong>Percentage</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong>Female</strong></td> <td> 53%</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong>Male</strong></td> <td> 47%</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>The below figures show the mean overall and individual band scores achieved by 2019 Academic and General Training test takers according to their gender.</p> <h3>Academic mean performance by gender</h3> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Gender</strong></td> <td><strong>Reading</strong></td> <td><strong>Writing</strong></td> <td><strong>Listening</strong></td> <td><strong>Speaking</strong></td> <td><strong>Overall</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p><strong> Female</strong></p> </td> <td> 6.196047488</td> <td> 5.705532967<span> </span></td> <td> 6.295115953</td> <td> 5.965855851<span> </span></td> <td> 6.104391339</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong>Male</strong></td> <td> 6.099626783</td> <td> 5.620533929<span> </span></td> <td> 6.280894583</td> <td> 5.899781944<span> </span></td> <td> 6.039049381</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3>General Training mean performance by gender</h3> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Gender</strong></td> <td><strong>Reading</strong></td> <td><strong>Writing</strong></td> <td><strong>Listening</strong></td> <td><strong>Speaking</strong></td> <td><strong>Overall</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Female</strong></td> <td> 6.416614176<span> </span></td> <td> 6.211267284<span> </span></td> <td> 6.89925938<span> </span></td> <td>6.737732523<span> </span></td> <td>6.629020583 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong>Male</strong></td> <td> 6.408332525<span> </span></td> <td> 6.102978288<span> </span></td> <td>6.833832229<span> </span></td> <td>6.67119875<span> </span></td> <td>6.567077205 </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3>Nationality</h3> <p>These figures show the mean overall and individual band scores achieved by 2019 Academic and General Training test takers from the top 40 nationalities.</p> <h3>Academic mean performance by nationality</h3> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Nationality</strong></td> <td><strong>Reading band score</strong></td> <td><strong>Listening band score</strong></td> <td><strong>Writing band score</strong></td> <td><strong>Speaking band score</strong></td> <td><strong>Overal</strong>l</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Bangladesh</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>6.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Brazil</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Cambodia</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>5.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Canada</td> <td> 6.9</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>6.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td> China </td> <td>6.2</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>5.4</td> <td>5.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Colombia</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>6.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Egypt</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>6.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td> France</td> <td>7.1</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Germany</td> <td>7.7</td> <td>7.9</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>7.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Greece</td> <td>7.3</td> <td>7.5</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>7.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Hong Kong. SAR of China</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>7.1</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>6.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td> India</td> <td> 5.9</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>6.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Indonesia</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>6.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Iran</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>6.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Iraq</td> <td>5.4</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>5.2</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>5.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Italy</td> <td>7.3</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>6.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Japan</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>5.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Jordan</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>6.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Kazakhstan</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>6.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Korea, Republic of</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Kuwait</td> <td>5.2</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>5.1</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>5.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Malaysia</td> <td>7.1</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>6.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Mexico</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>6.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Nepal</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>5.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Nigeria</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>6.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Oman</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>5.1</td> <td>5.1</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>5.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Pakistan</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>6.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Philippines</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>7.3</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>6.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Qatar</td> <td>5.1</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>5.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Russian Federation</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Saudi Arabia</td> <td>5.2</td> <td>5.4</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>5.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Spain</td> <td>7.3</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>6.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Sri Lanka</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>6.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Taiwan, China</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>6.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Thailand</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>6.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Turkey</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>6.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Ukraine</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>6.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td> United Arab Emirates</td> <td>4.8</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>4.7</td> <td>5.4</td> <td>5.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Uzbekistan</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>5.4</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>5.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Vietnam</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>6.1</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3>General Training mean performance by nationality</h3> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><strong>Nationality</strong></td> <td style="text-align: left;"><strong>Reading band score</strong></td> <td style="text-align: left;"><strong>Listening band score</strong></td> <td style="text-align: left;"><strong>Writing band score</strong></td> <td style="text-align: left;"><strong>Speaking band score</strong></td> <td style="text-align: left;"><strong>Overall</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Argentina</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Bangladesh</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Brazil</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Cameroon</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Canada</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">China</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Colombia</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Egypt</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">France</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Ghana</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Hong Kong. SAR of China</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">India</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Indonesia</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Iran</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Italy</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Jamaica</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">8.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Japan</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Jordan</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Kenya</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Korea, Republic of</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Lebanon</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Malaysia</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Mexico</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Morocco</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Nepal</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Nigeria</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Pakistan</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Philippines</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Russian Federation</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Saudi Arabia<br> </td> <td style="text-align: left;">4.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">4.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">South Africa</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">8.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Spain</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Sri Lanka</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Taiwan, China</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Thailand</td> <td style="text-align: left;">4.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Turkey</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Ukraine</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">United States of America</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Vietnam</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Zimbabwe</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.2</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div> <h3>First Language</h3> </div> <p>These figures show the mean overall and individual band scores achieved by 2019 Academic and General Training test takers from the top 40 first language backgrounds.</p> <div> </div> <p>* First language as self-chosen by test takers drawn from a wide range of nationalities</p> <h3>Academic mean performance by first language</h3> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>First Language</strong></td> <td><strong>Reading band score</strong></td> <td><strong>Listening band score</strong></td> <td><strong>Writing band score</strong></td> <td><strong>Speaking band score</strong></td> <td><strong>Overall</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Arabic</td> <td> 5.4</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>5.2</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>5.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Azeri</td> <td> 6.3</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>6.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Bengali</td> <td> 6.1</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>6.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Chinese</td> <td> 6.2</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>5.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td> English</td> <td> 6.7</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>7.1</td> <td>6.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Farsi</td> <td> 6.1</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>6.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Filipino</td> <td> 6.8</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>6.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td> French</td> <td> 6.9</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td> German</td> <td> 7.7</td> <td> 7.9</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>7.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Greek</td> <td> 7.2</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>6.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Gujarati</td> <td> 5.8</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>5.8</td> <td> 6.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Hindi</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>6.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Ibo/lgbo</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>7.1</td> <td>6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Indonesian</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>6.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Italian</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>6.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Japanese</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>5.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Kannada</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>7.1</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Kazakh</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>6.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Khmer</td> <td> 5.6</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>5.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Korean</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Malayalam</td> <td> 6.4</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>6.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Marathi</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Nepali</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>5.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Other</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>6.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Portuguese</td> <td>7.1</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Punjabi</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>5.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Romanian</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>6.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Russian</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>6.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Singhalese</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>6.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Spanish</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>6.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Tagalog</td> <td> 6.6</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Tamil</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>6.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Telugu</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>6.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Thai</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>6.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Turkish</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>6.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Ukrainian</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>6.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Urdu</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>6.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Uzbek</td> <td> 5.6</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>5.4</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>5.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Vietnamese</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>6.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Yoruba</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>6.8</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3>General Training mean performance by first language</h3> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><strong>First Language</strong></td> <td style="text-align: left;"><strong>Reading band score</strong></td> <td style="text-align: left;"><strong>Listening band score</strong></td> <td style="text-align: left;"><strong>Writing band score</strong></td> <td style="text-align: left;"><strong>Speaking band score</strong></td> <td style="text-align: left;"><strong>Overall</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Afrikaans</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Albanian</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Arabic</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Bengali</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Chinese</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">English</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Farsi</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Filipino</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">French</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">German</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Gujarati</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Hindi</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Ibo/lgbo</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Indonesian</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Italian</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Japanese</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Kannada</td> <td style="text-align: left;"> <p>6.6</p> </td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;"> <p>6.4</p> </td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Korean</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Malayalam</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Marathi</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Nepali</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Other</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Polish</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Portuguese<br> </td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Punjabi<br> </td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Russian<br> </td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Shona</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Sindhi<br> </td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Singhalese</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Spanish</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Swahili</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.9</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Tagalog</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Tamil</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Telugu</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Thai</td> <td style="text-align: left;">4.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.4</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Turkish</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.8</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Ukrainian</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.3</td> <td style="text-align: left;">5.7</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.2</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Urdu</td> <td style="text-align: left;">6.5</td> <td style="text-align: left;">7.0</td> <td style="text-align: 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