JLPT Pass Rate Statistics 2014

JLPT Pass Rate Statistics 2014

Below are some tables which include the pass rate data and statistics for the 2014 Japanese Language Proficiency Test. This data was taken from from the official JLPT website, but organized and reformatted to be a bit easier to see and use.

Note that percentage qualified = pass rate. This is calculated by [certified] / [examinees], NOT by [certified] / [applicants], since not everyone who applied actually took the test..

2014 Total Test Data (summer + winter)

This table combines the data from the summer and winter tests to get an overall average pass rate statistics for the entire year of 2014. For more detailed information about the summer and winter tests respectively, that information is down below.

 LevelN1N2N3N4N5Total
Japan・Overseas
Total
Applicants206,636197,054127,36882,32968,506681,893
Examinees182,723174,596108,40970,93358,021594,682
Certified59,54472,81841,88229,30929,732233,285
Percentage
Certified(%)
32.6%41.7%38.6%41.3%51.2%39.2%

To compare this data to other years, you can visit our JLPT Pass Rate Statistics page

If you want to look at more specific information for this year’s tests, you can look at the below tables.

Summer (July) 2014 Test Data

 LevelN1N2N3N4N5Total
JapanApplicants26,27722,22614,8426,6431,31871,306
Examinees24,39520,85513,7496,2081,17566,382
Certified9,5139,3594,3623,02888527,147
Percentage
Certified(%)
39.0%44.9%31.7%48.8%75.3%40.9%
OverseasApplicants73,78273,82942,74627,27123,154240,782
Examinees64,40964,69935,25122,94419,658206,961
Certified21,10829,31315,53510,65710,72687,339
Percentage
Certified(%)
32.8%45.3%44.1%46.4%54.6%42.2%
Japan・Overseas
Total
Applicants100,05996,05557,58833,91424,472312,088
Examinees88,80485,55449,00029,15220,833273,343
Certified30,62138,67219,89713,68511,611114,486
Percentage
Certified(%)
34.5%45.2%40.6%46.9%55.7%41.9%

Winter (December) 2014 Test Data

 LevelN1N2N3N4N5Total
JapanApplicants30,06127,72518,4158,1231,86286,186
Examinees27,30925,54816,7677,5161,69678,836
Certified8,6638,7854,7962,4821,11925,845
Percentage
Certified(%)
31.7%34.4%28.6%33.0%66.0%32.8%
OverseasApplicants76,51673,27451,36540,29242,172283,619
Examinees66,61063,49442,64234,26535,492242,503
Certified20,26025,36117,18913,14217,00292,954
Percentage
Certified(%)
30.4%39.9%40.3%38.4%47.9%38.3%
Japan・Overseas
Total
Applicants106,577100,99969,78048,41544,034369,805
Examinees93,91989,04259,40941,78137,188321,339
Certified28,92334,14621,98515,62418,121118,799
Percentage
Certified(%)
30.8%38.3%37.0%37.4%48.7%37.0%

To compare this data to other years, you can visit our JLPT Pass Rate Statistics page

Data retrieved from official JLPT website: http://jlpt.jp/e/statistics/archive.html

Cruise works full time at a Japanese company in Nagoya, Japan. He worked for 4 years as a University lecturer teaching English before making the move to a 100% Japanese speaking environment to continue improving his Japanese. In his free time, he is either cycling around Japan making YouTube videos or adding new Japanese lessons to this blog.