Data of the test in 2023(December) |JLPT Japanese-Language Proficiency Test

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Data of the test in 2023 (December)

	Level	N1	N2	N3	N4	N5	Total
Japan	Applicants	51,813	73,583	79,448	49,004	4,553	258,401
	Examinees^※	45,050	67,033	74,573	45,891	4,000	236,547
	Certified	12,514	22,596	23,827	15,130	2,236	76,303
	Percentage Certified(%)	27.8%	33.7%	32.0%	33.0%	55.9%	32.3%
Overseas	Applicants	95,410	119,102	112,877	123,965	73,206	524,560
	Examinees^※	76,504	97,637	90,127	103,443	59,037	426,748
	Certified	25,039	41,211	33,906	32,113	27,182	159,451
	Percentage Certified(%)	32.7%	42.2%	37.6%	31.0%	46.0%	37.4%
Japan・Overseas Total	Applicants	147,223	192,685	192,325	172,969	77,759	782,961
	Examinees^※	121,554	164,670	164,700	149,334	63,037	663,295
	Certified	37,553	63,807	57,733	47,243	29,418	235,754
	Percentage Certified(%)	30.9%	38.7%	35.1%	31.6%	46.7%	35.5%

※The number of examinees includes those who took only some of the test sections of the test.

Overview of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test	PDF (1MB)
Applicants, Examinees and Certification Results	PDF (151KB)
Number of Applicants and Examinees by Test Site	PDF (232KB)
Number of Applicants and Examinees by Test Site	EXCEL (67KB)
Special Testing Accommodations	PDF (149KB)
Average Scores and Standard Deviations, Highest and Lowest Scores	PDF (273KB)
Cumulative Distribution of Scaled Scores	PDF (456KB)
Statistics for the Tests through 2009	PDF (193KB)
Statistics for the Tests from 2010	PDF (197KB)
Whole	PDF (1.5MB)

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