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Draft Report on European Baccalaureate 2019
6.7.2. Most popular oral choices

The five most widely chosen options for the oral examinations in 2019 were: Language II
(English: 910), Philosophy 2, Biology 2, History 2 and Geography 2.

Percentage
Number of Number of Percentage of Number of Percentage of
Options of oral candidates of candidates candidates candidates candidates
examinations candidates
BAC 2017 BAC 2018 BAC 2018 BAC 2019 BAC 2019
BAC 2017
LANGUAGE II 1164 58.40% 1243 58.74% 1309 60.18%

PHILOSOPHY 2 870 43.65% 935 44.19% 992 45.61%

BIOLOGY 2 359 18.01% 353 16.67% 366 16.83%
HISTORY 2 256 12.84% 325 15.36% 335 15.40%

GEOGRAPHY 2 330 16.56% 304 14.37% 301 13.84%

Options of the oral examinations

1400
1309
1200

992
1000

800

600

366
400 335
301
195 203
200 150 148 127
55 58 53 32 24 2
0
L2- PH2 BI2 HI2 GE2 L3- MAA PH4 L2A BI4 GE4 CHI L4- HI4 PHY ONL

Oral candidates evolution

65%

55%
45%

35%

25%

15%
5%
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
L2- 57,03% 56,76% 58,40% 58,74% 60,18%
PH2 41,86% 43,87% 43,65% 44,19% 45,61%
BI2 17,62% 19,52% 18,01% 16,68% 16,83%
HI2 15,23% 14,75% 12,84% 15,36% 15,40%
GE2 16,90% 16,60% 16,56% 14,37% 13,84%

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