{
 "title": "Cambodia grade 12 national exam (Bac II) – official results",
 "page": "https://seuksa.com/stats/bac-ii/",
 "rules": "Only figures released by MoEYS (own documents or reports quoting a MoEYS statement). null = not published.",
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   "passRate": 87.8,
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   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1981,
   "academicYear": "1980–1981",
   "examDate": "20 Jul 1981",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 142,
   "passed": 104,
   "passRate": 73.24,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1982,
   "academicYear": "1981–1982",
   "examDate": "20 Jul 1982",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 164,
   "passed": 156,
   "passRate": 95.12,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1983,
   "academicYear": "1982–1983",
   "examDate": "30 Jun 1983",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 156,
   "passed": 135,
   "passRate": 86.54,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1984,
   "academicYear": "1983–1984",
   "examDate": "26 Jun 1984",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 834,
   "passed": 758,
   "passRate": 90.89,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1985,
   "academicYear": "1984–1985",
   "examDate": "11 Jun 1985",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 1616,
   "passed": 1133,
   "passRate": 70.11,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1986,
   "academicYear": "1985–1986",
   "examDate": "26 Jun 1986",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 3650,
   "passed": 2337,
   "passRate": 64.03,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1987,
   "academicYear": "1986–1987",
   "examDate": "17 Jun 1987",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 4746,
   "passed": 3567,
   "passRate": 75.16,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1988,
   "academicYear": "1987–1988",
   "examDate": "17 Jun 1988",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 5727,
   "passed": 4770,
   "passRate": 83.29,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1989,
   "academicYear": "1988–1989",
   "examDate": "15 Jun 1989",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 7833,
   "passed": 6254,
   "passRate": 79.84,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1990,
   "academicYear": "1989–1990",
   "examDate": "14 Jun 1990",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 11567,
   "passed": 10229,
   "passRate": 88.43,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1991,
   "academicYear": "1990–1991",
   "examDate": "13 Jun 1991",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 12475,
   "passed": 8283,
   "passRate": 66.4,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1992,
   "academicYear": "1991–1992",
   "examDate": "18 Jun 1992",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 15053,
   "passed": 11359,
   "passRate": 75.46,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1993,
   "academicYear": "1992–1993",
   "examDate": "15 Jun 1993",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 16208,
   "passed": 11391,
   "passRate": 70.28,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1994,
   "academicYear": "1993–1994",
   "examDate": "16 Jun 1994",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 17783,
   "passed": 751,
   "passRate": 4.22,
   "note": "Lowest pass rate on record.",
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1995,
   "academicYear": "1994–1995",
   "examDate": "27 Jun & 8 Aug 1995",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 20829,
   "passed": 2517,
   "passRate": 12.08,
   "note": "Two exam sessions this year (also 1996–1999); figures are the year’s combined result.",
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1996,
   "academicYear": "1995–1996",
   "examDate": "10 Jun & 20 Jul 1996",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 20081,
   "passed": 6105,
   "passRate": 30.4,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1997,
   "academicYear": "1996–1997",
   "examDate": "21 Jul & 1 Sep 1997",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 11743,
   "passed": 6638,
   "passRate": 56.53,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1998,
   "academicYear": "1997–1998",
   "examDate": "17 Aug & 2 Oct 1998",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 20650,
   "passed": 14678,
   "passRate": 71.08,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 1999,
   "academicYear": "1998–1999",
   "examDate": "19 Jul & 30 Aug 1999",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 25263,
   "passed": 19868,
   "passRate": 78.64,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2000,
   "academicYear": "1999–2000",
   "examDate": "14 Aug 2000",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 23881,
   "passed": 16256,
   "passRate": 68.07,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2001,
   "academicYear": "2000–2001",
   "examDate": "23 Jul 2001",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 29645,
   "passed": 19749,
   "passRate": 66.62,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2002,
   "academicYear": "2001–2002",
   "examDate": "22 Jul 2002",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 47122,
   "passed": 18767,
   "passRate": 39.83,
   "note": "First exam of the new curriculum, graded A–F.",
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2003,
   "academicYear": "2002–2003",
   "examDate": "5 Aug 2003",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 35391,
   "passed": 14360,
   "passRate": 40.58,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2004,
   "academicYear": "2003–2004",
   "examDate": "6 Aug 2004",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 38552,
   "passed": 18883,
   "passRate": 48.98,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2005,
   "academicYear": "2004–2005",
   "examDate": "8 Aug 2005",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 47372,
   "passed": 34174,
   "passRate": 72.14,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2006,
   "academicYear": "2005–2006",
   "examDate": "7 Aug 2006",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 55495,
   "passed": 43063,
   "passRate": 77.6,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2007,
   "academicYear": "2006–2007",
   "examDate": "6 Aug 2007",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 57676,
   "passed": 41964,
   "passRate": 72.76,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2008,
   "academicYear": "2007–2008",
   "examDate": "4 Aug 2008",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 78049,
   "passed": 55178,
   "passRate": 70.7,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2009,
   "academicYear": "2008–2009",
   "examDate": "27 Jul 2009",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 86610,
   "passed": 67377,
   "passRate": 77.79,
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2010,
   "academicYear": "2009–2010",
   "examDate": "26 Jul 2010",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 105908,
   "passed": 87561,
   "passRate": 81.9,
   "note": "Official rate printed as 81.90% in both MoEYS documents, although 87,561 ÷ 105,908 = 82.68%.",
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2011,
   "academicYear": "2010–2011",
   "examDate": "25 Jul 2011",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 111287,
   "passed": 92236,
   "passRate": 82.88,
   "grades": {
    "A": 53,
    "B": 2024,
    "C": 12453,
    "D": 24641,
    "E": null
   },
   "note": "Grades as reported in 2012; the official table gives 92,236 passed (the report said 92,232).",
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014",
    "seuksa2012"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2012,
   "academicYear": "2011–2012",
   "examDate": "6 Aug 2012",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 111040,
   "passed": 96023,
   "passRate": 86.48,
   "grades": {
    "A": 105,
    "B": 3505,
    "C": null,
    "D": null,
    "E": null
   },
   "note": "Official table: 86.48% (early reports said 86.40% of 114,414 registered).",
   "sources": [
    "moeys1980",
    "moeysChart2014",
    "seuksa2012"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2013,
   "academicYear": "2012–2013",
   "resultsDate": "30 Aug 2013",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 105297,
   "passed": 91370,
   "passRate": 86.77,
   "note": "Last exam before the 2014 anti-cheating reform.",
   "sources": [
    "seuksa2013",
    "moeysChart2014"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2014,
   "academicYear": "2013–2014",
   "examDate": "4–5 Aug 2014",
   "resultsDate": "29 Aug 2014",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 89937,
   "passed": 23126,
   "passRate": 25.72,
   "grades": {
    "A": 11,
    "B": 289,
    "C": 800,
    "D": 1832,
    "E": null
   },
   "note": "First year of the reform (strict monitoring with the Anti-Corruption Unit). A second-chance exam was held in October 2014: about 17% of some 70,000 retakers passed (not included here).",
   "sources": [
    "rfa2014",
    "seuksa2014",
    "moeysChart2014",
    "kt2015"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2015,
   "academicYear": "2014–2015",
   "resultsDate": "12 Sep 2015",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": null,
   "passed": 46560,
   "passRate": 55.88,
   "grades": {
    "A": 108,
    "B": 1085,
    "C": null,
    "D": null,
    "E": null
   },
   "approx": [
    "passed"
   ],
   "note": "“More than 85,000” sat the exam. The rate appears as 55.88% (MoEYS series) and 55.87% (2016 report). No second-chance exam.",
   "sources": [
    "kt2015",
    "kt2016",
    "cn2025"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2016,
   "academicYear": "2015–2016",
   "examDate": "22–23 Aug 2016",
   "resultsDate": "10 Sep 2016",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 89661,
   "passed": 55753,
   "passRate": 62.18,
   "grades": {
    "A": 405,
    "B": 2801,
    "C": 5595,
    "D": 8835,
    "E": 38117
   },
   "note": "One report gives 62.16%; the MoEYS series uses 62.18%.",
   "sources": [
    "seuksa2016",
    "kt2016",
    "cn2025"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2017,
   "academicYear": "2016–2017",
   "resultsDate": "10 Sep 2017",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 99728,
   "passed": null,
   "passRate": 63.84,
   "grades": {
    "A": 424,
    "B": 2464,
    "C": null,
    "D": null,
    "E": 46657
   },
   "note": "Minimum passing mark: 47%.",
   "sources": [
    "ppp2017",
    "cn2025"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2018,
   "academicYear": "2017–2018",
   "resultsDate": "Sep 2018",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": null,
   "passed": null,
   "passRate": 67.07,
   "grades": {
    "A": 408,
    "B": null,
    "C": null,
    "D": null,
    "E": null
   },
   "note": "Figures from the ministry’s 2019 statement. Preliminary press reports in Sep 2018 differed (≈66%, ≥290 grade A).",
   "sources": [
    "kt2019",
    "cn2025"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2019,
   "academicYear": "2018–2019",
   "resultsDate": "9 Sep 2019",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": null,
   "passed": 79052,
   "passRate": 68.62,
   "grades": {
    "A": 443,
    "B": 2430,
    "C": 5847,
    "D": 14100,
    "E": 56232
   },
   "sources": [
    "kt2019",
    "cn2025"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2020,
   "academicYear": "2019–2020",
   "examDate": "planned 11 Jan 2021",
   "resultsDate": "14 Dec 2020 (cancelled)",
   "registered": 121108,
   "sat": null,
   "passed": null,
   "passRate": null,
   "cancelled": true,
   "note": "Exam cancelled because of COVID-19 (the “28 November” outbreak). All registered students passed automatically, without grades.",
   "sources": [
    "kt2020",
    "ppp2022",
    "cn2025"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2021,
   "academicYear": "2020–2021",
   "resultsDate": "14 Jan 2022",
   "registered": 114187,
   "sat": null,
   "passed": 72016,
   "passRate": 65.65,
   "grades": {
    "A": 1753,
    "B": 5215,
    "C": 11634,
    "D": 23499,
    "E": 29915
   },
   "note": "Official release: 65.65% (one later report says 65.64%; another printed E as 29,925).",
   "sources": [
    "ppp2022",
    "kt2022",
    "cn2022",
    "cn2025"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2022,
   "academicYear": "2021–2022",
   "examDate": "5–6 Dec 2022",
   "resultsDate": "22 Dec 2022",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 128135,
   "passed": 90950,
   "passRate": 72.33,
   "grades": {
    "A": 1049,
    "B": 7232,
    "C": 19053,
    "D": 31166,
    "E": 32450
   },
   "note": "Grade counts from Khmer Times (they sum to 90,950); another report printed C 19,953 and E 32,459.",
   "sources": [
    "kt2022",
    "cn2022",
    "cn2023"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2023,
   "academicYear": "2022–2023",
   "examDate": "6 Nov 2023",
   "resultsDate": "Nov 2023",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": 137412,
   "passed": 98460,
   "passRate": 72.89,
   "grades": {
    "A": 1673,
    "B": 6964,
    "C": 18308,
    "D": 34246,
    "E": 37269
   },
   "sources": [
    "cn2023",
    "cn2025"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2024,
   "academicYear": "2023–2024",
   "examDate": "8 Oct 2024",
   "resultsDate": "30–31 Oct 2024",
   "registered": null,
   "sat": null,
   "passed": 106351,
   "passRate": 79,
   "grades": {
    "A": 2216,
    "B": 9701,
    "C": 22675,
    "D": 36683,
    "E": 35076
   },
   "note": "“Over 130,000” candidates (exact number not published).",
   "sources": [
    "kt2024",
    "cn2025"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2025,
   "academicYear": "2024–2025",
   "examDate": "28–29 Aug 2025",
   "resultsDate": "19–20 Sep 2025",
   "registered": 146720,
   "sat": null,
   "passed": 122473,
   "passRate": 84.56,
   "grades": {
    "A": 3003,
    "B": 9901,
    "C": 28801,
    "D": 45859,
    "E": 34909
   },
   "note": "Highest pass rate since the 2014 reform. Registered: 40,678 science, 106,042 social science.",
   "sources": [
    "kt2025",
    "cn2025"
   ]
  },
  {
   "year": 2026,
   "academicYear": "2025–2026",
   "examDate": "10–11 Aug 2026",
   "resultsDate": "1–2 Sep 2026",
   "registered": 151238,
   "sat": null,
   "passed": 125975,
   "passRate": 84.06,
   "grades": {
    "A": 2022,
    "B": 8848,
    "C": 23422,
    "D": 44869,
    "E": 46814
   },
   "note": "Passed: 32,821 science, 93,154 social science. Grade A: 1,766 science (87.8%), 256 social science.",
   "sources": [
    "kt2026",
    "cn2026"
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  }
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  "moeys1980": {
   "title": "Results of candidates for the upper secondary certificate exam, 1980 to 2012 (official table, signed and stamped)",
   "publisher": "MoEYS – Department of General Secondary Education",
   "date": "2013-08",
   "url": "http://news.sabay.com.kh/articles/857255",
   "archive": "/media/seuksa/blog/7-387/Bac-II1-Cambodia-HighSchool-History-32-years.jpg"
  },
  "moeysChart2014": {
   "title": "Pass rate of the upper secondary exam over 35 years (1979–1980 to 2013–2014), first session of 4 Aug 2014",
   "publisher": "MoEYS – Department of General Secondary Education (official Facebook page)",
   "date": "2014-09",
   "archive": "/media/seuksa/blog/7-441/general-view-highschool-cambodia-1979-2014.jpg"
  },
  "seuksa2012": {
   "title": "Wow, 105 students in grade A in final exam of high school, Cambodia",
   "publisher": "Seuksa (reporting the MoEYS announcement)",
   "date": "2012-09-01",
   "url": "/blog/wow-105-students-in-grade-a-in-final-exam-of-high-school-cambodia/"
  },
  "seuksa2013": {
   "title": "High School Exam 2013, 86.77 percentages passed",
   "publisher": "Seuksa (reporting the MoEYS announcement)",
   "date": "2013-08-30",
   "url": "/blog/high-school-exam-2013-86-77-percentages-passed/"
  },
  "rfa2014": {
   "title": "More than 70 percent of Cambodia’s high school students fail key exam",
   "publisher": "Radio Free Asia (quoting the MoEYS statement)",
   "date": "2014-08-29",
   "url": "https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/exam-08292014201054.html"
  },
  "seuksa2014": {
   "title": "BACII 2014, 25.72% passed – 11 students in grade A, 289 in grade B",
   "publisher": "Seuksa (Education Minister’s TV interview, via Sabay News)",
   "date": "2014-08-29",
   "url": "/blog/high-school-2014-result/"
  },
  "kt2015": {
   "title": "National exam pass rate jumps",
   "publisher": "Khmer Times (quoting MoEYS)",
   "date": "2015-09-12",
   "url": "https://www.khmertimeskh.com/59385/national-exam-pass-rate-jumps/"
  },
  "kt2016": {
   "title": "405 get an A in high school exams",
   "publisher": "Khmer Times (quoting MoEYS)",
   "date": "2016-09-11",
   "url": "https://www.khmertimeskh.com/64362/405-get-an-a-in-high-school-exams/"
  },
  "seuksa2016": {
   "title": "លទ្ធផលបាក់ឌុបថ្ងៃនេះ ៦២.១៨%ជាប់ និទ្ទេស A ៤០៥នាក់",
   "publisher": "Seuksa (reporting the MoEYS announcement)",
   "date": "2016-09-10",
   "url": "/blog/high-school-2016-result-62-18-percentage-passed-a405/"
  },
  "ppp2017": {
   "title": "Exam pass rate increases",
   "publisher": "Phnom Penh Post (quoting the MoEYS statement)",
   "date": "2017-09-11",
   "url": "https://phnompenhpost.com/national/exam-pass-rate-increases/"
  },
  "kt2019": {
   "title": "68 percent of students pass high school exam",
   "publisher": "Khmer Times (quoting the MoEYS statement)",
   "date": "2019-09-09",
   "url": "https://www.khmertimeskh.com/641560/68-percent-of-students-pass-high-school-exam/"
  },
  "kt2020": {
   "title": "PM says Grade 12 exams cancelled, all students pass",
   "publisher": "Khmer Times (quoting the Prime Minister and MoEYS)",
   "date": "2020-12-15",
   "url": "https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50793598/pm-says-grade-12-exams-cancelled-all-students-pass/"
  },
  "ppp2022": {
   "title": "Over 65% of Grade 12 students pass exam",
   "publisher": "Phnom Penh Post (quoting the MoEYS official results)",
   "date": "2022-01-14",
   "url": "https://phnompenhpost.com/national/over-65-grade-12-students-pass-exam/"
  },
  "kt2022": {
   "title": "Bac II exams see a 70% passing rate with 1,049 Grade A scorers",
   "publisher": "Khmer Times (quoting MoEYS)",
   "date": "2022-12-22",
   "url": "https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501207263/bac-ii-exams-see-a-70-passing-rate-with-1049-grade-a-scorers/"
  },
  "cn2022": {
   "title": "Grade 12 exam success for 91,000",
   "publisher": "Cambodianess (quoting MoEYS)",
   "date": "2022-12",
   "url": "https://www.cambodianess.com/article/grade-12-exam-success-for-91000"
  },
  "cn2023": {
   "title": "Bac II pass rate reaches 72.89 pct",
   "publisher": "Cambodianess (quoting MoEYS)",
   "date": "2023-11-23",
   "url": "https://cambodianess.com/article/bac-ii-pass-rate-reaches-7289-pct"
  },
  "kt2024": {
   "title": "Over 100,000 candidates passed the BacII exam, with 2,216 achieving A-levels, according to MoEYS",
   "publisher": "Khmer Times (quoting the MoEYS press release)",
   "date": "2024-10-30",
   "url": "https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501582895/over-100000-candidates-passed-the-bacii-exam-with-2216-achieving-a-levels-according-to-moeys/"
  },
  "kt2025": {
   "title": "Ministry of Education announces Bac II 2025 results",
   "publisher": "Khmer Times (quoting MoEYS)",
   "date": "2025-09-19",
   "url": "https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501760139/ministry-of-education-announces-bac-ii-2025-results/"
  },
  "cn2025": {
   "title": "Bac II exam sets record pass rate",
   "publisher": "Cambodianess (quoting MoEYS; includes the 2014–2024 pass-rate series)",
   "date": "2025-09",
   "url": "https://cambodianess.com/article/bac-ii-exam-sets-record-pass-rate"
  },
  "kt2026": {
   "title": "Cambodian BacII exam concludes smoothly nationwide, results due September 2",
   "publisher": "Khmer Times (quoting MoEYS)",
   "date": "2026-08-11",
   "url": "https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501996140/cambodian-bacii-exam-concludes-smoothly-nationwide-results-due-september-2/"
  },
  "cn2026": {
   "title": "Cambodia records 84 percent pass rate in Bac II exam",
   "publisher": "Cambodianess (quoting MoEYS spokesperson Khoun Vichheka)",
   "date": "2026-09",
   "url": "https://cambodianess.com/article/cambodia-records-84-percent-pass-rate-in-bac-ii-exam"
  }
 }
}