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2010-20112009-2010

2011-2012

2007-20082008-2009

ProfileCandidatesof Graduate Management Admission Test®

five-Year Summary

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The Profile of Graduate Management Admission Test® CandidatesThe Profile is a rich source of significant demographic data about GMAT ® examinees over the past five years. It is ideal for gauging the size and characteristics of your business school’s potential applicant pool. Use this book to find out about volume and mean GMAT Total scores by:

• gender • undergraduate major • world region

• age group • citizenship • US subgroup

• intended degree • residency • US state

For an electronic copy of this document, visit gmac.com/GMATprofile.

To request printed copies, or if you have questions about this publication, please contact us:

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1Profile of GMAT® Candidates, 2007–08 to 2011–12© 2012 Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®). All rights reserved.

Contents IntroductIon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Inside the Profile ........................................................................................................................................................2Notes About the GMAT Exam ...................................................................................................................................3Notes About the Data ................................................................................................................................................3Graduate Management Admission Council .............................................................................................................. 4

GMAT voluME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by GenderandtestInGYear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Figure 1. GMAT Tests Taken by Gender and Testing year ...........................................................................................5Table 1. GMAT Total Score Means by Gender and Testing year .................................................................................5

GMAT voluME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by aGeGroup,Gender,andtestInGYear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Figure 2. GMAT Tests Taken by Age Group and Testing year .....................................................................................6Table 2. GMAT Total Score Means by Age Group, Gender, and Testing year .............................................................7

GMAT voluME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by IntendeddeGree,Gender,andtestInGYear . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Figure 3. GMAT Tests Taken by Intended Graduate Degree and Testing year ............................................................8Table 3. GMAT Total Score Means by Intended Graduate Degree, Gender, and Testing year.....................................9

GMAT voluME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by underGraduateMajor,Gender,andtestInGYear . . . . . 10Figure 4. GMAT Tests Taken by undergraduate Major and Testing year ..................................................................10Table 4. GMAT Total Score Means by undergraduate Major, Gender, and Testing year ...........................................11

GMAT voluME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by cItIzenshIp,Gender,andtestInGYear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Figure 5 (a, b). GMAT Tests Taken by region of Citizenship and Testing year ..........................................................16Table 5. GMAT Total Score Means by region of Citizenship, Gender, and Testing year ...........................................17Figure 6. GMAT Tests Taken by uS vs. Non-uS Citizens and Testing year .................................................................18Table 6. GMAT Total Score Means by Citizenship, Gender, and Testing year ...........................................................19

GMAT voluME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by resIdence,Gender,andtestInGYear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Figure 7 (a, b). GMAT Tests Taken by World region of residence and Testing year .................................................25Table 7. GMAT Total Score Means by World region of residence, Gender, and Testing year ..................................26 Figure 8. GMAT Tests Taken by uS vs. Non-uS residence and Testing year .............................................................27Table 8. GMAT Total Score Means by residence, Gender, and Testing year .............................................................28

GMAT voluME by cItIzenshIp,resIdence,andtestInGYearbYworldreGIon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Table 9. GMAT Tests Taken by Citizenship, region of residence, and Testing year by World region .......................35

appendIx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

GMAT voluME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by ussubGroup,Gender,andtestInGYear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Figure A1. GMAT Tests Taken by Testing year Among uS Non-White Subgroups ....................................................37Figure A2. GMAT Tests Taken by Testing year Among uS White Subgroup .............................................................37Table A. GMAT Total Score Means by uS Subgroup, Gender, and Testing year .......................................................38

GMAT voluME AND ToTAl SCorE MEANS by usstate,Gender,andtestInGYear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Table b. GMAT Total Score Means by uS State of residence, Gender, and Testing year ..........................................39

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the Profile of Graduate Management Admission test® (GMAt®) Candidates 2007–08 to 2011–12

The 2011-2012 testing year held a number of significant milestones for the Graduate Management Admission Test exam.

A total of 286,529 GMAT exams were administered, with 831,337 score reports sent to more than 5,200 graduate-level management programs around the world—all record numbers. This record volume reflects the increase in graduate-level business and management programs, both MbA and other programs using the exam in their admissions process. It also may reflect increased interest in the exam brought on by the addition of the Integrated reasoning section on June 5, 2012. Historically, test volume rises just before changes are made to a standardized exam as test takers opt for a familiar format at transition time.

The Graduate Management Admission Council’s annual Profile of GMAT Candidates captures key data about GMAT volume and the candidates who take the exam. The Profile presents data about tests taken based on examinee gender, age, citizenship, residency, and world region. Additional analyses examine undergraduate major and intended degree.

InsidetheProfileThis edition of the Profile summarizes GMAT data over five testing years, from 2007–08 through 2011–12. “Testing years” run from July 1 to June 30, mirroring many academic calendars. Descriptions of each individual table offer specific insights about how to interpret the data. At a glance, here’s what the Profile can tell you:

• The total number of GMAT exams administered each year for the past 10 years

• Mean GMAT scores each year for the past 10 years1

• Where examinees claim citizenship and residence, with breakdowns by world region for each of the last five years

• Test volume breakdown by gender, age, intended degree (e.g., MbA, EMbA, PhD), and undergraduate major

1  When comparing mean scores in this report, keep in mind that the individuals represented in this report are self-select samples and their means are not necessarily representative of the population.

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More detailed data on student mobility are available in the Geographic Trend reports and online interactive GMAT Trends Tracker tool, which provide a closer look at GMAT volume and score-sending trends over the past five years.

Current titles include:

• Asian Geographic Trend report for GMAT Examinees

• European Geographic Trend report for GMAT Examinees

• North American Geographic Trend report for GMAT Examinees

• World Geographic Trend report for GMAT Examinees

• GMAT Trends Tracker (online tool using Adobe Flash)

For details, visit gmac .com/research .

notesabouttheGMatexamThe GMAT exam is an important part of the admissions process for more than 2,000 schools worldwide. The GMAT exam consists of four sections: verbal, Quantitative, Analytical Writing, and Integrated reasoning. GMAT “Total” scores, which are reported in the Profile, are calculated based on performance on the verbal and Quantitative sections of the exam. Total scores are reported in increments of 10, on a scale ranging from 200 to 800.

notesaboutthedataUnique Examinees: Data in this report reflect the total number of GMAT exams that generated valid, reportable scores during a given testing year. Examinees who took the exam more than once during the year are included in the aggregate data each time they generated a valid score. For example, if an individual took the GMAT exam twice during the 2011–12 testing year, he or she would represent a total of two exams taken during that year.

Since 2007–08, the annual percentage of individuals taking the GMAT exam has ranged from 80 to 84 percent of total GMAT exams taken globally. In the most recent testing year, 228,971 unique test takers submitted valid scores, which translates to 80 percent of the 286,529 GMAT exams reported for the year. Although the overall rate has remained relatively constant over the five-year period analyzed for this report, there is often significant variation across global regions. uS citizens, for example, had a unique examinee rate of 86 percent in 2011–12, compared with just 68 percent for citizens of East and Southeast Asian countries.

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The percentage of tests taken by non-uS citizens has gone from 49% in 2007–08 to 59% in 2011–12.

Biographical  information: During the test session, GMAT examinees are asked to provide the biographical and demographic information that is used in this Profile and for the Graduate Management Admission Search Service® (GMASS®) database.2 Examinees are not required to provide this information, and some choose not to do so.

“No response” data: “No response” data included in Table 1 of the Profile refer to a small number of examinees who did not respond to the question about gender. “No response” data are not specified in the other tables. Consequently, for tables other than Table 1, grand sums will not necessarily equal the total in Table 1. Note, however, that all test takers responded to the questions about gender, citizenship, and residency for testing years 2007–08 through 2011–12.

Standard deviations: The only statistics reported in this summary are group sizes and mean Total scores. Another statistic commonly reported for data of this kind is the standard deviation, a measure of the spread of score distribution. For the data reported in the Profile, nearly all of the standard deviations for GMAT Total scores are in the 90 to 110 range. because these standard deviations are redundant across subgroups tabulated in this summary and across the Profile’s testing years, they are not reported here.

Dashes in tables: Dashes that appear in tables throughout this report are used to indicate “not applicable,” such as when there are no examinees in a given subgroup and, thus, no scores exist. For examinee privacy, dashes are also used in place of mean Total scores when there are fewer than five examinees from a given subgroup or country.

GraduateManagementadmissioncouncilThe Profile of Graduate Management Admission Test Candidates is a product of the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), owner of the Graduate Management Admission Test exam. based in reston, virginia, GMAC is a nonprofit education organization of leading graduate business schools worldwide, dedicated to creating access to and disseminating information about graduate management education. More information is available at gmac .com .

2  The Graduate Management Admission Search Service® (GMASS®) database is an annual, subscription-based service with a pool of names of potential applicants who have chosen to make their contact and other information available to schools. The database pool frequently renews as individuals move through the decision-making process. For more information, visit gmac .com/gmass .

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Figure1 .GMat®teststakenbyGenderandtestingYear

what’sinthetable:

• Table 1 presents the number of and mean GMAT Total scores for all examinees by gender and testing year.

• The “Total: Number” value reported in each column represents the total number of tests taken recorded in the Graduate Management Admission Council database and serves as a reference for subsequent tables in this report that exclude test takers who did not submit valid demographic information for the characteristics reported.

Gender 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Men: Number 137,801 124,502 120,185 123,811 132,665 149,511 160,733 158,079 151,392 163,686Mean Total Score 545 541 541 548 552 554 552 555 554 557% of year 60.6% 60.2% 59.9% 60.5% 60.6% 60.5% 60.5% 59.9% 58.6% 57.1%

Women: Number 85,473 78,679 76,980 79,661 86,412 97,446 104,880 105,900 106,800 122,843

Mean Total Score 504 501 500 508 514 518 519 526 530 536% of year 37.6% 38.0% 38.4% 39.0% 39.4% 39.5% 39.5% 40.1% 41.4% 42.9%

No response: Number 4,053 3,671 3,338 1,037 0 0 0 0 0 0Mean Total Score 510 535 542 547 — — — — — —% of year 1.8% 1.8% 1.7% 0.5% — — — — — —

Total: Number 227,327 206,852 200,503 204,509 219,077 246,957 265,613 263,979 258,192 286,529Mean Total Score 529 526 525 533 537 540 539 544 544 548

*note:

Testing figures for testing year 2011–12 partially reflect increased interest in the exam brought on by the addition of the Integrated reasoning section on June 5, 2012. Historically, test volume rises just before changes are made to a standardized exam as test takers opt for a familiar format prior to the transition.

GMAT volume and Total Score Means by Gender and Testing year

table1 .GMat®totalscoreMeansbyGenderandtestingYear

10-Yearaverage avgannualGrowthrateMen 142,237 2.2%women 94,507 4.3%

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GMAT volume and Total Score Means by Age Group, Gender, and Testing year

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Figure2 .GMat®teststakenbyageGroupandtestingYear

what’sinthetable:

• Table 2 presents the number of and mean GMAT Total scores for men and women by age and testing year.

• Examinees are not asked to give their age but are asked for their birthdates. Ages have been calculated, therefore, from birthdates and dates when these examinees sat for the GMAT exam.

• Age totals for testing year 2007–08 do not sum to global total due to missing age data.

• Testing numbers by age in the following table may not match editions of the Profile published prior to 2011, as age calculation methods were updated in testing year 2010–11 for improved accuracy across years.

• Percent of year totals may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.

• The categories for age are:

younger than 20 years 26–27 years 40–49 years

20–21 years 28–30 years 50+ years

22–23 years 31–34 years

24–25 years 35–39 years

Five-Yearaverage avgannualGrowthrateYoungerthan24 86,679 12.8%24–30 132,207 0.8%31–39 36,597 –1.8%40+ 8,488 –2.4%

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table2 .GMat®totalscoreMeansbyageGroup,Gender,andtestingYear

ageGroup Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Younger than 20 Men: Number 264 333 341 401 591 Mean Total 593 585 594 586 592 Women: Number 370 512 670 786 1,281 Mean Total 584 586 604 607 599

Total: Number 634 845 1,011 1,187 1,872Mean Total Score 588 586 601 600 597% of year 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.5% 0.7%

20–21 Men: Number 10,172 12,310 13,657 14,915 17,184 Mean Total 555 557 568 571 578 Women: Number 12,325 15,477 18,537 22,461 27,865 Mean Total 538 545 560 568 576

Total: Number 22,497 27,787 32,194 37,376 45,049 Mean Total Score 546 550 563 569 577% of year 9.2% 10.5% 12.2% 14.5% 15.7%

22–23 Men: Number 24,054 27,909 28,241 27,718 31,541 Mean Total 539 539 542 543 547 Women: Number 20,712 23,436 23,660 24,747 30,923 Mean Total 512 512 518 524 530

Total: Number 44,766 51,345 51,901 52,465 62,464 Mean Total Score 526 527 531 534 539 % of year 18.2% 19.3% 19.7% 20.3% 21.8%

24–25 Men: Number 28,293 31,352 29,790 27,813 29,819 Mean Total 563 560 563 562 561 Women: Number 20,525 21,777 20,801 18,707 20,266 Mean Total 528 527 531 528 530

Total: Number 48,818 53,129 50,591 46,520 50,085 Mean Total Score 548 546 550 548 548 % of year 19.9% 20.0% 19.2% 18.0% 17.5%

26–27 Men: Number 26,161 28,541 27,939 25,508 27,002 Mean Total 568 567 572 568 571 Women: Number 15,601 16,540 15,622 14,335 15,220 Mean Total 527 528 533 532 537

Total: Number 41,762 45,081 43,561 39,843 42,222 Mean Total Score 553 553 558 555 559% of year 17.0% 17.0% 16.5% 15.4% 14.7%

28–30 Men: Number 26,592 28,096 27,253 26,010 27,403 Mean Total 566 561 563 562 564 Women: Number 12,665 12,838 12,757 12,505 13,302 Mean Total 521 518 522 521 525

Total: Number 39,257 40,934 40,010 38,515 40,705 Mean Total Score 551 548 550 548 551% of year 16.0% 15.4% 15.2% 14.9% 14.2%

31–34 Men: Number 18,377 17,944 17,402 16,459 17,488 Mean Total 555 548 547 548 548 Women: Number 7,243 7,119 7,101 6,817 7,366 Mean Total 501 498 498 498 502

Total: Number 25,620 25,063 24,503 23,276 24,854 Mean Total Score 540 534 533 533 534% of year 10.4% 9.4% 9.3% 9.0% 8.7%

35–39 Men: Number 9,229 8,815 8,278 7,652 7,680 Mean Total 532 524 521 523 522 Women: Number 3,995 3,765 3,496 3,301 3,460 Mean Total 480 472 471 467 472

Total: Number 13,224 12,580 11,774 10,953 11,140 Mean Total Score 516 509 506 506 507 % of year 5.4% 4.7% 4.5% 4.2% 3.9%

40–49 Men: Number 4,738 4,605 4,443 4,207 4,202 Mean Total 505 500 500 494 497 Women: Number 2,873 2,818 2,693 2,606 2,649 Mean Total 451 451 451 446 449

Total: Number 7,611 7,423 7,136 6,813 6,851 Mean Total Score 485 482 481 476 479% of year 3.1% 2.8% 2.7% 2.6% 2.4%

50+ Men: Number 763 828 735 709 776 Mean Total 479 497 489 474 471 Women: Number 589 598 563 535 511 Mean Total 444 440 439 433 425

Total: Number 1,352 1,426 1,298 1,244 1,287 Mean Total Score 464 473 467 456 453 % of year 0.6% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4%

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GMAT volume and Total Score Means by Intended Degree, Gender, and Testing year

Figure3 .GMat®teststakenbyIntendedGraduatedegreeandtestingYear

*note:

Testing year 2010–11 marked the first full year of data reflecting a more precise listing of intended degrees. The updated list was implemented to provide schools with a better understanding of prospective business school students in the GMAT pipeline. Comparisons with historic data prior to testing year 2010–11 are therefore no longer appropriate. Consequently, only two years of full data are reported in Figure 3 and Table 3.

The category for All other Degrees in Figure 3 includes examinees who selected Master’s in Health Care Administration, Master’s of Public Administration, or “other” degree as their intended degree.

what’sinthetable:

• Table 3 presents the number of and mean GMAT Total scores for men and women by intended degree.

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table3 .GMat®totalscoreMeansbyIntendedGraduatedegree,Gender,andtestingYear

degreepursued Gender 2010–11 2011–12

Total respondents 213,213 239,053% of Annual Pipeline 82.6% 83.4%

Doctorate in Business Men: Number 3,315 3,184(PhD or DBA) Mean Total Score 573 568 Women: Number 2,349 2,440 Mean Total Score 559 562

Total: Number 5,664 5,624Mean Total Score 567 565

Executive MBA (EMBA) Men: Number 5,643 6,339 Mean Total Score 547 548 Women: Number 2,140 2,491 Mean Total Score 516 520

Total: Number 7,783 8,830Mean Total Score 538 540

Joint Degrees Men: Number 3,725 3,719 Mean Total Score 579 579 Women: Number 2,132 2,122 Mean Total Score 550 551

Total: Number 5,857 5,841Mean Total Score 568 569

Master's in Business Men: Number 11,339 14,307(MS, MSc, MA) Mean Total Score 553 553 Women: Number 12,609 17,422 Mean Total Score 552 557

Total: Number 23,948 31,729Mean Total Score 552 555

Master's in Business Men: Number 86,926 94,833Administration Mean Total Score 555 560 Women: Number 50,694 56,554 Mean Total Score 516 523

Total: Number 137,620 151,387Mean Total Score 541 546

Master's in Health Care Men: Number 645 630Administration (MHA) Mean Total Score 487 482 Women: Number 811 792 Mean Total Score 453 456

Total: Number 1,456 1,422Mean Total Score 468 467

Master's of Accountancy Men: Number 7,737 7,951(MA) Mean Total Score 531 528 Women: Number 8,966 9,926 Mean Total Score 527 531

Total: Number 16,703 17,877Mean Total Score 529 530

Master's of Public Men: Number 293 318Administration (MPA) Mean Total Score 543 521 Women: Number 381 515 Mean Total Score 529 526

Total: Number 674 833Mean Total Score 535 524

Other Degree Men: Number 4,247 4,929 Mean Total Score 544 546 Women: Number 3,182 3,753 Mean Total Score 516 521

Total: Number 7,429 8,682Mean Total Score 532 535

Undecided Men: Number 3,277 3,564 Mean Total Score 571 577 Women: Number 2,802 3,264 Mean Total Score 557 566

Total: Number 6,079 6,828Mean Total Score 565 571

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what’sinthetable:

• Table 4 presents the number of and mean GMAT Total scores for men and women by testing year and undergraduate major.

• Examinees are asked to select their undergraduate major or primary field of study from the list provided. The options given are as follows:

businessandcommerce engineering humanities science socialscience

Accounting Computer Science Art History Agriculture Anthropology

Actuarial Science Engineering English Architecture Economics

business Education other Engineering/ Fine Arts biological Sciences Education

Finance Computer Science Journalism Chemistry Government

Hotel Administration languages Mathematics History

Information Systems Philosophy Medicine/Nursing law

Technology other Fine Arts Physics Political Science

International business other Humanities Statistics Psychology

Management other Science/Math Sociology

Marketing other Social Science/law

operations Management/

Production

other business/Management/otherMajor/Fieldofstudy

Economics

GMAT volume and Total Score Means by undergraduate Major, Gender, and Testing year

Figure4 .GMat®teststakenbyundergraduateMajorandtestingYear

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Five-Yearaverage avgannualGrowthratebusiness-commerce 124,887 5.1%engineering 41,569 –1.2%humanities 12,308 –0.1%otherMajor 7,424 –2.0%science 14,024 –1.3%socialsciences 37,817 2.5%

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undergraduateMajor Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Total Respondents 228,575 243,522 236,736 229,065 252,246 % of Annual Pipeline 92.6% 91.7% 89.7% 88.7% 88.0%

busIness-coMMerce Men:number 63,419 70,643 70,818 68,337 73,197 Meantotalscore 527 528 533 532 535 women:number 49,580 53,629 54,922 55,694 64,198 Meantotalscore 499 502 512 517 525

total:number 112,999 124,272 125,740 124,031 137,395Meantotalscore 515 517 524 525 530%ofrespondents 49 .4% 51 .0% 53 .1% 54 .1% 54 .5%

Accounting Men: Number 12,335 13,451 14,351 14,711 15,593 Mean Total Score 522 521 529 526 525 Women: Number 13,149 14,007 15,114 16,010 18,394 Mean Total Score 500 502 513 516 524

Total: Number 25,484 27,458 29,465 30,721 33,987Mean Total Score 511 511 520 521 525

Actuarial Science Men: Number 242 270 338 272 358 Mean Total Score 587 601 583 593 599 Women: Number 147 203 210 245 309 Mean Total Score 558 557 567 573 568

Total: Number 389 473 548 517 667 Mean Total Score 576 582 577 583 584

Business Education Men: Number 4,327 4,562 4,270 3,871 4,476 Mean Total Score 521 524 532 529 534 Women: Number 2,666 2,794 2,578 2,724 2,882 Mean Total Score 490 489 500 500 507

Total: Number 6,993 7,356 6,848 6,595 7,358Mean Total Score 509 511 520 517 524

Finance Men: Number 14,575 17,652 18,057 17,630 19,481 Mean Total Score 553 554 558 560 563 Women: Number 8,616 9,392 10,242 10,795 13,648 Mean Total Score 529 538 550 556 562

Total: Number 23,191 27,044 28,299 28,425 33,129 Mean Total Score 544 548 555 558 563

Hotel Men: Number 710 783 746 765 756 Administration Mean Total Score 499 496 508 498 507

Women: Number 703 833 859 837 1,017 Mean Total Score 477 477 493 499 512

Total: Number 1,413 1,616 1,605 1,602 1,773 Mean Total Score 488 486 500 499 510

Information Men: Number 4,959 5,157 4,752 4,261 4,520 Systems Mean Total Score 540 536 542 541 549 Technology Women: Number 1,714 1,858 1,672 1,515 1,742

Mean Total Score 504 512 519 525 535 Total: Number 6,673 7,015 6,424 5,776 6,262 Mean Total Score 530 529 536 537 545

International Men: Number 2,660 3,022 3,120 3,041 3,380 Business Mean Total Score 525 528 530 536 537 Women: Number 3,175 3,684 3,696 3,697 4,263

Mean Total Score 515 515 527 529 531 Total: Number 5,835 6,706 6,816 6,738 7,643 Mean Total Score 519 521 528 532 534

Management Men: Number 9,921 11,103 10,726 10,366 10,784 Mean Total Score 507 509 514 512 515 Women: Number 6,932 7,551 7,558 7,459 8,679 Mean Total Score 479 481 489 495 502

Total: Number 16,853 18,654 18,284 17,825 19,463 Mean Total Score 496 498 503 505 509

Marketing Men: Number 5,956 6,325 6,252 5,655 5,775 Mean Total Score 499 500 501 500 501 Women: Number 6,792 7,394 7,089 6,518 6,773 Mean Total Score 483 483 486 489 494

Total: Number 12,748 13,719 13,341 12,173 12,548 Mean Total Score 491 491 493 494 497

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undergraduateMajor Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Operations Men: Number 1,458 1,601 1,545 1,380 1,467 Management/ Mean Total Score 585 569 579 580 582 Production Women: Number 438 477 481 445 491

Mean Total Score 562 549 576 567 568 Total: Number 1,896 2,078 2,026 1,825 1,958 Mean Total Score 580 565 578 576 578

Other Business/ Men: Number 6,276 6,717 6,661 6,385 6,607 Management/ Mean Total Score 513 515 518 518 517 Economics Women: Number 5,248 5,436 5,423 5,449 6,000

Mean Total Score 482 486 494 496 505 Total: Number 11,524 12,153 12,084 11,834 12,607 Mean Total Score 499 502 507 508 511

enGIneerInG Men:number 35,581 35,971 32,947 30,452 32,837 Meantotalscore 595 591 593 593 595 women:number 8,082 8,309 7,834 7,415 8,417 Meantotalscore 574 572 575 577 578

total:number 43,663 44,280 40,781 37,867 41,254Meantotalscore 591 587 590 590 591%ofrespondents 19 .1% 18 .2% 17 .2% 16 .5% 16 .4%

Computer Sciences Men: Number 7,543 7,205 6,573 5,898 6,209 Mean Total Score 593 588 588 586 586 Women: Number 2,088 2,122 1,991 1,829 1,920 Mean Total Score 559 553 557 560 564

Total: Number 9,631 9,327 8,564 7,727 8,129 Mean Total Score 586 580 581 580 580

Engineering Men: Number 25,191 25,650 23,509 21,989 23,703 Mean Total Score 595 591 595 596 598 Women: Number 5,217 5,366 5,054 4,830 5,662 Mean Total Score 580 578 582 585 583

Total: Number 30,408 31,016 28,563 26,819 29,365 Mean Total Score 593 589 593 594 595

Other Men: Number 2,847 3,116 2,865 2,565 2,925 Engineering/ Mean Total Score 599 594 593 587 590 Computer Science Women: Number 777 821 789 756 835

Mean Total Score 578 576 577 568 576 Total: Number 3,624 3,937 3,654 3,321 3,760 Mean Total Score 594 590 590 583 587

huManItIes Men:number 5,334 5,315 4,976 4,816 4,924 Meantotalscore 561 557 558 560 561 women:number 7,191 7,474 6,982 7,018 7,508 Meantotalscore 528 527 535 535 539

total:number 12,525 12,789 11,958 11,834 12,432Meantotalscore 542 540 544 546 547%ofrespondents 5 .5% 5 .3% 5 .1% 5 .2% 4 .9%

Art History Men: Number 71 67 62 65 73 Mean Total Score 580 517 590 549 562 Women: Number 276 284 269 260 250 Mean Total Score 561 565 567 546 552

Total: Number 347 351 331 325 323 Mean Total Score 565 556 571 546 555

English Men: Number 1,419 1,320 1,244 1,196 1,245 Mean Total Score 569 574 576 578 576 Women: Number 1,978 2,019 1,840 1,944 2,180 Mean Total Score 544 547 549 556 553

Total: Number 3,397 3,339 3,084 3,140 3,425 Mean Total Score 555 557 560 564 562

Fine Arts Men: Number 444 412 406 374 404 Mean Total Score 524 512 518 513 514

Women: Number 501 553 575 500 517 Mean Total Score 495 492 494 485 501

Total: Number 945 965 981 874 921 Mean Total Score 508 501 504 497 506

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undergraduateMajor Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Journalism Men: Number 555 643 585 536 512 Mean Total Score 537 529 532 535 534 Women: Number 1,072 1,128 993 995 922 Mean Total Score 511 506 516 516 514

Total: Number 1,627 1,771 1,578 1,531 1,434 Mean Total Score 520 514 522 523 521

Languages Men: Number 841 902 796 832 885 Mean Total Score 572 572 563 572 574 Women: Number 1,427 1,507 1,377 1,342 1,673 Mean Total Score 540 541 550 554 558

Total: Number 2,268 2,409 2,173 2,174 2,558 Mean Total Score 552 553 555 561 564

Philosophy Men: Number 531 483 496 500 473 Mean Total Score 602 592 599 608 594 Women: Number 193 222 200 168 197 Mean Total Score 561 542 556 574 574

Total: Number 724 705 696 668 670 Mean Total Score 591 576 587 599 588

Other Fine Arts Men: Number 555 543 518 515 506 Mean Total Score 537 532 528 520 526 Women: Number 672 696 657 704 746 Mean Total Score 491 487 502 494 502

Total: Number 1,227 1,239 1,175 1,219 1,252 Mean Total Score 511 507 514 505 512

Other Humanities Men: Number 918 945 869 798 826 Mean Total Score 559 556 554 560 564 Women: Number 1,072 1,065 1,071 1,105 1,023 Mean Total Score 523 525 538 535 533

Total: Number 1,990 2,010 1,940 1,903 1,849 Mean Total Score 539 540 545 545 547

scIence Men:number 8,778 8,825 7,909 7,584 8,145 Meantotalscore 574 571 576 578 579 women:number 6,136 6,120 5,422 5,341 5,858 Meantotalscore 543 541 546 547 553

total:number 14,914 14,945 13,331 12,925 14,003Meantotalscore 561 559 564 565 568%ofrespondents 6 .5% 6 .1% 5 .6% 5 .6% 5 .6%

Agriculture Men: Number 356 352 301 259 328 Mean Total Score 503 503 499 508 500 Women: Number 183 183 189 162 161 Mean Total Score 492 487 487 486 499

Total: Number 539 535 490 421 489 Mean Total Score 499 497 495 499 500

Architecture Men: Number 449 582 572 514 539 Mean Total Score 551 555 559 553 553 Women: Number 397 391 414 409 445 Mean Total Score 545 527 526 547 529

Total: Number 846 973 986 923 984 Mean Total Score 548 544 545 550 542

Biological Sciences Men: Number 2,592 2,527 2,118 2,122 2,176 Mean Total Score 575 570 575 574 582 Women: Number 2,066 2,052 1,666 1,646 1,835 Mean Total Score 543 542 548 542 554

Total: Number 4,658 4,579 3,784 3,768 4,011 Mean Total Score 561 557 563 560 569

Chemistry Men: Number 1,003 992 817 743 889 Mean Total Score 575 568 576 579 578 Women: Number 646 598 533 491 527 Mean Total Score 560 549 552 551 565

Total: Number 1,649 1,590 1,350 1,234 1,416 Mean Total Score 569 561 567 568 573

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undergraduateMajor Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Mathematics Men: Number 1,391 1,419 1,383 1,378 1,570 Mean Total Score 602 610 617 619 614 Women: Number 902 921 890 859 963 Mean Total Score 587 583 594 593 590

Total: Number 2,293 2,340 2,273 2,237 2,533 Mean Total Score 596 599 608 609 605

Medicine/Nursing Men: Number 725 756 632 578 653 Mean Total Score 548 547 548 547 550 Women: Number 676 599 532 556 606 Mean Total Score 496 502 504 505 514

Total: Number 1,401 1,355 1,164 1,134 1,259 Mean Total Score 523 527 528 526 533

Physics Men: Number 898 819 732 647 645 Mean Total Score 609 610 609 614 616 Women: Number 194 195 192 163 175 Mean Total Score 574 592 588 595 608

Total: Number 1,092 1,014 924 810 820 Mean Total Score 603 606 604 610 614

Statistics Men: Number 215 206 241 248 227 Mean Total Score 569 567 563 587 587 Women: Number 190 243 192 204 259 Mean Total Score 553 562 564 578 581

Total: Number 405 449 433 452 486 Mean Total Score 561 564 563 583 584

Other Science/Math Men: Number 1,149 1,172 1,113 1,095 1,118 Mean Total Score 557 550 555 554 552

Women: Number 882 938 814 851 887 Mean Total Score 521 521 525 532 531

Total: Number 2,031 2,110 1,927 1,946 2,005 Mean Total Score 541 537 543 544 542

socIalscIence Men:number 21,580 23,070 22,341 21,058 23,540

Meantotalscore 568 570 575 576 577 women:number 15,128 16,278 15,161 14,431 16,499 Meantotalscore 542 543 551 551 558

total:number 36,708 39,348 37,502 35,489 40,039Meantotalscore 557 559 565 565 569%ofrespondents 16 .1% 16 .2% 15 .8% 15 .5% 15 .9%

Anthropology Men: Number 170 148 160 174 186

Mean Total Score 560 563 583 573 560 Women: Number 206 272 239 195 236 Mean Total Score 558 547 560 560 551

Total: Number 376 420 399 369 422 Mean Total Score 559 552 569 566 555

Economics Men: Number 11,380 12,685 12,719 11,998 13,633 Mean Total Score 583 584 590 590 590 Women: Number 6,520 7,176 7,014 6,916 8,256 Mean Total Score 564 565 572 574 580

Total: Number 17,900 19,861 19,733 18,914 21,889 Mean Total Score 576 577 583 584 586

Education Men: Number 313 322 260 263 289

Mean Total Score 494 487 481 500 507

Women: Number 500 414 396 393 405 Mean Total Score 480 483 482 480 475

Total: Number 813 736 656 656 694 Mean Total Score 486 485 482 488 488

Government Men: Number 395 427 393 331 406 Mean Total Score 567 581 584 583 566 Women: Number 232 284 265 228 294 Mean Total Score 561 560 569 572 576

Total: Number 627 711 658 559 700 Mean Total Score 565 572 578 579 570

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table4 .GMat®totalscoreMeansbyundergraduateMajor,Gender,andtestingYear

undergraduateMajor Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

History Men: Number 1,719 1,752 1,656 1,458 1,645

Mean Total Score 575 572 576 581 573

Women: Number 708 754 702 622 657 Mean Total Score 563 565 568 562 569

Total: Number 2,427 2,506 2,358 2,080 2,302 Mean Total Score 571 570 574 575 571

Law Men: Number 1,304 1,318 1,185 1,243 1,341 Mean Total Score 547 546 554 553 554 Women: Number 747 921 739 809 824

Mean Total Score 518 521 520 527 534 Total: Number 2,051 2,239 1,924 2,052 2,165 Mean Total Score 537 536 541 543 546

Political Science Men: Number 2,974 3,106 2,939 2,727 2,947

Mean Total Score 554 562 562 564 570 Women: Number 1,927 2,087 1,856 1,687 1,925 Mean Total Score 534 537 546 540 551

Total: Number 4,901 5,193 4,795 4,414 4,872 Mean Total Score 546 552 556 555 563

Psychology Men: Number 1,596 1,533 1,462 1,315 1,408 Mean Total Score 547 552 550 549 551 Women: Number 2,332 2,318 2,085 1,875 1,953 Mean Total Score 516 515 521 521 521

Total: Number 3,928 3,851 3,547 3,190 3,361 Mean Total Score 529 530 533 533 533

Sociology Men: Number 746 756 644 610 663 Mean Total Score 523 519 530 522 517 Women: Number 873 921 822 785 857 Mean Total Score 507 504 511 503 510

Total: Number 1,619 1,677 1,466 1,395 1,520 Mean Total Score 514 511 519 511 513

Other Social Men: Number 983 1,023 923 939 1,022 Science/Law Mean Total Score 542 535 543 540 549

Women: Number 1,083 1,131 1,043 921 1,092 Mean Total Score 532 529 540 538 542

Total: Number 2,066 2,154 1,966 1,860 2,114 Mean Total Score 537 532 542 539 545

otherMajor/ Men:number 3,557 3,707 3,492 3,322 3,233FIeldoFstudY Meantotalscore 507 507 509 507 511 women:number 4,209 4,181 3,932 3,597 3,890 Meantotalscore 478 480 483 483 483

total:number 7,766 7,888 7,424 6,919 7,123Meantotalscore 492 493 495 494 496%ofrespondents 3 .4% 3 .2% 3 .1% 3 .0% 2 .8%

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GMAT volume and Total Score Means by Citizenship, Gender, and Testing year

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Five-Yearaverage avgannualGrowthratecanada 7,567 1.7%central/southasia 30,980 2.0%east/southeastasia 54,252 18.5%westerneurope 17,727 6.2%

Five-Yearaverage avgannualGrowthrateafrica 6,235 2.1%australia/pacificIslands 1,031 6.6%easterneurope 5,556 6.1%lataM 7,996 0.8%Middleeast 9,359 6.1%

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what’sinthetable:

• Table 5 presents the number of and mean GMAT Total scores for men and women by testing year and world region of citizenship at the time of registration for the GMAT exam.

regionofcitizenship Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Africa Men: Number 3,583 4,170 4,213 3,857 3,819 Mean Total Score 471 468 463 460 461 Women: Number 2,140 2,392 2,375 2,288 2,339 Mean Total Score 444 439 438 440 436

Total: Number 5,723 6,562 6,588 6,145 6,158 Mean Total Score 461 458 454 452 451 % of year 2.3% 2.5% 2.5% 2.4% 2.2%

Australia and Pacific Islands Men: Number 641 785 726 695 788

Mean Total Score 604 588 609 601 598 Women: Number 233 312 337 321 315 Mean Total Score 554 560 564 583 584

Total: Number 874 1,097 1,063 1,016 1,103 Mean Total Score 591 581 595 595 594 % of year 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4%

Canada Men: Number 4,609 4,787 4,818 4,460 4,758 Mean Total Score 579 575 578 575 578 Women: Number 2,723 2,834 2,919 2,863 3,062 Mean Total Score 549 547 552 545 548

Total: Number 7,332 7,621 7,737 7,323 7,820 Mean Total Score 568 564 568 563 566 % of year 3.0% 2.9% 2.9% 2.8% 2.7%

Central and South Asia Men: Number 23,679 25,110 22,141 20,825 24,228

Mean Total Score 571 569 579 582 583 Women: Number 7,484 8,212 7,429 7,077 8,714 Mean Total Score 531 531 543 548 550

Total: Number 31,163 33,322 29,570 27,902 32,942 Mean Total Score 562 559 570 573 574 % of year 12.6% 12.6% 11.2% 10.8% 11.5%

East and Southeast Asia Men: Number 19,904 21,618 22,736 24,507 31,521

Mean Total Score 571 570 579 578 579 Women: Number 20,082 24,156 27,320 33,142 46,274 Mean Total Score 560 563 575 578 578

Total: Number 39,986 45,774 50,056 57,649 77,795 Mean Total Score 566 566 577 578 578 % of year 16.2% 17.2% 19.0% 22.3% 27.2%

Eastern Europe Men: Number 2,151 2,489 2,655 2,635 2,838

Mean Total Score 552 556 573 576 573

Women: Number 2,618 3,179 3,110 2,965 3,141

Mean Total Score 512 518 528 526 536 Total: Number 4,769 5,668 5,765 5,600 5,979 Mean Total Score 530 535 549 549 554 % of year 1.9% 2.1% 2.2% 2.2% 2.1%

Mexico, Caribbean, and Men: Number 5,063 5,489 5,095 5,065 5,348 Latin America (LATAM) Mean Total Score 525 531 537 532 534

Women: Number 2,860 2,845 2,738 2,668 2,808 Mean Total Score 472 477 484 480 484

Total: Number 7,923 8,334 7,833 7,733 8,156 Mean Total Score 506 513 519 514 517 % of year 3.2% 3.1% 3.0% 3.0% 2.9%

Middle East Men: Number 5,133 5,852 6,219 6,199 6,455 Mean Total Score 492 489 474 462 449 Women: Number 2,966 3,319 3,528 3,381 3,742 Mean Total Score 471 469 451 439 426

Total: Number 8,099 9,171 9,747 9,580 10,197 Mean Total Score 484 482 466 454 440 % of year 3.3% 3.5% 3.7% 3.7% 3.6%

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Figure6 .GMat®teststakenbyusvs .non-uscitizensandtestingYear

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what’sinthetable:

• Table 6 presents the number of and mean GMAT Total scores for men and women by testing year and citizenship.

• Mean score data are not reported for entries marked with fewer than five exams.

Five-Yearaverage avgannualGrowthrateus 123,552 –1.7%world(excludingus) 140,702 9.0%

table5 .GMat®totalscoreMeansbyworldregionofcitizenship,Gender,andtestingYear

regionofcitizenship Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

United States Men: Number 74,443 78,456 77,008 70,811 71,344 Mean Total Score 551 548 549 548 550 Women: Number 51,689 52,052 50,053 45,735 46,167 Mean Total Score 506 504 507 504 508

Total: Number 126,132 130,508 127,061 116,546 117,511 Mean Total Score 533 531 533 531 533 % of year 51.1% 49.1% 48.1% 45.1% 41.0%

Western Europe Men: Number 10,305 11,977 12,468 12,338 12,587 Mean Total Score 568 569 571 571 574 Women: Number 4,651 5,579 6,091 6,360 6,281 Mean Total Score 524 525 529 535 531

Total: Number 14,956 17,556 18,559 18,698 18,868 Mean Total Score 554 555 557 559 560 % of year 6.1% 6.6% 7.0% 7.2% 6.6%

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citizenship Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Afghanistan Men: Number 17 10 12 6 24 Women: Number 6 12 8 14 9 Total: Number 23 22 20 20 33 Mean Total Score 377 428 439 421 382

Albania Men: Number 42 38 38 52 51 Women: Number 59 83 66 73 69 Total: Number 101 121 104 125 120 Mean Total Score 456 479 488 493 512 Algeria Men: Number 14 14 18 25 25 Women: Number 5 4 10 20 7 Total: Number 19 18 28 45 32 Mean Total Score 509 517 517 515 463

Andorra Men: Number 3 7 9 0 3 Women: Number 3 5 6 0 2 Total: Number 6 12 15 0 5 Mean Total Score 505 530 569 — 538

Angola Men: Number 15 15 11 9 7 Women: Number 8 5 9 10 5 Total: Number 23 20 20 19 12 Mean Total Score 358 331 353 398 370 Antigua/ Men: Number 4 0 10 3 6Barbuda Women: Number 10 10 8 7 7 Total: Number 14 10 18 10 13 Mean Total Score 429 399 416 400 422 Argentina Men: Number 273 302 270 240 239 Women: Number 84 95 77 69 67 Total: Number 357 397 347 309 306 Mean Total Score 559 580 587 598 595

Armenia Men: Number 45 87 86 90 78 Women: Number 71 129 104 117 92 Total: Number 116 216 190 207 170 Mean Total Score 474 467 464 477 496

Australia Men: Number 534 649 598 558 669 Women: Number 177 266 271 261 252 Total: Number 711 915 869 819 921 Mean Total Score 595 584 596 597 598

Austria Men: Number 138 186 189 187 234 Women: Number 49 60 87 99 107 Total: Number 187 246 276 286 341 Mean Total Score 536 567 576 573 581

Azerbaijan Men: Number 54 63 104 120 91 Women: Number 25 28 30 24 39 Total: Number 79 91 134 144 130 Mean Total Score 523 482 505 532 517

Bahamas Men: Number 18 20 23 20 24 Women: Number 48 37 34 36 34 Total: Number 66 57 57 56 58 Mean Total Score 415 432 445 433 402

Bahrain Men: Number 66 55 42 34 35 Women: Number 54 42 31 24 19 Total: Number 120 97 73 58 54 Mean Total Score 377 407 433 384 431

Bangladesh Men: Number 188 232 237 297 304 Women: Number 87 92 111 119 160 Total: Number 275 324 348 416 464 Mean Total Score 494 493 487 501 487

Barbados Men: Number 20 14 11 7 6 Women: Number 20 17 25 17 14 Total: Number 40 31 36 24 20 Mean Total Score 463 469 511 517 489

Belarus Men: Number 38 40 39 50 45 Women: Number 74 95 83 66 79 Total: Number 112 135 122 116 124 Mean Total Score 531 530 583 556 566

citizenship Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Belgium Men: Number 218 282 279 316 266 Women: Number 65 100 85 87 88 Total: Number 283 382 364 403 354 Mean Total Score 598 590 581 578 597

Belize Men: Number 10 12 5 7 10 Women: Number 11 4 8 9 11 Total: Number 21 16 13 16 21 Mean Total Score 452 502 468 423 495

Benin Men: Number 24 28 30 32 29 Women: Number 12 10 8 6 15 Total: Number 36 38 38 38 44 Mean Total Score 443 494 417 464 467

Bermuda Men: Number 0 0 0 3 6 Women: Number 0 0 0 5 5 Total: Number 0 0 0 8 11 Mean Total Score — — — 449 490

Bhutan Men: Number 4 7 10 7 4 Women: Number 1 2 1 0 5 Total: Number 5 9 11 7 9 Mean Total Score 454 442 484 407 457

Bolivia Men: Number 45 29 41 28 42 Women: Number 32 44 34 32 31 Total: Number 77 73 75 60 73 Mean Total Score 501 471 500 474 502

Bosnia/ Men: Number 29 38 22 27 19Herzegovina Women: Number 23 14 23 14 21 Total: Number 52 52 45 41 40 Mean Total Score 427 481 497 494 460

Botswana Men: Number 12 17 7 14 21 Women: Number 11 15 10 10 12 Total: Number 23 32 17 24 33 Mean Total Score 460 425 427 450 445

Brazil Men: Number 1,153 1,206 1,096 1,157 1,254 Women: Number 516 504 532 540 543 Total: Number 1,669 1,710 1,628 1,697 1,797 Mean Total Score 546 546 554 554 556

Brunei Men: Number 1 1 4 4 6Darussalam Women: Number 3 2 3 1 1 Total: Number 4 3 7 5 7 Mean Total Score — — 439 534 491 Bulgaria Men: Number 230 215 254 249 255 Women: Number 278 326 302 286 294 Total: Number 508 541 556 535 549 Mean Total Score 573 571 591 582 582

Burkina Faso Men: Number 16 23 22 31 35 Women: Number 17 26 27 11 17 Total: Number 33 49 49 42 52 Mean Total Score 434 440 421 433 415 Burundi Men: Number 6 19 9 14 5 Women: Number 6 6 8 14 3 Total: Number 12 25 17 28 8 Mean Total Score 533 396 419 413 458

Cambodia Men: Number 34 16 29 16 11 Women: Number 19 12 4 8 12 Total: Number 53 28 33 24 23 Mean Total Score 428 434 461 403 351

Cameroon Men: Number 119 133 153 145 141 Women: Number 63 99 71 69 64 Total: Number 182 232 224 214 205 Mean Total Score 423 430 435 442 439

Canada Men: Number 4,609 4,787 4,818 4,460 4,758 Women: Number 2,723 2,834 2,919 2,863 3,062 Total: Number 7,332 7,621 7,737 7,323 7,820 Mean Total Score 568 564 568 563 566

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citizenship Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Cape Verde Men: Number 3 1 2 0 0 Women: Number 0 0 0 2 1 Total: Number 3 1 2 2 1 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Central Men: Number 1 1 1 0 1African Women: Number 0 0 1 0 0Republic Total: Number 1 1 2 0 1 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Chad Men: Number 0 3 4 3 2 Women: Number 2 2 0 1 0 Total: Number 2 5 4 4 2 Mean Total Score — 372 — — —

Chile Men: Number 294 402 417 345 374 Women: Number 57 77 68 73 79 Total: Number 351 479 485 418 453 Mean Total Score 554 561 575 551 567

China Men: Number 6,882 8,891 11,231 14,398 20,486 Women: Number 10,538 14,659 19,033 25,671 37,710 Total: Number 17,420 23,550 30,264 40,069 58,196 Mean Total Score 599 591 596 592 588

Colombia Men: Number 497 579 503 492 578 Women: Number 356 378 363 305 420 Total: Number 853 957 866 797 998 Mean Total Score 487 499 505 498 505

Comoros Men: Number 3 1 2 2 2 Women: Number 0 0 0 3 0 Total: Number 3 1 2 5 2 Mean Total Score — — — 580 —

Congo Men: Number 25 32 31 26 27 Women: Number 16 16 12 5 20 Total: Number 41 48 43 31 47 Mean Total Score 420 422 402 438 418

Costa Rica Men: Number 56 49 64 64 56 Women: Number 23 36 37 25 46 Total: Number 79 85 101 89 102 Mean Total Score 529 517 529 524 495

Croatia Men: Number 48 59 55 50 78 Women: Number 22 52 56 52 35 Total: Number 70 111 111 102 113 Mean Total Score 519 527 504 489 491 Cuba Men: Number 10 9 6 7 7 Women: Number 11 11 5 6 3 Total: Number 21 20 11 13 10 Mean Total Score 427 431 457 483 470

Cyprus Men: Number 53 62 45 51 38 Women: Number 20 18 11 35 26 Total: Number 73 80 56 86 64 Mean Total Score 513 512 527 547 521

Czech Men: Number 69 90 61 72 58Republic Women: Number 42 57 44 37 47 Total: Number 111 147 105 109 105 Mean Total Score 531 525 562 568 570

Denmark Men: Number 102 119 99 74 96 Women: Number 39 55 37 37 21 Total: Number 141 174 136 111 117 Mean Total Score 572 549 558 545 556

Djibouti Men: Number 3 1 0 0 1 Women: Number 2 0 1 1 1 Total: Number 5 1 1 1 2 Mean Total Score 480 — — — —

Dominica Men: Number 8 11 5 7 2 Women: Number 19 12 14 15 10 Total: Number 27 23 19 22 12 Mean Total Score 460 443 433 411 450

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Dominican Men: Number 69 40 55 51 54Republic Women: Number 59 45 25 52 70 Total: Number 128 85 80 103 124 Mean Total Score 463 434 438 435 446

East Timor Men: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Women: Number 0 0 0 0 1 Total: Number 0 0 0 0 1 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Ecuador Men: Number 116 108 103 107 98 Women: Number 75 82 76 76 65 Total: Number 191 190 179 183 163 Mean Total Score 445 466 470 468 476

Egypt Men: Number 466 571 832 667 642 Women: Number 232 226 312 304 302 Total: Number 698 797 1,144 971 944 Mean Total Score 480 474 468 471 475

El Salvador Men: Number 43 50 45 24 45 Women: Number 26 40 30 26 43 Total: Number 69 90 75 50 88 Mean Total Score 465 495 524 499 482

Equatorial Men: Number 1 1 1 1 0Guinea Women: Number 0 2 0 0 2 Total: Number 1 3 1 1 2 Mean Total Score — — — — — Eritrea Men: Number 8 4 8 6 3 Women: Number 3 1 0 0 4 Total: Number 11 5 8 6 7 Mean Total Score 456 392 445 355 371

Estonia Men: Number 14 26 16 19 29 Women: Number 17 21 26 30 36 Total: Number 31 47 42 49 65 Mean Total Score 531 556 567 552 563

Ethiopia Men: Number 79 88 81 58 46 Women: Number 59 61 57 47 27 Total: Number 138 149 138 105 73 Mean Total Score 441 442 436 444 434

Fiji Men: Number 6 4 2 6 3 Women: Number 2 2 8 2 2 Total: Number 8 6 10 8 5 Mean Total Score 501 367 524 448 444 Finland Men: Number 121 159 161 110 128 Women: Number 136 181 132 117 127 Total: Number 257 340 293 227 255 Mean Total Score 466 489 510 510 517

France Men: Number 1,701 1,974 2,201 2,558 2,322 Women: Number 873 1,093 1,162 1,680 1,446 Total: Number 2,574 3,067 3,363 4,238 3,768 Mean Total Score 561 558 556 564 555

Gabon Men: Number 11 10 8 11 12 Women: Number 2 8 3 6 4 Total: Number 13 18 11 17 16 Mean Total Score 409 413 417 395 457

Gambia Men: Number 11 3 16 10 15 Women: Number 1 2 4 2 6 Total: Number 12 5 20 12 21 Mean Total Score 447 374 412 397 464

Georgia Men: Number 101 100 126 89 65 Women: Number 80 112 83 69 40 Total: Number 181 212 209 158 105 Mean Total Score 485 482 525 524 571

Germany Men: Number 1,684 2,369 2,609 2,542 2,675 Women: Number 749 1,084 1,370 1,333 1,488 Total: Number 2,433 3,453 3,979 3,875 4,163 Mean Total Score 558 560 568 565 570

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citizenship Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Ghana Men: Number 328 332 337 271 335 Women: Number 136 152 139 82 152 Total: Number 464 484 476 353 487 Mean Total Score 437 430 450 444 427

Greece Men: Number 807 849 836 877 763 Women: Number 717 824 791 755 565 Total: Number 1,524 1,673 1,627 1,632 1,328 Mean Total Score 515 513 521 529 533

Grenada Men: Number 4 16 16 7 2 Women: Number 21 10 5 8 8 Total: Number 25 26 21 15 10 Mean Total Score 447 415 402 367 366

Guatemala Men: Number 69 59 49 80 52 Women: Number 18 22 16 30 30 Total: Number 87 81 65 110 82 Mean Total Score 483 466 508 500 496

Guinea Men: Number 7 7 5 10 8 Women: Number 3 3 16 8 5 Total: Number 10 10 21 18 13 Mean Total Score 362 383 395 390 386

Guinea- Men: Number 0 0 0 0 0Bissau Women: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — — Guyana Men: Number 12 13 13 20 14 Women: Number 34 23 15 13 16 Total: Number 46 36 28 33 30 Mean Total Score 432 466 429 468 457

Haiti Men: Number 55 42 33 31 30 Women: Number 26 25 21 14 27 Total: Number 81 67 54 45 57 Mean Total Score 400 445 417 408 407

Honduras Men: Number 47 46 47 54 56 Women: Number 46 42 35 33 34 Total: Number 93 88 82 87 90 Mean Total Score 455 471 458 466 417

Hungary Men: Number 92 72 74 93 129 Women: Number 59 58 74 65 78 Total: Number 151 130 148 158 207 Mean Total Score 540 558 568 583 585 Iceland Men: Number 36 38 37 28 32 Women: Number 14 18 16 13 13 Total: Number 50 56 53 41 45 Mean Total Score 497 509 549 545 534

India Men: Number 21,856 23,263 20,358 19,137 22,401 Women: Number 6,714 7,370 6,579 6,257 7,812 Total: Number 28,570 30,633 26,937 25,394 30,213 Mean Total Score 568 565 578 581 582

Indonesia Men: Number 583 489 554 482 590 Women: Number 392 403 380 365 485 Total: Number 975 892 934 847 1,075 Mean Total Score 506 506 517 516 511

Iran Men: Number 265 363 368 422 456 Women: Number 184 236 240 233 278 Total: Number 449 599 608 655 734 Mean Total Score 517 518 518 519 517

Iraq Men: Number 17 32 35 24 33 Women: Number 5 14 13 19 5 Total: Number 22 46 48 43 38 Mean Total Score 435 402 393 390 357

Ireland Men: Number 296 295 256 247 260 Women: Number 89 102 86 70 86 Total: Number 385 397 342 317 346 Mean Total Score 569 556 561 563 552

citizenship Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Israel Men: Number 1,761 1,823 1,755 1,569 1,530 Women: Number 1,033 1,101 1,011 916 917 Total: Number 2,794 2,924 2,766 2,485 2,447 Mean Total Score 510 513 483 485 488

Italy Men: Number 1,285 1,387 1,365 1,333 1,376 Women: Number 487 442 544 503 654 Total: Number 1,772 1,829 1,909 1,836 2,030 Mean Total Score 559 563 555 563 563

Ivory Coast Men: Number 65 87 96 82 84(Cote Women: Number 46 38 53 46 53d'Ivoire) Total: Number 111 125 149 128 137 Mean Total Score 430 441 439 453 445

Jamaica Men: Number 88 77 68 84 74 Women: Number 160 117 114 109 100 Total: Number 248 194 182 193 174 Mean Total Score 442 458 444 444 433

Japan Men: Number 2,141 2,135 1,994 1,873 2,103 Women: Number 794 803 686 645 732 Total: Number 2,935 2,938 2,680 2,518 2,835 Mean Total Score 536 538 545 541 544

Jordan Men: Number 163 214 192 216 198 Women: Number 80 93 75 69 93 Total: Number 243 307 267 285 291 Mean Total Score 453 455 447 433 457 Kazakhstan Men: Number 114 159 130 139 149 Women: Number 132 165 145 166 172 Total: Number 246 324 275 305 321 Mean Total Score 486 496 481 479 499

Kenya Men: Number 361 407 314 296 296 Women: Number 358 404 358 354 302 Total: Number 719 811 672 650 598 Mean Total Score 440 435 434 432 438

Kiribati Men: Number 0 1 1 0 0 Women: Number 0 0 0 1 2 Total: Number 0 1 1 1 2 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Korea, Men: Number 2 5 1 0 0North Women: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 2 5 1 0 0 Mean Total Score — 502 — — — Korea, Men: Number 5,356 4,964 4,476 3,713 3,756South Women: Number 2,235 2,081 1,908 1,540 1,519 Total: Number 7,591 7,045 6,384 5,253 5,275 Mean Total Score 569 569 576 579 586

Kuwait Men: Number 164 191 291 294 298 Women: Number 155 143 209 200 274 Total: Number 319 334 500 494 572 Mean Total Score 386 393 388 385 378

Kyrgyzstan Men: Number 25 18 22 24 26 Women: Number 42 38 31 35 34 Total: Number 67 56 53 59 60 Mean Total Score 518 491 539 529 514

Lao People’s Men: Number 4 6 3 4 2Democratic Women: Number 10 13 3 1 4Republic Total: Number 14 19 6 5 6 Mean Total Score 350 310 372 404 350

Latvia Men: Number 23 42 42 51 35 Women: Number 50 42 65 28 36 Total: Number 73 84 107 79 71 Mean Total Score 536 553 557 581 570

Lebanon Men: Number 683 706 908 761 769 Women: Number 411 465 645 529 598 Total: Number 1,094 1,171 1,553 1,290 1,367 Mean Total Score 487 477 466 488 498

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citizenship Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Lesotho Men: Number 2 1 3 3 8 Women: Number 1 7 1 3 10 Total: Number 3 8 4 6 18 Mean Total Score — 516 — 483 401

Liberia Men: Number 20 33 26 28 22 Women: Number 16 8 18 5 16 Total: Number 36 41 44 33 38 Mean Total Score 396 389 332 323 306

Libyan Men: Number 6 41 43 30 18Arab Women: Number 1 3 13 4 1Jamahiriya Total: Number 7 44 56 34 19 Mean Total Score 347 332 337 326 432

Liechtenstein Men: Number 0 1 2 0 7 Women: Number 1 2 1 2 0 Total: Number 1 3 3 2 7 Mean Total Score — — — — 561

Lithuania Men: Number 39 35 53 57 56 Women: Number 64 75 61 49 52 Total: Number 103 110 114 106 108 Mean Total Score 538 534 562 557 548

Luxembourg Men: Number 6 10 20 20 17 Women: Number 6 6 2 10 11 Total: Number 12 16 22 30 28 Mean Total Score 573 588 561 537 559 Macedonia Men: Number 21 27 16 10 22 Women: Number 23 16 20 23 27 Total: Number 44 43 36 33 49 Mean Total Score 469 494 498 475 507

Madagascar Men: Number 5 9 10 6 9 Women: Number 3 8 10 6 10 Total: Number 8 17 20 12 19 Mean Total Score 402 464 489 533 447

Malawi Men: Number 13 13 13 13 6 Women: Number 5 3 8 11 8 Total: Number 18 16 21 24 14 Mean Total Score 439 404 469 420 387

Malaysia Men: Number 328 336 341 249 272 Women: Number 248 279 251 203 246 Total: Number 576 615 592 452 518 Mean Total Score 526 538 536 553 540 Maldives Men: Number 5 4 6 1 5 Women: Number 1 1 1 2 4 Total: Number 6 5 7 3 9 Mean Total Score 448 422 507 — 563

Mali Men: Number 27 23 20 13 12 Women: Number 17 7 4 12 5 Total: Number 44 30 24 25 17 Mean Total Score 409 365 386 405 382

Malta Men: Number 4 11 3 5 6 Women: Number 1 1 2 1 4 Total: Number 5 12 5 6 10 Mean Total Score 540 531 498 578 615

Marshall Men: Number 1 1 1 3 0Islands Women: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 1 1 1 3 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Mauritania Men: Number 2 3 8 4 4 Women: Number 2 4 0 0 1 Total: Number 4 7 8 4 5 Mean Total Score — 364 463 — 420

Mauritius Men: Number 36 40 45 33 13 Women: Number 11 11 20 22 23 Total: Number 47 51 65 55 36 Mean Total Score 577 533 550 576 528

citizenship Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Mexico Men: Number 1,232 1,495 1,295 1,334 1,466 Women: Number 543 604 539 557 551 Total: Number 1,775 2,099 1,834 1,891 2,017 Mean Total Score 491 500 502 499 504

Micronesia Men: Number 1 0 2 0 0 Women: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 1 0 2 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Moldova Men: Number 19 38 43 37 40 Women: Number 40 62 57 54 49 Total: Number 59 100 100 91 89 Mean Total Score 513 544 531 544 545

Monaco Men: Number 1 0 2 4 3 Women: Number 2 1 4 3 0 Total: Number 3 1 6 7 3 Mean Total Score — — 515 621 —

Mongolia Men: Number 29 41 43 42 32 Women: Number 47 61 61 71 65 Total: Number 76 102 104 113 97 Mean Total Score 453 453 476 469 470

Morocco Men: Number 153 157 148 201 194 Women: Number 102 125 105 144 117 Total: Number 255 282 253 345 311 Mean Total Score 499 513 507 515 515 Mozambique Men: Number 2 4 5 6 2 Women: Number 3 2 2 1 3 Total: Number 5 6 7 7 5 Mean Total Score 402 497 399 347 330

Myanmar Men: Number 27 29 18 24 27 Women: Number 25 25 48 23 26 Total: Number 52 54 66 47 53 Mean Total Score 478 446 477 441 492

Namibia Men: Number 11 12 6 5 7 Women: Number 5 14 4 10 6 Total: Number 16 26 10 15 13 Mean Total Score 366 425 371 395 368

Nauru Men: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Women: Number 0 0 0 1 0 Total: Number 0 0 0 1 0 Mean Total Score — — — — — Nepal Men: Number 363 399 332 304 338 Women: Number 181 232 258 208 260 Total: Number 544 631 590 512 598 Mean Total Score 463 458 462 472 461

Netherlands Men: Number 615 677 634 639 692 Women: Number 223 263 290 282 268 Total: Number 838 940 924 921 960 Mean Total Score 529 533 524 540 540

New Men: Number 96 127 120 128 115Zealand Women: Number 50 41 52 49 56 Total: Number 146 168 172 177 171 Mean Total Score 588 580 604 602 584

Nicaragua Men: Number 30 50 27 25 25 Women: Number 26 26 24 22 21 Total: Number 56 76 51 47 46 Mean Total Score 486 472 477 465 454

Niger Men: Number 6 15 5 4 4 Women: Number 6 14 3 4 3 Total: Number 12 29 8 8 7 Mean Total Score 447 361 390 344 401

Nigeria Men: Number 929 964 955 869 852 Women: Number 541 536 539 546 561 Total: Number 1,470 1,500 1,494 1,415 1,413 Mean Total Score 477 478 456 437 440

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citizenship Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Norway Men: Number 157 181 147 174 210 Women: Number 62 64 76 96 112 Total: Number 219 245 223 270 322 Mean Total Score 524 532 529 509 519

Oman Men: Number 9 26 24 25 35 Women: Number 20 9 8 29 20 Total: Number 29 35 32 54 55 Mean Total Score 382 414 421 323 381

Pakistan Men: Number 1,004 924 912 793 869 Women: Number 264 249 242 228 218 Total: Number 1,268 1,173 1,154 1,021 1,087 Mean Total Score 497 508 503 508 512

Palau Men: Number 0 1 0 0 0 Women: Number 2 0 3 1 1 Total: Number 2 1 3 1 1 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Palestinian Men: Number 33 46 42 52 63Territory Women: Number 6 14 10 17 40 Total: Number 39 60 52 69 103 Mean Total Score 414 453 415 411 400

Panama Men: Number 36 53 36 37 37 Women: Number 41 32 30 34 23 Total: Number 77 85 66 71 60 Mean Total Score 479 486 456 453 485 Papua Men: Number 0 0 1 0 1New Guinea Women: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 1 0 1 0 1 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Paraguay Men: Number 14 14 5 6 14 Women: Number 4 5 5 1 9 Total: Number 18 19 10 7 23 Mean Total Score 471 513 459 534 457

Peru Men: Number 355 336 371 333 365 Women: Number 222 213 213 202 262 Total: Number 577 549 584 535 627 Mean Total Score 541 541 543 540 539

Philippines Men: Number 235 195 187 184 200 Women: Number 283 240 196 187 208 Total: Number 518 435 383 371 408 Mean Total Score 521 522 534 525 539 Poland Men: Number 142 189 197 174 171 Women: Number 184 214 211 176 186 Total: Number 326 403 408 350 357 Mean Total Score 511 525 541 540 554

Portugal Men: Number 491 444 447 430 462 Women: Number 164 163 224 193 193 Total: Number 655 607 671 623 655 Mean Total Score 547 550 538 538 549

Qatar Men: Number 9 16 12 20 17 Women: Number 6 14 17 13 16 Total: Number 15 30 29 33 33 Mean Total Score 397 413 439 431 397

Republic of Men: Number 4 6 12 8 6Congo Women: Number 3 6 0 6 0 Total: Number 7 12 12 14 6 Mean Total Score 343 379 476 318 375

Romania Men: Number 140 158 176 163 166 Women: Number 281 291 277 308 264 Total: Number 421 449 453 471 430 Mean Total Score 568 564 578 572 570

Russian Men: Number 685 822 876 857 1,055Federation Women: Number 896 1,092 1,143 1,123 1,298 Total: Number 1,581 1,914 2,019 1,980 2,353 Mean Total Score 535 543 553 556 557

citizenship Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Rwanda Men: Number 12 12 12 34 14 Women: Number 20 17 15 12 11 Total: Number 32 29 27 46 25 Mean Total Score 403 338 351 373 356

Samoa Men: Number 2 2 0 0 0 Women: Number 0 1 0 1 0 Total: Number 2 3 0 1 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

San Marino Men: Number 1 0 3 0 0 Women: Number 0 0 1 0 0 Total: Number 1 0 4 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Sao Tome/ Men: Number 1 1 0 0 0Principe Women: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 1 1 0 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Saudi Arabia Men: Number 709 975 1,201 1,541 1,910 Women: Number 165 224 323 477 753 Total: Number 874 1,199 1,524 2,018 2,663 Mean Total Score 352 353 355 330 301 Senegal Men: Number 49 51 39 36 35 Women: Number 23 20 25 28 34 Total: Number 72 71 64 64 69 Mean Total Score 415 465 462 461 421

Serbia/ Men: Number 90 88 106 98 78Montenegro Women: Number 68 87 80 79 70 Total: Number 158 175 186 177 148 Mean Total Score 506 509 529 509 528 Seychelles Men: Number 0 1 1 0 0 Women: Number 0 0 2 0 0 Total: Number 0 1 3 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Sierra Leone Men: Number 16 11 10 11 16 Women: Number 7 11 5 4 4 Total: Number 23 22 15 15 20 Mean Total Score 387 406 395 389 345

Singapore Men: Number 913 874 769 687 750 Women: Number 635 580 545 564 599 Total: Number 1,548 1,454 1,314 1,251 1,349 Mean Total Score 587 590 595 593 595 Slovakia Men: Number 41 46 54 53 52 Women: Number 42 56 38 42 52 Total: Number 83 102 92 95 104 Mean Total Score 515 532 547 570 576

Slovenia Men: Number 15 17 26 17 24 Women: Number 18 9 12 11 14 Total: Number 33 26 38 28 38 Mean Total Score 547 555 552 573 522

Somalia Men: Number 8 12 4 6 6 Women: Number 0 0 2 0 1 Total: Number 8 12 6 6 7 Mean Total Score 364 493 483 362 433 South Africa Men: Number 369 595 503 522 521 Women: Number 207 303 263 269 324 Total: Number 576 898 766 791 845 Mean Total Score 495 469 473 474 475

Spain Men: Number 748 865 941 811 897 Women: Number 211 282 323 289 304 Total: Number 959 1,147 1,264 1,100 1,201 Mean Total Score 577 578 579 576 573

Sri Lanka Men: Number 111 115 87 103 86 Women: Number 96 80 63 59 59 Total: Number 207 195 150 162 145 Mean Total Score 488 493 518 492 490

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citizenship Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

St. Kitts/ Men: Number 8 6 5 3 4Nevis Women: Number 13 12 7 8 6 Total: Number 21 18 12 11 10 Mean Total Score 441 423 420 360 389

St. Lucia Men: Number 11 7 8 8 10 Women: Number 6 14 10 20 10 Total: Number 17 21 18 28 20 Mean Total Score 455 400 409 448 413

St. Vincent/ Men: Number 5 4 4 6 3Grenadines Women: Number 10 6 4 3 3 Total: Number 15 10 8 9 6 Mean Total Score 406 364 438 427 458

Sudan Men: Number 24 22 16 27 13 Women: Number 11 8 11 8 3 Total: Number 35 30 27 35 16 Mean Total Score 423 433 395 420 438

Suriname Men: Number 5 3 5 0 2 Women: Number 1 3 4 2 2 Total: Number 6 6 9 2 4 Mean Total Score 467 460 412 — —

Swaziland Men: Number 2 9 11 2 1 Women: Number 0 1 3 5 6 Total: Number 2 10 14 7 7 Mean Total Score — 406 460 419 499

Sweden Men: Number 95 188 370 314 357 Women: Number 51 105 157 172 204 Total: Number 146 293 527 486 561 Mean Total Score 552 531 532 515 503

Switzerland Men: Number 385 467 437 443 420 Women: Number 149 141 149 135 139 Total: Number 534 608 586 578 559 Mean Total Score 539 550 560 558 577

Syrian Arab Men: Number 69 74 70 71 82Republic Women: Number 25 31 27 22 28 Total: Number 94 105 97 93 110 Mean Total Score 474 465 457 453 458

Taiwan Men: Number 2,145 2,152 1,684 1,467 1,687 Women: Number 3,028 3,020 2,267 1,982 2,545 Total: Number 5,173 5,172 3,951 3,449 4,232 Mean Total Score 526 525 534 538 546

Tajikistan Men: Number 15 7 18 7 11 Women: Number 11 4 3 9 6 Total: Number 26 11 21 16 17 Mean Total Score 451 426 416 362 474

Tanzania Men: Number 63 71 61 44 38 Women: Number 33 34 42 33 37 Total: Number 96 105 103 77 75 Mean Total Score 405 398 403 392 388

Thailand Men: Number 847 969 824 785 940 Women: Number 1,299 1,311 1,160 1,079 1,267 Total: Number 2,146 2,280 1,984 1,864 2,207 Mean Total Score 485 494 498 495 498

Togo Men: Number 26 29 20 23 23 Women: Number 10 8 9 4 19 Total: Number 36 37 29 27 42 Mean Total Score 486 465 429 424 428

Tonga Men: Number 1 0 1 0 0 Women: Number 1 2 3 5 2 Total: Number 2 2 4 5 2 Mean Total Score — — — 484 —

Trinidad/ Men: Number 86 98 77 70 56Tobago Women: Number 134 121 134 95 73 Total: Number 220 219 211 165 129 Mean Total Score 499 475 478 488 499

citizenship Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Tunisia Men: Number 47 60 82 52 79 Women: Number 12 17 42 21 30

Total: Number 59 77 124 73 109 Mean Total Score 509 536 509 541 507

Turkey Men: Number 1,097 1,248 1,161 1,055 924 Women: Number 769 871 817 748 639 Total: Number 1,866 2,119 1,978 1,803 1,563 Mean Total Score 537 536 547 543 549

Turkmenistan Men: Number 8 9 11 18 10 Women: Number 7 8 10 5 7 Total: Number 15 17 21 23 17 Mean Total Score 452 429 485 481 424

Uganda Men: Number 62 60 61 53 44 Women: Number 51 71 56 43 43 Total: Number 113 131 117 96 87 Mean Total Score 406 430 411 389 381

Ukraine Men: Number 174 199 191 207 241 Women: Number 202 260 255 239 263 Total: Number 376 459 446 446 504 Mean Total Score 515 532 535 539 540

United Arab Men: Number 72 69 106 95 71Emirates Women: Number 44 58 97 81 56(U.A.E.) Total: Number 116 127 203 176 127 Mean Total Score 420 400 387 376 390

United Men: Number 1,358 1,406 1,376 1,175 1,323Kingdom Women: Number 540 569 534 448 423 Total: Number 1,898 1,975 1,910 1,623 1,746 Mean Total Score 581 585 585 584 587

United Men: Number 74,443 78,456 77,008 70,811 71,344States Women: Number 51,689 52,052 50,053 45,735 46,167 Total: Number 126,132 130,508 127,061 116,546 117,511 Mean Total Score 533 531 533 531 533

Uruguay Men: Number 34 30 47 39 38 Women: Number 13 15 18 17 14 Total: Number 47 45 65 56 52 Mean Total Score 600 586 567 589 591

Uzbekistan Men: Number 85 82 99 93 92 Women: Number 39 40 41 36 30 Total: Number 124 122 140 129 122 Mean Total Score 524 516 523 506 532

Vatican City Men: Number 0 0 0 0 0State Women: Number 0 0 1 0 0 Total: Number 0 0 1 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Venezuela Men: Number 356 309 335 366 299 Women: Number 195 163 208 207 171 Total: Number 551 472 543 573 470 Mean Total Score 492 491 500 490 483

Viet Nam Men: Number 261 396 485 475 568 Women: Number 429 586 711 741 792 Total: Number 690 982 1,196 1,216 1,360 Mean Total Score 525 525 519 518 535

Yemen Men: Number 16 14 12 20 34 Women: Number 9 4 5 4 6 Total: Number 25 18 17 24 40 Mean Total Score 426 435 381 367 378

Zambia Men: Number 33 25 34 29 27 Women: Number 18 18 23 21 10 Total: Number 51 43 57 50 37 Mean Total Score 425 438 417 416 428

Zimbabwe Men: Number 77 92 72 82 108 Women: Number 49 56 51 65 51 Total: Number 126 148 123 147 159 Mean Total Score 487 477 495 493 489

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GMAT volume and Total Score Means by residence, Gender, and Testing year

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Figure7b .GMat®teststakenbyworldregionofresidenceandtestingYear—africa,australia/pacificIslands,easterneurope,Mexico/caribbean/latinamerica(lataM),

andMiddleeast

Five-Yearaverage avgannualGrowthrateafrica 3,535 6.7%australia/pacificIslands 1,096 9.8%easterneurope 3,297 13.0%lataM 5,482 3.7%Middleeast 7,808 4.2%

Five-Yearaverage avgannualGrowthratecanada 8,527 4.7%central/southasia 21,453 5.6%east/southeastasia 44,406 19.8%westerneurope 19,459 8.0%

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what’sinthetable:

• Table 7 presents the number of and mean GMAT Total scores for men and women by testing year and world region of residence, as indicated by their mailing address at the time of registration for the GMAT exam.

• Testing numbers by world region of residence published in this report may not match previous editions of the Profile, as adjustments were made to ensure a complete representation of each region.

regionofresidence Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Africa Men: Number 1,810 2,265 2,434 2,220 2,294 Mean Total Score 480 471 467 462 464 Women: Number 1,141 1,333 1,346 1,365 1,465 Mean Total Score 444 434 433 434 435

Total: Number 2,951 3,598 3,780 3,585 3,759 Mean Total Score 466 457 455 452 452 % of year 1.2% 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 1.3%

Australia and Pacific Islands Men: Number 624 766 737 713 813

Mean Total Score 592 577 595 596 592 Women: Number 244 341 420 400 424 Mean Total Score 533 549 545 561 573

Total: Number 868 1,107 1,157 1,113 1,237 Mean Total Score 576 568 577 583 585 % of year 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4%

Canada Men: Number 4,781 5,201 5,344 5,145 5,458 Mean Total Score 568 562 563 562 565 Women: Number 2,980 3,165 3,318 3,386 3,855 Mean Total Score 541 539 542 539 541

Total: Number 7,761 8,366 8,662 8,531 9,313 Mean Total Score 558 553 555 553 555 % of year 3.1% 3.1% 3.3% 3.3% 3.3%

Central and South Asia Men: Number 15,491 17,655 15,427 14,871 18,103

Mean Total Score 565 566 580 581 582 Women: Number 4,721 5,415 4,734 4,710 6,137 Mean Total Score 532 535 548 553 558

Total: Number 20,212 23,070 20,161 19,581 24,240 Mean Total Score 557 558 573 574 576 % of year 8.2% 8.7% 7.6% 7.6% 8.5%

East and Southeast Asia Men: Number 16,715 18,411 19,377 20,716 26,615

Mean Total Score 579 579 588 586 587 Women: Number 14,895 18,815 21,841 26,955 37,690 Mean Total Score 572 573 584 586 587

Total: Number 31,610 37,226 41,218 47,671 64,305 Mean Total Score 576 576 586 586 587 % of year 12.8% 14.0% 15.6% 18.5% 22.4%

Eastern Europe Men: Number 1,299 1,672 1,799 1,829 2,069

Mean Total Score 555 556 577 582 576

Women: Number 1,144 1,578 1,631 1,640 1,826

Mean Total Score 510 521 533 538 542 Total: Number 2,443 3,250 3,430 3,469 3,895 Mean Total Score 534 539 556 561 560 % of year 1.0% 1.2% 1.3% 1.3% 1.4%

Mexico, Caribbean, and Men: Number 3,494 3,988 3,786 3,749 4,040 Latin America (LATAM) Mean Total Score 543 550 554 548 550

Women: Number 1,563 1,675 1,667 1,673 1,774 Mean Total Score 493 496 500 501 505

Total: Number 5,057 5,663 5,453 5,422 5,814 Mean Total Score 527 534 538 534 536 % of year 2.0% 2.1% 2.1% 2.1% 2.0%

Middle East Men: Number 4,279 4,808 5,278 5,090 4,947 Mean Total Score 512 511 499 502 505 Women: Number 2,596 2,893 3,174 2,903 3,070 Mean Total Score 474 476 460 460 454

Total: Number 6,875 7,701 8,452 7,993 8,017 Mean Total Score 498 498 484 487 485 % of year 2.8% 2.9% 3.2% 3.1% 2.8%

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what’sinthetable:

• Table 8 presents the number of and mean GMAT Total scores for men and women by testing year and residence, as indicated by their mailing address at the time of registration for the GMAT exam.

• Mean score data are not reported for entries marked with fewer than five exams.

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table7 .GMat®totalscoreMeansbyworldregionofresidence,Gender,andtestingYear

regionofresidence Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

United States Men: Number 90,341 93,382 90,539 83,825 85,827 Mean Total Score 549 546 546 544 544 Women: Number 63,017 63,231 60,713 56,260 58,823 Mean Total Score 506 504 508 505 508

Total: Number 153,358 156,613 151,252 140,085 144,650 Mean Total Score 531 529 531 528 530 % of year 62.1% 59.0% 57.3% 54.3% 50.5%

Western Europe Men: Number 10,677 12,585 13,358 13,234 13,520 Mean Total Score 569 571 573 572 576 Women: Number 5,145 6,434 7,056 7,508 7,779 Mean Total Score 530 534 536 540 539

Total: Number 15,822 19,019 20,414 20,742 21,299 Mean Total Score 556 558 560 561 562 % of year 6.4% 7.2% 7.7% 8.0% 7.4%

Five-Yearaverage avgannualGrowthrateus 149,192 –1.4%world(excludingus) 115,062 11.2%

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Afghanistan Men: Number 4 1 0 1 11 Women: Number 0 0 0 2 4 Total: Number 4 1 0 3 15 Mean Total Score — — — — 443

Albania Men: Number 4 9 6 6 7 Women: Number 7 15 11 15 21 Total: Number 11 24 17 21 28 Mean Total Score 491 478 541 490 536

Algeria Men: Number 1 4 4 4 4 Women: Number 2 1 2 2 6 Total: Number 3 5 6 6 10 Mean Total Score — 440 478 510 434

American Men: Number 0 3 1 0 1Samoa Women: Number 0 0 1 0 1 Total: Number 0 3 2 0 2 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Andorra Men: Number 2 6 7 0 0 Women: Number 0 4 7 0 3 Total: Number 2 10 14 0 3 Mean Total Score — 449 546 — —

Angola Men: Number 1 3 3 4 2

Women: Number 2 1 0 4 1 Total: Number 3 4 3 8 3 Mean Total Score — — — 418 —

Anguilla Men: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Women: Number 0 0 1 0 2 Total: Number 0 0 1 0 2 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Antigua/ Men: Number 2 2 4 1 1Barbuda Women: Number 2 4 3 1 3 Total: Number 4 6 7 2 4 Mean Total Score — 380 517 — —

Argentina Men: Number 196 250 218 180 191 Women: Number 44 63 50 52 48 Total: Number 240 313 268 232 239 Mean Total Score 585 598 603 611 602

Armenia Men: Number 31 76 71 72 66

Women: Number 55 122 91 113 73 Total: Number 86 198 162 185 139 Mean Total Score 465 455 455 466 482

Aruba Men: Number 3 1 0 0 6 Women: Number 1 3 3 2 2 Total: Number 4 4 3 2 8 Mean Total Score — — — — 464

Australia Men: Number 561 667 657 608 723 Women: Number 188 301 376 360 369 Total: Number 749 968 1,033 968 1,092 Mean Total Score 583 572 577 585 587

Austria Men: Number 89 142 154 187 228 Women: Number 37 51 74 95 117 Total: Number 126 193 228 282 345 Mean Total Score 528 570 569 573 579

Azerbaijan Men: Number 32 33 61 97 55 Women: Number 14 15 18 18 29 Total: Number 46 48 79 115 84 Mean Total Score 551 506 530 558 529

Bahamas Men: Number 5 10 16 10 8 Women: Number 17 19 13 13 20 Total: Number 22 29 29 23 28 Mean Total Score 433 458 465 465 412

Bahrain Men: Number 82 65 63 59 56 Women: Number 66 44 40 28 22 Total: Number 148 109 103 87 78 Mean Total Score 402 426 477 437 488

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Bangladesh Men: Number 73 88 107 162 176 Women: Number 35 37 53 59 80 Total: Number 108 125 160 221 256 Mean Total Score 513 510 499 497 502

Barbados Men: Number 10 7 3 5 3 Women: Number 15 13 19 9 8 Total: Number 25 20 22 14 11 Mean Total Score 453 460 523 449 551

Belarus Men: Number 11 11 7 13 7 Women: Number 7 13 11 14 11 Total: Number 18 24 18 27 18 Mean Total Score 522 530 556 571 523

Belgium Men: Number 238 277 298 308 279 Women: Number 66 95 117 110 104 Total: Number 304 372 415 418 383 Mean Total Score 582 574 576 572 589

Belize Men: Number 3 4 2 2 1 Women: Number 2 0 2 4 1 Total: Number 5 4 4 6 2 Mean Total Score 442 — — 413 —

Benin Men: Number 6 5 3 1 0 Women: Number 1 0 1 0 0 Total: Number 7 5 4 1 0 Mean Total Score 440 492 — — —

Bermuda Men: Number 6 7 7 13 4 Women: Number 5 13 9 8 3 Total: Number 11 20 16 21 7 Mean Total Score 480 470 525 562 499

Bhutan Men: Number 1 2 6 2 0 Women: Number 0 2 0 0 3 Total: Number 1 4 6 2 3 Mean Total Score — — 390 — —

Bolivia Men: Number 20 12 11 12 15 Women: Number 14 9 11 7 13 Total: Number 34 21 22 19 28 Mean Total Score 524 533 477 482 499

Bonaire, Men: Number 0 0 0 0 1St. Eustatius Women: Number 0 0 0 0 1and Saba Total: Number 0 0 0 0 2 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Bosnia/ Men: Number 11 18 16 8 6Herzegovina Women: Number 10 7 8 3 9 Total: Number 21 25 24 11 15 Mean Total Score 437 425 532 451 425

Botswana Men: Number 13 18 6 15 21

Women: Number 10 13 8 10 13 Total: Number 23 31 14 25 34 Mean Total Score 458 438 446 455 446

Brazil Men: Number 903 942 893 929 1,031 Women: Number 307 278 311 342 373 Total: Number 1,210 1,220 1,204 1,271 1,404 Mean Total Score 563 568 579 577 575

British Men: Number 0 1 0 0 0Indian Women: Number 0 0 0 0 0Ocean Total: Number 0 1 0 0 0Territory Mean Total Score — — — — —

Brunei Men: Number 2 1 3 5 3Darussalam Women: Number 3 0 3 0 1

Total: Number 5 1 6 5 4 Mean Total Score 508 — 432 518 —

Bulgaria Men: Number 104 106 140 148 174

Women: Number 77 115 135 146 151 Total: Number 181 221 275 294 325 Mean Total Score 572 573 594 592 573

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Burkina Faso Men: Number 1 2 3 3 1 Women: Number 1 1 1 2 1 Total: Number 2 3 4 5 2 Mean Total Score — — — 460 —

Burundi Men: Number 2 5 3 5 0 Women: Number 2 2 3 4 2 Total: Number 4 7 6 9 2 Mean Total Score — 373 337 403 —

Cambodia Men: Number 10 4 8 6 6 Women: Number 1 2 2 3 2 Total: Number 11 6 10 9 8 Mean Total Score 561 457 416 407 456

Cameroon Men: Number 30 32 37 30 27 Women: Number 15 15 23 12 6 Total: Number 45 47 60 42 33 Mean Total Score 414 431 416 461 407

Canada Men: Number 4,781 5,201 5,344 5,145 5,458 Women: Number 2,980 3,165 3,318 3,386 3,855 Total: Number 7,761 8,366 8,662 8,531 9,313 Mean Total Score 558 553 555 553 555

Cape Verde Men: Number 2 0 0 0 0 Women: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 3 0 0 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Cayman Men: Number 2 14 4 3 4Islands Women: Number 9 6 8 5 2 Total: Number 11 20 12 8 6 Mean Total Score 501 484 529 515 505

Chad Men: Number 0 0 1 0 0 Women: Number 0 0 0 1 0 Total: Number 0 0 1 1 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Chile Men: Number 281 353 391 306 334

Women: Number 41 62 52 61 62 Total: Number 322 415 443 367 396 Mean Total Score 563 574 584 563 579

China Men: Number 4,379 6,063 8,007 10,437 15,186 Women: Number 6,908 10,466 14,171 19,776 29,278 Total: Number 11,287 16,529 22,178 30,213 44,464 Mean Total Score 610 599 604 599 595

Colombia Men: Number 251 344 303 299 366 Women: Number 127 185 179 138 232 Total: Number 378 529 482 437 598 Mean Total Score 530 530 530 529 528

Comoros Men: Number 0 0 0 0 2 Women: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 0 0 0 0 2 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Congo Men: Number 2 6 1 0 1

Women: Number 2 2 0 0 1 Total: Number 4 8 1 0 2 Mean Total Score — 475 — — —

Costa Rica Men: Number 44 61 61 50 46

Women: Number 16 31 32 17 36 Total: Number 60 92 93 67 82 Mean Total Score 540 537 532 524 513

Croatia Men: Number 33 37 40 37 53 Women: Number 10 38 45 39 27 Total: Number 43 75 85 76 80 Mean Total Score 529 529 514 478 488

Curacao Men: Number 0 0 0 0 4Women: Number 0 0 0 0 1Total: Number 0 0 0 0 5Mean Total Score — — — — 450

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Cyprus Men: Number 44 44 42 37 36 Women: Number 11 8 13 23 17 Total: Number 55 52 55 60 53 Mean Total Score 533 500 544 511 516

Czech Men: Number 62 94 74 63 62Republic Women: Number 26 31 27 30 26 Total: Number 88 125 101 93 88 Mean Total Score 518 528 573 590 575

Denmark Men: Number 67 84 81 75 89 Women: Number 27 39 39 34 23 Total: Number 94 123 120 109 112 Mean Total Score 562 546 558 554 559

Djibouti Men: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Women: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Dominica Men: Number 0 4 1 0 0 Women: Number 2 2 3 3 2 Total: Number 2 6 4 3 2 Mean Total Score — 480 — — —

Dominican Men: Number 31 19 34 37 40Republic Women: Number 37 35 20 29 43 Total: Number 68 54 54 66 83 Mean Total Score 467 417 421 425 457

East Timor Men: Number 0 0 1 1 0 Women: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 1 0 1 1 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Ecuador Men: Number 49 39 47 49 58 Women: Number 22 30 33 41 24 Total: Number 71 69 80 90 82 Mean Total Score 464 491 496 475 501

Egypt Men: Number 369 463 729 552 529 Women: Number 202 189 280 260 260 Total: Number 571 652 1,009 812 789 Mean Total Score 484 473 466 470 481

El Salvador Men: Number 18 22 18 10 24

Women: Number 7 19 16 17 29 Total: Number 25 41 34 27 53 Mean Total Score 488 539 527 516 491

Eritrea Men: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Women: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Estonia Men: Number 13 14 12 14 19 Women: Number 7 10 15 13 18 Total: Number 20 24 27 27 37 Mean Total Score 554 574 590 577 595

Ethiopia Men: Number 26 34 28 20 16

Women: Number 20 11 15 10 9 Total: Number 46 45 43 30 25 Mean Total Score 448 425 410 389 448

Faroe Men: Number 0 2 0 0 0Islands Women: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 0 2 0 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Fiji Men: Number 1 0 0 2 1 Women: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 1 0 0 2 1 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Finland Men: Number 135 180 197 148 156 Women: Number 150 191 157 136 158 Total: Number 285 371 354 284 314 Mean Total Score 476 485 502 506 517

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France Men: Number 1,477 1,647 1,975 2,418 2,110 Women: Number 903 1,169 1,274 1,826 1,519 Total: Number 2,380 2,816 3,249 4,244 3,629 Mean Total Score 558 556 557 561 552

French Men: Number 0 3 1 2 1Polynesia Women: Number 1 0 0 0 2 Total: Number 1 3 1 2 3 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Gabon Men: Number 1 0 0 1 0 Women: Number 0 1 0 0 0 Total: Number 1 1 0 1 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Gambia Men: Number 0 2 0 2 1 Women: Number 0 0 1 1 0 Total: Number 0 2 1 3 1 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Georgia Men: Number 76 92 91 68 52 Women: Number 80 101 73 51 37 Total: Number 156 193 164 119 89 Mean Total Score 489 470 517 528 573

Germany Men: Number 1,592 2,294 2,494 2,444 2,649 Women: Number 704 1,059 1,338 1,334 1,503 Total: Number 2,296 3,353 3,832 3,778 4,152 Mean Total Score 561 561 567 566 572

Ghana Men: Number 124 140 137 103 169 Women: Number 56 66 65 25 75 Total: Number 180 206 202 128 244 Mean Total Score 437 405 451 421 424

Gibraltar Men: Number 2 2 3 0 0 Women: Number 0 0 0 0 1 Total: Number 2 2 3 0 1 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Greece Men: Number 762 791 793 814 715 Women: Number 687 817 775 751 560 Total: Number 1,449 1,608 1,568 1,565 1,275 Mean Total Score 511 509 520 526 531

Greenland Men: Number 0 0 0 1 0

Women: Number 1 0 0 0 1 Total: Number 1 0 0 1 1 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Grenada Men: Number 0 3 4 0 1 Women: Number 7 3 2 2 3 Total: Number 7 6 6 2 4 Mean Total Score 379 407 425 330 360

Guadeloupe Men: Number 0 2 2 1 2 Women: Number 3 1 0 0 0 Total: Number 3 3 2 1 2 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Guam Men: Number 10 10 15 20 11 Women: Number 8 3 11 11 7 Total: Number 18 13 26 31 18 Mean Total Score 412 420 463 477 488

Guatemala Men: Number 39 42 32 57 36 Women: Number 13 11 6 16 19 Total: Number 52 53 38 73 55 Mean Total Score 510 509 501 520 508

Guinea Men: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Women: Number 1 0 1 0 0 Total: Number 2 0 1 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Guinea- Men: Number 0 0 0 0 0Bissau Women: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

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Guyana Men: Number 1 3 1 1 0 Women: Number 4 0 3 5 2 Total: Number 5 3 4 6 2 Mean Total Score 472 — — 450 —

Haiti Men: Number 2 1 2 5 10 Women: Number 3 3 3 5 3 Total: Number 5 4 5 10 13 Mean Total Score 412 — 420 436 412

Honduras Men: Number 13 17 22 26 21 Women: Number 23 23 18 20 10 Total: Number 36 40 40 46 31 Mean Total Score 463 457 457 488 423

Hong Kong Men: Number 1,066 1,302 1,261 1,121 1,145 Women: Number 929 1,134 1,101 1,016 1,127 Total: Number 1,995 2,436 2,362 2,137 2,272 Mean Total Score 546 556 569 574 583

Hungary Men: Number 77 66 59 71 104 Women: Number 38 37 46 35 53 Total: Number 115 103 105 106 157 Mean Total Score 529 544 567 585 578

Iceland Men: Number 32 31 27 26 29 Women: Number 9 12 7 8 11 Total: Number 41 43 34 34 40 Mean Total Score 510 502 560 547 542

India Men: Number 14,602 16,763 14,520 14,008 17,109 Women: Number 4,348 5,018 4,323 4,302 5,694 Total: Number 18,950 21,781 18,843 18,310 22,803 Mean Total Score 561 562 577 580 581

Indonesia Men: Number 276 246 311 279 402 Women: Number 170 180 209 201 333 Total: Number 446 426 520 480 735 Mean Total Score 495 501 512 509 508

Iran Men: Number 0 0 0 30 184

Women: Number 0 0 0 12 106 Total: Number 0 0 0 42 290 Mean Total Score — — — 514 541

Iraq Men: Number 3 6 8 9 2 Women: Number 1 2 0 4 0 Total: Number 4 8 8 13 2 Mean Total Score — 505 540 564 —

Ireland Men: Number 281 265 263 252 240 Women: Number 105 120 98 98 119 Total: Number 386 385 361 350 359 Mean Total Score 552 539 543 547 540

Israel Men: Number 1,692 1,763 1,708 1,539 1,484 Women: Number 1,004 1,057 991 891 901 Total: Number 2,696 2,820 2,699 2,430 2,385 Mean Total Score 507 510 480 484 484

Italy Men: Number 1,092 1,171 1,185 1,144 1,208 Women: Number 471 463 538 493 671 Total: Number 1,563 1,634 1,723 1,637 1,879 Mean Total Score 555 560 555 559 560

Ivory Coast Men: Number 13 26 20 19 17(Cote Women: Number 2 3 3 10 6d'Ivoire) Total: Number 15 29 23 29 23 Mean Total Score 500 516 479 476 528

Jamaica Men: Number 25 18 19 28 26 Women: Number 53 23 48 42 44 Total: Number 78 41 67 70 70 Mean Total Score 456 458 463 485 438

Japan Men: Number 2,042 2,036 1,916 1,797 2,024 Women: Number 607 647 603 582 617 Total: Number 2,649 2,683 2,519 2,379 2,641 Mean Total Score 551 552 557 552 554

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Jordan Men: Number 86 107 88 70 71 Women: Number 40 51 36 26 37 Total: Number 126 158 124 96 108 Mean Total Score 464 465 442 441 453

Kazakhstan Men: Number 87 93 95 86 100 Women: Number 83 95 94 96 99 Total: Number 170 188 189 182 199 Mean Total Score 490 496 496 473 494

Kenya Men: Number 229 259 191 195 213 Women: Number 254 304 255 287 248 Total: Number 483 563 446 482 461 Mean Total Score 422 419 418 421 431

Korea, Men: Number 4,479 4,159 3,759 3,226 3,238South Women: Number 1,594 1,437 1,339 1,166 1,113 Total: Number 6,073 5,596 5,098 4,392 4,351 Mean Total Score 578 581 587 588 595

Kuwait Men: Number 218 229 325 344 328 Women: Number 192 165 246 228 313 Total: Number 410 394 571 572 641 Mean Total Score 407 411 410 397 391

Kyrgyzstan Men: Number 14 8 10 13 18 Women: Number 15 14 12 22 14 Total: Number 29 22 22 35 32 Mean Total Score 480 493 534 538 539

Lao People’s Men: Number 0 1 1 3 2Democratic Women: Number 0 4 2 0 2Republic Total: Number 0 5 3 3 4 Mean Total Score — 324 — — —

Latvia Men: Number 13 31 28 34 31 Women: Number 19 21 30 10 19 Total: Number 32 52 58 44 50 Mean Total Score 557 583 571 582 591

Lebanon Men: Number 477 496 726 613 596 Women: Number 370 434 604 518 576 Total: Number 847 930 1,330 1,131 1,172 Mean Total Score 479 463 457 481 488

Lesotho Men: Number 4 1 1 1 3 Women: Number 0 1 0 1 10 Total: Number 4 2 1 2 13 Mean Total Score — — — — 375

Liberia Men: Number 0 2 3 3 2 Women: Number 0 2 2 3 9 Total: Number 0 4 5 6 11 Mean Total Score — — 304 275 300

Libyan Arab Men: Number 4 5 8 2 3Jamahiriya Women: Number 0 0 1 1 0 Total: Number 4 5 9 3 3 Mean Total Score — 324 453 — —

Liechtenstein Men: Number 2 3 3 1 6 Women: Number 0 1 0 2 0 Total: Number 2 4 3 3 6 Mean Total Score — — — — 532

Lithuania Men: Number 18 19 33 29 34 Women: Number 18 27 25 24 19 Total: Number 36 46 58 53 53 Mean Total Score 572 581 574 566 556

Luxembourg Men: Number 37 45 57 49 44 Women: Number 19 11 18 20 17 Total: Number 56 56 75 69 61 Mean Total Score 580 537 547 569 562

Macao Men: Number 10 10 20 24 25 Women: Number 13 26 40 65 82 Total: Number 23 36 60 89 107 Mean Total Score 577 544 582 575 581

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Macedonia Men: Number 13 7 2 6 12 Women: Number 11 4 3 12 15 Total: Number 24 11 5 18 27 Mean Total Score 508 491 506 471 543

Madagascar Men: Number 1 0 1 2 5 Women: Number 0 3 1 0 1 Total: Number 1 3 2 2 6 Mean Total Score — — — — 448

Malawi Men: Number 6 2 4 3 2 Women: Number 2 2 5 0 4 Total: Number 8 4 9 3 6 Mean Total Score 434 — 528 — 375

Malaysia Men: Number 139 135 164 142 205 Women: Number 91 113 111 105 141 Total: Number 230 248 275 247 346 Mean Total Score 510 534 530 533 524

Maldives Men: Number 4 2 2 1 5 Women: Number 0 1 1 2 1 Total: Number 4 3 3 3 6 Mean Total Score — — — — 515

Mali Men: Number 2 2 3 1 2 Women: Number 1 1 2 2 0 Total: Number 3 3 5 3 2 Mean Total Score — — 476 — —

Malta Men: Number 4 10 5 4 2 Women: Number 1 0 1 0 2 Total: Number 5 10 6 4 4 Mean Total Score 540 519 505 — —

Marshall Men: Number 0 0 0 0 0Islands Women: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Martinique Men: Number 1 3 6 0 2 Women: Number 0 0 0 3 0 Total: Number 1 3 6 3 2 Mean Total Score — — 488 — —

Mauritania Men: Number 0 1 0 1 1 Women: Number 0 0 1 0 1 Total: Number 0 1 1 1 2 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Mauritius Men: Number 12 6 14 11 3 Women: Number 2 3 7 4 3 Total: Number 14 9 21 15 6 Mean Total Score 581 436 518 533 510

Mexico Men: Number 923 1,171 1,016 1,054 1,196 Women: Number 323 438 372 400 393 Total: Number 1,246 1,609 1,388 1,454 1,589 Mean Total Score 504 516 520 513 517

Moldova Men: Number 9 13 15 19 15 Women: Number 14 10 24 14 17 Total: Number 23 23 39 33 32 Mean Total Score 572 540 543 540 548

Monaco Men: Number 4 3 7 6 6 Women: Number 5 0 8 3 6 Total: Number 9 3 15 9 12 Mean Total Score 491 — 452 584 460

Mongolia Men: Number 10 7 12 16 12 Women: Number 13 13 15 17 25 Total: Number 23 20 27 33 37 Mean Total Score 462 476 540 482 521

Montserrat Men: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Women: Number 0 1 1 0 0 Total: Number 0 1 1 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

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Morocco Men: Number 49 57 60 87 87 Women: Number 54 45 50 79 55 Total: Number 103 102 110 166 142 Mean Total Score 501 513 509 522 522

Mozambique Men: Number 3 5 8 6 1 Women: Number 4 3 4 2 1 Total: Number 7 8 12 8 2 Mean Total Score 480 573 495 443 —

Myanmar Men: Number 6 5 4 0 3 Women: Number 3 1 5 2 6 Total: Number 9 6 9 2 9 Mean Total Score 437 530 474 385 400

Namibia Men: Number 11 11 5 7 9

Women: Number 6 12 5 7 3 Total: Number 17 23 10 14 12 Mean Total Score 393 430 393 439 360

Nepal Men: Number 173 199 127 101 127 Women: Number 85 114 104 88 114 Total: Number 258 313 231 189 241 Mean Total Score 462 456 473 471 471

Netherlands Men: Number 626 699 701 707 727 Women: Number 272 314 370 342 382 Total: Number 898 1,013 1,071 1,049 1,109 Mean Total Score 535 539 531 544 545

Netherlands Men: Number 8 7 2 3 0Antilles Women: Number 4 4 3 2 0 Total: Number 12 11 5 5 0 Mean Total Score 431 491 484 428 —

New Men: Number 0 5 2 1 3Caledonia Women: Number 0 0 4 1 1 Total: Number 0 5 6 2 4 Mean Total Score — 610 622 — —

New Men: Number 51 77 57 80 71Zealand Women: Number 42 36 28 27 44 Total: Number 93 113 85 107 115 Mean Total Score 558 569 604 599 592

Nicaragua Men: Number 21 28 19 18 16

Women: Number 14 12 12 16 15 Total: Number 35 40 31 34 31 Mean Total Score 507 472 522 471 478

Niger Men: Number 1 2 0 0 0 Women: Number 2 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 3 2 0 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Nigeria Men: Number 461 458 528 509 516 Women: Number 247 261 281 297 326 Total: Number 708 719 809 806 842 Mean Total Score 487 490 449 431 426

N. Mariana Men: Number 0 1 4 0 0Islands Women: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 0 1 4 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Norway Men: Number 122 151 135 159 175 Women: Number 39 64 82 94 98 Total: Number 161 215 217 253 273 Mean Total Score 525 531 524 516 522

Oman Men: Number 30 45 52 62 62 Women: Number 21 20 19 47 27 Total: Number 51 65 71 109 89 Mean Total Score 504 492 491 448 440

Pakistan Men: Number 500 467 507 447 506 Women: Number 135 127 133 126 119 Total: Number 635 594 640 573 625 Mean Total Score 509 512 516 507 511

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Palau Men: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Women: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Palestinian Men: Number 5 2 11 7 37Territory Women: Number 1 6 3 6 38 Total: Number 6 8 14 13 75 Mean Total Score 350 416 451 384 381

Panama Men: Number 22 23 28 38 36 Women: Number 31 18 23 21 13 Total: Number 53 41 51 59 49 Mean Total Score 485 512 468 480 521

Papua Men: Number 1 0 0 0 2New Guinea Women: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 2 0 0 0 2 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Paraguay Men: Number 8 10 3 4 11

Women: Number 2 4 3 1 4 Total: Number 10 14 6 5 15 Mean Total Score 484 546 490 498 484

Peru Men: Number 258 245 266 239 276

Women: Number 146 130 130 122 169 Total: Number 404 375 396 361 445 Mean Total Score 561 563 560 566 565

Philippines Men: Number 132 132 124 124 135 Women: Number 161 128 127 112 135 Total: Number 293 260 251 236 270 Mean Total Score 536 550 556 542 559

Poland Men: Number 59 103 107 115 108 Women: Number 37 44 61 68 78 Total: Number 96 147 168 183 186 Mean Total Score 560 559 574 568 582

Portugal Men: Number 429 398 378 373 406 Women: Number 141 138 170 167 168 Total: Number 570 536 548 540 574 Mean Total Score 545 548 538 535 548

Puerto Rico Men: Number 94 79 70 76 50

Women: Number 75 52 62 54 52 Total: Number 169 131 132 130 102 Mean Total Score 439 448 439 423 430

Qatar Men: Number 41 49 67 96 95 Women: Number 18 35 35 34 41 Total: Number 59 84 102 130 136 Mean Total Score 511 470 504 499 483

Republic of Men: Number 0 0 1 2 0Congo Women: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 0 0 1 2 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Reunion Men: Number 4 4 4 3 4 Women: Number 0 1 3 0 1 Total: Number 4 5 7 3 5 Mean Total Score — 534 500 — 450

Romania Men: Number 73 98 100 92 101 Women: Number 123 128 121 158 149 Total: Number 196 226 221 250 250 Mean Total Score 563 579 593 584 577

Russian Men: Number 517 670 707 693 874Federation Women: Number 480 691 701 706 880 Total: Number 997 1,361 1,408 1,399 1,754 Mean Total Score 539 549 559 571 564

Rwanda Men: Number 2 5 3 7 8

Women: Number 0 3 6 2 8 Total: Number 2 8 9 9 16 Mean Total Score — 313 340 432 412

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Samoa Men: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Women: Number 0 1 0 1 0 Total: Number 0 1 0 1 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

San Marino Men: Number 1 0 1 0 1 Women: Number 0 0 1 0 0 Total: Number 1 0 2 0 1 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Saudi Arabia Men: Number 340 415 542 556 554 Women: Number 86 86 142 164 176 Total: Number 426 501 684 720 730 Mean Total Score 413 405 413 404 379

Senegal Men: Number 2 1 8 12 9 Women: Number 5 3 3 6 9 Total: Number 7 4 11 18 18 Mean Total Score 411 — 527 489 464

Serbia/ Men: Number 35 32 55 62 54Montenegro Women: Number 26 35 46 37 36 Total: Number 61 67 101 99 90 Mean Total Score 500 531 546 528 528

Seychelles Men: Number 0 1 0 1 2 Women: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 0 1 0 1 2 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Sierra Leone Men: Number 0 2 1 3 2 Women: Number 1 0 0 3 2 Total: Number 1 2 1 6 4 Mean Total Score — — — 457 —

Singapore Men: Number 1,628 1,560 1,456 1,432 1,677 Women: Number 898 908 917 1,010 1,152 Total: Number 2,526 2,468 2,373 2,442 2,829 Mean Total Score 591 594 599 598 604

Sint Maarten Men: Number 0 0 0 0 1 Women: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 0 0 0 0 1 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Slovakia Men: Number 18 25 30 31 30 Women: Number 8 10 10 19 27 Total: Number 26 35 40 50 57 Mean Total Score 498 546 540 587 579

Slovenia Men: Number 10 13 18 16 19 Women: Number 10 3 9 12 6 Total: Number 20 16 27 28 25 Mean Total Score 556 550 541 561 512

Solomon Men: Number 0 0 0 0 0Islands Women: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Somalia Men: Number 0 0 0 0 1Women: Number 0 0 0 0 0

Total: Number 0 0 0 0 1 Mean Total Score — — — — —

South Men: Number 322 590 495 503 540Africa Women: Number 188 288 243 271 327 Total: Number 510 878 738 774 867 Mean Total Score 483 459 468 470 470

South Men: Number 0 0 0 0 0Georgia/ Women: Number 0 1 0 0 0Sandwich Total: Number 0 1 0 0 0Islands Mean Total Score — — — — —

Spain Men: Number 618 764 817 693 773 Women: Number 191 283 279 253 285 Total: Number 809 1,047 1,096 946 1,058 Mean Total Score 577 582 580 582 578

residence Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Sri Lanka Men: Number 56 44 34 33 38 Women: Number 35 34 28 31 29 Total: Number 91 78 62 64 67 Mean Total Score 494 477 521 503 497

St. Kitts/ Men: Number 1 5 2 2 1Nevis Women: Number 1 5 1 1 0 Total: Number 2 10 3 3 1 Mean Total Score — 447 — — —

St. Lucia Men: Number 3 1 4 2 0 Women: Number 1 5 2 4 3 Total: Number 4 6 6 6 3 Mean Total Score — 460 457 525 —

St. Vincent/ Men: Number 0 3 3 1 0Grenadines Women: Number 1 0 1 1 2 Total: Number 1 3 4 2 2 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Sudan Men: Number 0 0 0 5 2 Women: Number 0 0 0 0 2 Total: Number 0 0 0 5 4 Mean Total Score — — — 448 —

Suriname Men: Number 1 1 0 0 1 Women: Number 0 1 2 1 0 Total: Number 1 2 2 1 1 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Swaziland Men: Number 1 5 9 2 0

Women: Number 0 1 4 6 5 Total: Number 1 6 13 8 5 Mean Total Score — 428 472 415 588

Sweden Men: Number 58 154 329 308 334 Women: Number 28 68 158 175 213 Total: Number 86 222 487 483 547 Mean Total Score 562 542 525 511 497

Switzerland Men: Number 464 641 659 625 615 Women: Number 195 241 255 233 256 Total: Number 659 882 914 858 871 Mean Total Score 540 550 563 563 572

Syrian Arab Men: Number 4 21 17 22 3Republic Women: Number 1 5 6 7 0 Total: Number 5 26 23 29 3 Mean Total Score 428 504 463 471 —

Taiwan Men: Number 1,722 1,777 1,389 1,209 1,442 Women: Number 2,370 2,499 1,906 1,657 2,230 Total: Number 4,092 4,276 3,295 2,866 3,672 Mean Total Score 546 540 550 553 559

Tajikistan Men: Number 2 4 6 3 7 Women: Number 3 1 0 2 2 Total: Number 5 5 6 5 9 Mean Total Score 310 444 403 454 538

Tanzania Men: Number 37 40 33 23 21

Women: Number 12 20 15 10 21 Total: Number 49 60 48 33 42 Mean Total Score 410 401 433 394 370

Thailand Men: Number 624 753 675 640 791 Women: Number 902 970 901 827 1,022 Total: Number 1,526 1,723 1,576 1,467 1,813 Mean Total Score 510 513 515 515 512

Togo Men: Number 1 1 2 1 1

Women: Number 1 1 0 0 2 Total: Number 2 2 2 1 3 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Tonga Men: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Women: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

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residence Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Trinidad/ Men: Number 35 40 42 33 24Tobago Women: Number 50 43 71 55 29 Total: Number 85 83 113 88 53 Mean Total Score 493 451 456 468 488

Tunisia Men: Number 10 14 27 12 15 Women: Number 6 13 15 4 7 Total: Number 16 27 42 16 22 Mean Total Score 471 487 495 561 532

Turkey Men: Number 780 904 893 852 685 Women: Number 566 677 671 592 512 Total: Number 1,346 1,581 1,564 1,444 1,197 Mean Total Score 550 548 553 553 556

Turkmenistan Men: Number 3 1 2 6 2 Women: Number 4 2 1 1 1 Total: Number 7 3 3 7 3 Mean Total Score 421 — — 411 —

Turks/ Men: Number 1 1 0 0 0Caicos Women: Number 3 0 0 0 0Islands Total: Number 4 1 0 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Uganda Men: Number 33 33 31 31 19 Women: Number 30 46 22 22 26 Total: Number 63 79 53 53 45 Mean Total Score 408 431 396 367 371

Ukraine Men: Number 80 105 127 135 186 Women: Number 67 101 121 103 125 Total: Number 147 206 248 238 311 Mean Total Score 516 540 556 552 559

United Arab Men: Number 518 704 775 828 788Emirates Women: Number 228 311 377 346 317(U.A.E.) Total: Number 746 1,015 1,152 1,174 1,105 Mean Total Score 514 513 515 521 533

United Men: Number 2,498 2,781 2,747 2,455 2,692 Kingdom Women: Number 1,082 1,286 1,277 1,311 1,545 Total: Number 3,580 4,067 4,024 3,766 4,237 Mean Total Score 583 589 592 587 586

United Men: Number 90,341 93,382 90,539 83,825 85,827States Women: Number 63,017 63,231 60,713 56,260 58,823 Total: Number 153,358 156,613 151,252 140,085 144,650 Mean Total Score 531 529 531 528 530

Uruguay Men: Number 17 16 33 31 36 Women: Number 8 11 11 13 12 Total: Number 25 27 44 44 48 Mean Total Score 610 599 599 603 603

residence Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

US Minor Men: Number 10 3 1 1 0Outlying Women: Number 4 2 0 2 1Islands Total: Number 14 5 1 3 1 Mean Total Score 461 476 — — —

Uzbekistan Men: Number 32 28 46 41 47

Women: Number 12 5 14 12 7 Total: Number 44 33 60 53 54 Mean Total Score 537 553 537 533 555

Vanuatu Men: Number 0 0 0 0 0 Women: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Vatican City Men: Number 1 0 0 0 0State Women: Number 1 0 0 0 0 Total: Number 2 0 0 0 0 Mean Total Score — — — — —

Venezuela Men: Number 180 158 184 215 151

Women: Number 96 86 105 114 70 Total: Number 276 244 289 329 221 Mean Total Score 528 515 511 517 506

Viet Nam Men: Number 130 174 231 221 276 Women: Number 197 252 360 383 394 Total: Number 327 426 591 604 670 Mean Total Score 538 534 527 528 546

Virgin Islands, Men: Number 2 2 1 0 1British Women: Number 4 4 1 0 2

Total: Number 6 6 2 0 3 Mean Total Score 443 368 — — —

Virgin Islands, Men: Number 5 15 11 8 5US Women: Number 26 22 22 24 23 Total: Number 31 37 33 32 28 Mean Total Score 333 389 355 353 325

Yemen Men: Number 3 2 3 3 2 Women: Number 2 0 4 0 4 Total: Number 5 2 7 3 6 Mean Total Score 472 — 484 — 355

Zambia Men: Number 13 8 9 15 13

Women: Number 3 5 9 3 9

Total: Number 16 13 18 18 22 Mean Total Score 473 434 463 393 459

Zimbabwe Men: Number 10 10 10 13 20 Women: Number 5 10 9 14 5 Total: Number 15 20 19 27 25 Mean Total Score 524 414 452 473 477

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GMAT volume by Citizenship, residence, and Testing year by World region

what’sinthetable:

• Table 9 presents the citizenship of examinees by their residence within each world region.

• Examinee residence is identified through their mailing address at the time of registration for the GMAT exam.

candidatecitizenship regionofresidence 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 %of2011–12

Africa Africa 2,795 3,429 3,590 3,394 3,561 57.8% Australia and Pacific Islands 8 8 17 8 5 0.1% Canada 137 189 201 199 251 4.1% Central and South Asia 9 10 8 6 12 0.2% East and Southeast Asia 36 40 41 40 43 0.7% Eastern Europe 9 11 7 10 2 0.0% Mexico, Caribbean, & latin America 7 9 7 4 10 0.2% Middle East 78 119 125 151 99 1.6% united States 2,215 2,276 2,107 1,845 1,709 27.8% Western Europe 429 471 485 488 466 7.6%

region Total: Number 5,723 6,562 6,588 6,145 6,158 100.0%

Australia and Pacific Islands Africa 0 4 4 1 2 0.2% Australia and Pacific Islands 509 676 615 642 719 65.2% Canada 8 14 9 11 15 1.4% Central and South Asia 15 14 13 8 20 1.8% East and Southeast Asia 98 90 112 98 111 10.1% Eastern Europe 0 2 1 0 6 0.5% Mexico, Caribbean, & latin America 2 7 2 2 2 0.2% Middle East 9 14 19 18 19 1.7% united States 142 165 154 139 117 10.6% Western Europe 91 111 134 97 92 8.3%

region Total: Number 874 1,097 1,063 1,016 1,103 100.0%

Canada Africa 15 12 10 7 9 0.1% Australia and Pacific Islands 6 4 6 8 8 0.1% Canada 5,989 6,299 6,383 6,222 6,719 85.9% Central and South Asia 16 21 26 24 35 0.4% East and Southeast Asia 268 271 256 199 212 2.7% Eastern Europe 2 2 4 2 0 0.0% Mexico, Caribbean, & latin America 14 14 10 17 8 0.1% Middle East 65 77 104 81 101 1.3% united States 885 838 828 672 640 8.2% Western Europe 72 83 110 91 88 1.1%

region Total: Number 7,332 7,621 7,737 7,323 7,820 100.0%

Central and South Asia Africa 34 26 44 39 37 0.1% Australia and Pacific Islands 95 84 82 83 88 0.3% Canada 350 400 391 358 369 1.1% Central and South Asia 20,057 22,886 19,968 19,386 24,000 72.9% East and Southeast Asia 580 620 620 576 766 2.3% Eastern Europe 17 35 16 14 27 0.1% Mexico, Caribbean, & latin America 12 12 10 13 5 0.0% Middle East 506 549 636 695 732 2.2% united States 8,717 7,890 6,995 6,008 6,131 18.6% Western Europe 795 820 808 730 787 2.4%

region Total: Number 31,163 33,322 29,570 27,902 32,942 100.0%

East and Southeast Asia Africa 7 9 7 14 28 0.0% Australia and Pacific Islands 109 187 275 244 246 0.3% Canada 614 638 804 906 1,143 1.5% Central and South Asia 8 8 13 10 17 0.0% East and Southeast Asia 29,589 35,069 38,969 45,682 61,947 79.6% Eastern Europe 5 13 14 20 18 0.0% Mexico, Caribbean, & latin America 12 17 17 16 36 0.0% Middle East 23 32 34 46 42 0.1% united States 8,890 8,886 8,883 9,523 12,740 16.4% Western Europe 729 915 1,040 1,188 1,578 2.0%

region Total: Number 39,986 45,774 50,056 57,649 77,795 100.0%

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candidatecitizenship regionofresidence 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 %of2011–12

Eastern Europe Africa 9 3 5 2 4 0.1% Australia and Pacific Islands 5 9 4 3 11 0.2% Canada 97 94 84 93 82 1.4% Central and South Asia 2 5 4 5 4 0.1% East and Southeast Asia 47 39 42 56 53 0.9% Eastern Europe 2,317 3,076 3,312 3,343 3,772 63.1% Mexico, Caribbean, & latin America 8 13 7 10 6 0.1% Middle East 25 33 39 30 42 0.7% united States 1,796 1,745 1,554 1,344 1,161 19.4% Western Europe 463 651 714 714 844 14.1%

region Total: Number 4,769 5,668 5,765 5,600 5,979 100.0%

Mexico, Caribbean, and Africa 4 3 2 5 1 0.0%Latin America (LATAM) Australia and Pacific Islands 17 13 6 11 16 0.2% Canada 158 182 194 197 193 2.4% Central and South Asia 0 2 0 3 6 0.1% East and Southeast Asia 58 33 48 50 70 0.9% Eastern Europe 2 4 3 8 1 0.0% Mexico, Caribbean, & latin America 4,598 5,185 5,003 5,010 5,419 66.4% Middle East 9 13 14 17 19 0.2% united States 2,847 2,650 2,302 2,191 2,231 27.4% Western Europe 230 249 261 241 200 2.5%

region Total: Number 7,923 8,334 7,833 7,733 8,156 100.0%

Middle East Africa 15 13 14 20 18 0.2% Australia and Pacific Islands 8 6 10 7 12 0.1% Canada 216 344 356 330 327 3.2% Central and South Asia 8 6 7 7 9 0.1% East and Southeast Asia 26 26 40 63 46 0.5% Eastern Europe 8 17 18 33 16 0.2% Mexico, Caribbean, & latin America 5 5 2 1 3 0.0% Middle East 5,952 6,607 7,155 6,619 6,645 65.2% united States 1,608 1,835 1,833 2,207 2,903 28.5% Western Europe 253 312 312 293 218 2.1%

region Total: Number 8,099 9,171 9,747 9,580 10,197 100.0%

United States Africa 33 50 48 41 59 0.1% Australia and Pacific Islands 49 48 51 52 56 0.0% Canada 59 71 65 71 91 0.1% Central and South Asia 68 76 75 83 95 0.1% East and Southeast Asia 553 660 672 564 689 0.6% Eastern Europe 45 36 19 20 25 0.0% Mexico, Caribbean, & latin America 283 274 270 256 217 0.2% Middle East 107 147 173 171 138 0.1% united States 124,575 128,719 125,207 114,927 115,759 98.5% Western Europe 360 427 481 361 382 0.3%

region Total: Number 126,132 130,508 127,061 116,546 117,511 100.0%

Western Europe Africa 39 49 56 62 40 0.2% Australia and Pacific Islands 62 72 91 55 76 0.4% Canada 133 135 175 144 123 0.7% Central and South Asia 29 42 47 49 42 0.2% East and Southeast Asia 355 378 418 343 368 2.0% Eastern Europe 38 54 36 19 28 0.1% Mexico, Caribbean, & latin America 116 127 125 93 108 0.6% Middle East 101 110 153 165 180 1.0% united States 1,683 1,609 1,389 1,229 1,259 6.7% Western Europe 12,400 14,980 16,069 16,539 16,644 88.2%

region Total: Number 14,956 17,556 18,559 18,698 18,868 100.0%

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APPendixThe graphs and tables in this appendix reflect data relevant to the GMAT market in the united States. The data show GMAT exams taken by uS subgroup populations and the concentration of GMAT tests taken by uS state, as indicated by examinee mailing address at the time of registration for the exam.

Five-Yearaverage avgannualGrowthrateafricanamerican 10,456 –1.3%americanIndian 943 –3.0%asianamerican 14,124 –0.01%hispanicamerican 7,405 2.2%Multiethnic/Multiracial/other 6,456 –1.1%

Five-Yearaverage avgannualGrowthratewhite(non-hispanic) 84,032 –2.6%

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what’sinthetable:

• Table A presents the number of and mean GMAT Total scores for men and women by uS subgroup population and testing year. (This table includes GMAT tests taken by uS citizens only.)

• uS examinees select from the following subgroups:

African American Asian American Multiethnic

American Indian/Alaskan Native/Pacific Islander/ other Native American

Mexican American Multiracial

Puerto rican other

other Hispanic American White (Non-Hispanic)

• Indication of uS subgroup became optional for uS citizens living abroad in 2012. Annual totals therefore no longer match the uS citizen total.

ussubgroup Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

African American Men: Number 4,786 5,001 5,188 4,811 4,958 Mean Total Score 453 449 448 448 451 Women: Number 5,820 5,750 5,654 5,215 5,099 Mean Total Score 418 414 416 415 416

Total: Number 10,606 10,751 10,842 10,026 10,057 Mean Total Score 434 430 431 430 433 % of year 8.4% 8.2% 8.5% 8.6% 8.6%

American Indian/ Men: Number 560 573 570 467 470Alaskan Native/ Mean Total Score 517 518 523 508 513Pacific Islander Women: Number 438 425 405 397 408Other Native American Mean Total Score 472 462 468 465 460

Total: Number 998 998 975 864 878Mean Total Score 498 494 500 488 488% of year 0.8% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%

Asian American Men: Number 7,995 8,445 8,207 7,528 7,917 Mean Total Score 573 572 572 570 577 Women: Number 6,214 6,355 6,200 5,587 6,174 Mean Total Score 539 539 545 543 551

Total: Number 14,209 14,800 14,407 13,115 14,091Mean Total Score 558 558 560 559 565 % of year 11.3% 11.3% 11.3% 11.3% 12.0%

Mexican American Men: Number 1,473 1,530 1,560 1,567 1,703 Mean Total Score 493 498 500 490 489 Women: Number 1,173 1,243 1,204 1,244 1,296 Mean Total Score 453 447 450 447 446

Total: Number 2,646 2,773 2,764 2,811 2,999 Mean Total Score 475 475 478 471 471 % of year 2.1% 2.1% 2.2% 2.4% 2.6%

Puerto Rican Men: Number 474 486 502 439 483 Mean Total Score 497 488 488 478 486 Women: Number 405 400 393 364 387 Mean Total Score 435 443 444 440 469

Total: Number 879 886 895 803 870Mean Total Score 468 468 469 461 478% of year 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 0.7%

Other Hispanic American Men: Number 1,993 1,992 2,110 1,971 2,161 Mean Total Score 515 514 513 509 508 Women: Number 1,663 1,688 1,717 1,632 1,772 Mean Total Score 464 457 462 460 461

Total: Number 3,656 3,680 3,827 3,603 3,933 Mean Total Score 492 488 490 487 487 % of year 2.9% 2.8% 3.0% 3.1% 3.3%

Multiethnic Men: Number 685 688 762 583 620 Mean Total Score 560 566 569 562 564 Women: Number 464 492 474 381 491 Mean Total Score 526 524 513 514 513

Total: Number 1,149 1,180 1,236 964 1,111 Mean Total Score 546 548 547 543 541 % of year 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% 0.8% 0.9%

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what’sinthetable:

• Table b presents the number of and mean GMAT Total scores for men and women by testing year and examinee state of residence within the united States, as indicated by mailing address at the time of registration for the GMAT exam.

• This table includes all tests taken by GMAT examinees residing in the united States at the time of the test, regardless of citizenship.

stateofresidence

Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Alabama Men: Number 1,069 1,149 1,208 1,103 981 Mean Total Score 508 502 491 498 501 Women: Number 898 975 1,054 922 924 Mean Total Score 454 442 444 447 443

Total: Number 1,967 2,124 2,262 2,025 1,905Mean Total Score 483 474 469 475 473

Alaska Men: Number 57 54 46 56 61 Mean Total Score 549 549 550 546 528 Women: Number 28 30 34 46 36 Mean Total Score 473 541 519 524 504

Total: Number 85 84 80 102 97Mean Total Score 524 546 537 536 519

Arizona Men: Number 1,287 1,253 1,108 1,100 1,076 Mean Total Score 554 553 538 539 545 Women: Number 715 739 628 606 622 Mean Total Score 506 513 514 513 518

Total: Number 2,002 1,992 1,736 1,706 1,698Mean Total Score 537 538 529 530 535

stateofresidence

Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Arkansas Men: Number 403 502 535 494 546 Mean Total Score 512 485 517 499 492 Women: Number 299 372 368 351 383 Mean Total Score 474 458 473 474 466

Total: Number 702 874 903 845 929Mean Total Score 496 473 499 489 481

Armed Men: Number 85 110 66 76 105Forces Mean Total Score 572 597 548 558 566(US Military Women: Number 32 22 10 19 36Bases) Mean Total Score 501 505 451 441 484

Total: Number 117 132 76 95 141Mean Total Score 553 582 535 535 545

California Men: Number 12,287 12,424 11,073 10,042 10,398 Mean Total Score 570 569 571 568 566 Women: Number 8,333 8,514 7,462 6,574 7,250 Mean Total Score 525 525 532 533 530

Total: Number 20,620 20,938 18,535 16,616 17,648Mean Total Score 552 551 555 554 551

tableb .GMat®totalscoreMeansbyusstateofresidence,Gender,andtestingYear

ussubgroup Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Multiracial Men: Number 764 861 1,024 934 1,175 Mean Total Score 572 554 567 560 567 Women: Number 703 725 797 773 903 Mean Total Score 529 523 522 516 525

Total: Number 1,467 1,586 1,821 1,707 2,078 Mean Total Score 552 540 547 540 549 % of year 1.2% 1.2% 1.4% 1.5% 1.8%

Other Men: Number 2,348 2,315 2,247 2,066 1,804 Mean Total Score 541 541 537 534 525 Women: Number 1,580 1,681 1,424 1,280 1,234 Mean Total Score 479 485 488 481 472

Total: Number 3,928 3,996 3,671 3,346 3,038 Mean Total Score 517 517 518 514 504 % of year 3.1% 3.1% 2.9% 2.9% 2.6%

White (Non-Hispanic) Men: Number 53,365 56,565 54,838 50,445 49,611 Mean Total Score 560 557 559 558 560 Women: Number 33,229 33,293 31,785 28,862 28,165 Mean Total Score 521 519 522 520 523

Total: Number 86,594 89,858 86,623 79,307 77,776 Mean Total Score 545 543 545 544 547 % of year 68.7% 68.9% 68.2% 68.0% 66.2%

Did Not Respond Men: Number 0 0 0 0 442Mean Total Score — — — — 601

Women: Number 0 0 0 0 238 Mean Total Score — — — — 570

Total: Number 0 0 0 0 680Mean Total Score — — — — 590% of year 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%

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GMAT volume and Total Score Means by uS State, Gender, and Testing year

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stateofresidence

Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Colorado Men: Number 1,376 1,507 1,480 1,392 1,419 Mean Total Score 552 545 550 538 539 Women: Number 938 1,051 975 1,002 949 Mean Total Score 516 509 515 514 510

Total: Number 2,314 2,558 2,455 2,394 2,368Mean Total Score 537 530 536 528 527

Connecticut Men: Number 1,417 1,374 1,363 1,321 1,305 Mean Total Score 562 555 546 540 553 Women: Number 834 807 879 743 817 Mean Total Score 514 513 507 496 508

Total: Number 2,251 2,181 2,242 2,064 2,122Mean Total Score 544 539 531 525 535

Delaware Men: Number 189 165 179 199 217 Mean Total Score 554 535 532 524 517

Women: Number 137 116 111 134 162 Mean Total Score 480 488 469 484 491

Total: Number 326 281 290 333 379Mean Total Score 523 515 508 508 506

District of Men: Number 870 852 888 788 923Columbia Mean Total Score 607 601 610 608 619

Women: Number 672 655 652 657 750 Mean Total Score 575 582 590 589 598

Total: Number 1,542 1,507 1,540 1,445 1,673Mean Total Score 593 593 602 599 609

Florida Men: Number 4,448 4,575 4,232 3,949 4,200 Mean Total Score 521 518 522 519 519 Women: Number 3,646 3,290 3,063 2,765 3,014 Mean Total Score 479 477 487 483 485

Total: Number 8,094 7,865 7,295 6,714 7,214Mean Total Score 502 501 507 504 505

Georgia Men: Number 3,068 3,265 2,998 2,734 2,700 Mean Total Score 533 529 531 533 532 Women: Number 2,379 2,365 2,251 2,122 1,897 Mean Total Score 487 478 491 484 487

Total: Number 5,447 5,630 5,249 4,856 4,597Mean Total Score 513 507 514 512 513

Hawaii Men: Number 251 219 233 269 230 Mean Total Score 550 548 552 546 554 Women: Number 187 173 175 179 179 Mean Total Score 488 508 482 509 496

Total: Number 438 392 408 448 409Mean Total Score 523 530 522 531 528

Idaho Men: Number 293 275 335 296 306 Mean Total Score 547 545 532 527 524 Women: Number 115 96 135 129 108 Mean Total Score 512 500 505 521 509

Total: Number 408 371 470 425 414Mean Total Score 537 534 524 525 520

Illinois Men: Number 4,975 5,024 4,791 4,515 4,532 Mean Total Score 570 563 565 569 570 Women: Number 3,114 3,027 2,865 2,602 2,772 Mean Total Score 525 526 528 529 537

Total: Number 8,089 8,051 7,656 7,117 7,304Mean Total Score 552 549 552 555 558

Indiana Men: Number 1,407 1,465 1,376 1,307 1,380 Mean Total Score 533 531 531 527 530 Women: Number 869 863 798 819 847 Mean Total Score 493 495 509 501 505

Total: Number 2,276 2,328 2,174 2,126 2,227Mean Total Score 517 518 523 517 520

Iowa Men: Number 637 650 621 595 667 Mean Total Score 541 538 545 539 539 Women: Number 436 412 375 407 510 Mean Total Score 511 500 500 520 521

Total: Number 1,073 1,062 996 1,002 1,177Mean Total Score 529 523 528 531 531

stateofresidence

Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Kansas Men: Number 751 803 728 706 711 Mean Total Score 523 521 523 509 520 Women: Number 527 535 576 499 534 Mean Total Score 493 490 495 484 505

Total: Number 1,278 1,338 1,304 1,205 1,245Mean Total Score 510 509 510 499 514

Kentucky Men: Number 879 848 874 771 726 Mean Total Score 521 516 518 522 515 Women: Number 572 589 614 546 500 Mean Total Score 475 486 477 472 473

Total: Number 1,451 1,437 1,488 1,317 1,226Mean Total Score 503 504 501 501 498

Louisiana Men: Number 1,025 1,192 1,055 1,057 958 Mean Total Score 496 496 504 500 498 Women: Number 937 998 921 912 901 Mean Total Score 452 454 461 449 450

Total: Number 1,962 2,190 1,976 1,969 1,859Mean Total Score 475 477 484 476 475

Maine Men: Number 148 146 166 134 164 Mean Total Score 522 507 523 551 546 Women: Number 110 115 107 100 96 Mean Total Score 492 481 489 496 473

Total: Number 258 261 273 234 260Mean Total Score 509 495 510 527 519

Maryland Men: Number 1,590 1,485 1,606 1,407 1,458 Mean Total Score 555 544 550 553 547

Women: Number 1,144 1,055 989 952 952 Mean Total Score 510 504 506 502 501

Total: Number 2,734 2,540 2,595 2,359 2,410Mean Total Score 536 527 533 533 529

Massachu- Men: Number 3,516 3,754 3,742 3,319 3,412setts Mean Total Score 574 568 570 569 568

Women: Number 2,786 2,720 2,634 2,353 2,476 Mean Total Score 530 531 536 528 533

Total: Number 6,302 6,474 6,376 5,672 5,888Mean Total Score 554 552 556 552 553

Michigan Men: Number 2,371 2,219 2,205 2,009 2,078 Mean Total Score 537 529 529 534 530 Women: Number 1,522 1,463 1,505 1,301 1,388 Mean Total Score 492 489 496 487 502

Total: Number 3,893 3,682 3,710 3,310 3,466Mean Total Score 519 513 516 516 519

Minnesota Men: Number 1,559 1,500 1,416 1,283 1,291 Mean Total Score 557 559 551 563 560 Women: Number 1,099 1,034 961 846 900 Mean Total Score 530 524 526 532 536

Total: Number 2,658 2,534 2,377 2,129 2,191Mean Total Score 546 544 540 551 550

Mississippi Men: Number 596 654 575 597 602 Mean Total Score 468 470 470 465 459 Women: Number 602 575 546 539 529 Mean Total Score 412 408 413 417 423

Total: Number 1,198 1,229 1,121 1,136 1,131Mean Total Score 440 441 442 442 442

Missouri Men: Number 1,380 1,479 1,476 1,362 1,305 Mean Total Score 548 525 532 531 520 Women: Number 962 1,030 1,033 998 1,061 Mean Total Score 497 499 494 496 498

Total: Number 2,342 2,509 2,509 2,360 2,366Mean Total Score 527 514 516 516 510

Montana Men: Number 85 95 95 126 107 Mean Total Score 537 520 540 510 504 Women: Number 76 79 98 94 90 Mean Total Score 495 491 486 505 503

Total: Number 161 174 193 220 197Mean Total Score 518 507 512 508 504

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Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Nebraska Men: Number 441 486 430 444 405 Mean Total Score 547 525 531 540 525 Women: Number 291 315 237 286 259 Mean Total Score 503 509 504 512 511

Total: Number 732 801 667 730 664Mean Total Score 530 519 521 529 520

Nevada Men: Number 438 492 451 467 383 Mean Total Score 527 533 530 531 531

Women: Number 335 315 322 295 286 Mean Total Score 485 493 491 488 496

Total: Number 773 807 773 762 669Mean Total Score 509 517 514 514 516

New Men: Number 269 256 245 237 201Hampshire Mean Total Score 569 551 561 564 561

Women: Number 132 167 141 120 150 Mean Total Score 508 509 524 530 529

Total: Number 401 423 386 357 351Mean Total Score 549 534 548 552 547

New Jersey Men: Number 3,923 3,908 3,821 3,386 3,554 Mean Total Score 550 548 548 543 546 Women: Number 2,479 2,438 2,322 2,130 2,173 Mean Total Score 496 497 498 496 511

Total: Number 6,402 6,346 6,143 5,516 5,727Mean Total Score 529 528 529 525 532

New Mexico Men: Number 221 201 199 217 195 Mean Total Score 509 518 524 508 526 Women: Number 232 206 200 155 153 Mean Total Score 476 468 477 470 495

Total: Number 453 407 399 372 348Mean Total Score 492 493 501 492 512

New York Men: Number 8,841 9,447 9,553 8,895 9,443 Mean Total Score 567 571 565 561 565

Women: Number 6,884 7,100 7,062 6,652 7,312 Mean Total Score 535 534 535 526 533

Total: Number 15,725 16,547 16,615 15,547 16,755Mean Total Score 553 555 552 546 551

North Men: Number 2,838 3,026 2,839 2,597 2,624Carolina Mean Total Score 532 534 527 530 534

Women: Number 2,166 2,150 2,095 1,790 1,766 Mean Total Score 489 486 487 486 491

Total: Number 5,004 5,176 4,934 4,387 4,390Mean Total Score 513 514 510 512 517

North Men: Number 71 112 100 74 86Dakota Mean Total Score 520 535 511 519 541

Women: Number 62 49 49 69 59 Mean Total Score 511 489 483 460 516

Total: Number 133 161 149 143 145Mean Total Score 516 521 502 491 531

Ohio Men: Number 2,682 2,911 3,065 2,758 2,789 Mean Total Score 533 524 530 525 528 Women: Number 1,804 1,853 1,903 1,775 1,885 Mean Total Score 492 487 494 496 491

Total: Number 4,486 4,764 4,968 4,533 4,674Mean Total Score 516 509 516 513 513

Oklahoma Men: Number 902 860 802 737 726 Mean Total Score 488 496 511 513 522 Women: Number 593 549 572 510 514 Mean Total Score 468 468 487 479 482

Total: Number 1,495 1,409 1,374 1,247 1,240Mean Total Score 480 485 501 499 505

Oregon Men: Number 706 748 785 707 758 Mean Total Score 549 549 545 529 532 Women: Number 445 526 554 517 569 Mean Total Score 522 512 516 504 502

Total: Number 1,151 1,274 1,339 1,224 1,327Mean Total Score 538 534 533 518 519

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Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Pennsylvania Men: Number 3,332 3,325 3,285 2,957 3,108 Mean Total Score 548 542 545 544 543 Women: Number 2,220 2,070 1,890 1,828 1,949 Mean Total Score 507 503 510 507 505

Total: Number 5,552 5,395 5,175 4,785 5,057Mean Total Score 531 527 532 530 528

Rhode Island Men: Number 315 333 342 296 331 Mean Total Score 522 531 519 519 519

Women: Number 229 233 198 207 214 Mean Total Score 483 487 474 488 481

Total: Number 544 566 540 503 545Mean Total Score 505 513 502 506 504

South Men: Number 896 897 935 822 826Carolina Mean Total Score 517 514 525 511 521

Women: Number 661 710 673 584 543 Mean Total Score 482 472 487 490 490

Total: Number 1,557 1,607 1,608 1,406 1,369Mean Total Score 502 496 509 502 509

South Men: Number 96 102 110 117 90Dakota Mean Total Score 540 527 529 518 510

Women: Number 95 93 87 72 60 Mean Total Score 481 491 493 485 505

Total: Number 191 195 197 189 150Mean Total Score 511 510 514 506 508

Tennessee Men: Number 1,564 1,556 1,561 1,498 1,535 Mean Total Score 516 507 514 511 500 Women: Number 1,019 1,049 1,029 1,017 973 Mean Total Score 467 470 473 468 477

Total: Number 2,583 2,605 2,590 2,515 2,508Mean Total Score 497 492 498 493 491

Texas Men: Number 6,646 7,358 7,345 7,060 7,201 Mean Total Score 530 528 527 525 523 Women: Number 4,888 5,114 5,239 5,029 5,123 Mean Total Score 485 483 481 479 478

Total: Number 11,534 12,472 12,584 12,089 12,324Mean Total Score 511 510 508 506 505

Utah Men: Number 1,525 1,810 1,837 1,679 1,781 Mean Total Score 567 558 558 555 551 Women: Number 393 423 421 363 443 Mean Total Score 525 523 536 516 524

Total: Number 1,918 2,233 2,258 2,042 2,224Mean Total Score 559 551 554 548 545

Vermont Men: Number 64 73 70 74 79 Mean Total Score 577 564 571 556 596 Women: Number 42 44 61 48 39 Mean Total Score 548 554 519 540 547

Total: Number 106 117 131 122 118Mean Total Score 565 560 547 550 580

Virginia Men: Number 3,170 2,872 2,869 2,640 2,805 Mean Total Score 571 564 570 565 568 Women: Number 1,991 1,920 1,774 1,657 1,748 Mean Total Score 520 514 518 519 523

Total: Number 5,161 4,792 4,643 4,297 4,553Mean Total Score 551 544 550 547 551

Washington Men: Number 1,829 1,994 1,834 1,718 1,591 Mean Total Score 574 567 567 562 555

Women: Number 1,102 1,160 1,116 1,025 1,052 Mean Total Score 533 526 531 532 522

Total: Number 2,931 3,154 2,950 2,743 2,643Mean Total Score 559 552 553 551 542

West Men: Number 331 323 323 250 239Virginia Mean Total Score 484 484 477 491 492

Women: Number 218 219 215 152 146 Mean Total Score 460 469 454 464 442

Total: Number 549 542 538 402 385Mean Total Score 474 478 468 481 473

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Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Wisconsin Men: Number 1,167 1,195 1,201 1,153 1,159 Mean Total Score 554 552 547 542 530 Women: Number 723 780 700 692 698 Mean Total Score 514 508 526 515 514

Total: Number 1,890 1,975 1,901 1,845 1,857Mean Total Score 539 534 539 532 524

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Gender 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Wyoming Men: Number 55 59 67 35 60 Mean Total Score 541 530 560 519 559 Women: Number 44 48 34 70 26 Mean Total Score 503 506 554 517 497

Total: Number 99 107 101 105 86Mean Total Score 524 519 558 518 540

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GMattrendstracker2012:supplementtotheprofileofGMatcandidatesThe GMAT Trends Tracker 2012: Supplement to the Profile of GMAT Candidates is an Adobe Flex tool, which presents nearly all of the data in this Profile document in a dynamic format. The advantages of the GMAT Trends Tracker tool include graphical representation of the data tables to more easily identify trends and changes over time, the ability to select and view just the regions and demographics of interest to you, and the ability to download and save that data to your own computer for additional use in presentations, reports, or supplemental analysis. Save options include screenshots of individual graphs and the ability to save the accompanying data tables in a format compatible for use in an external program, such as Excel.

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theGMatInteractiveprofileThe GMAT Interactive Profile lets you mine the GMAT test-taker databases and perform customized searches across multiple variables. With this powerful online tool, you can view summaries of test-taking trends and create your own reports to print or download at your convenience.

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ReCRuitinG ResouRCesIndividuals with accounts on mba .com, the online portal to registration for the GMAT exam, have the free option to be included in the Graduate Management Admission Search Service (GMASS) database. For these individuals, inclusion in the GMASS database opens opportunities for communication with schools looking for candidates like them and potentially increases their exposure and visibility to programs they otherwise might not have considered.

For schools, the GMASS database provides direct access to qualified potential candidates who have shown a strong interest in graduate management education. These potential candidates have created an mba .com profile, may have taken the GMAT exam, and have specifically chosen to make their contact and other information available to schools.

Participation in this service provides school professionals with information about these potential candidates that is updated daily.

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