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Update on Student Numbers Taking Economics

Geoff Riley

17th August 2014

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Here are the Economics A Level stats updated for this summer (June 2014)Economics passes 70k for the first time in many years!Student numbers taking AS Econ have more than doubled over the last 8 years

Here is the detail with the numbers for 2014 on the far right of the table

A Level Economics Candidates

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
A2 Econ	17455	17438	18540	20987	22875	23843	24327	26139	26612
AS Econ	20753	22113	24449	27714	29198	35184	38386	40311	43812
Total	38208	39551	42989	48701	52073	59027	62713	66450	70424
Growth		1343	3438	5712	3372	6954	3686	3737	3974
Growth %		3.5%	8.7%	13.3%	6.9%	13.4%	6.2%	6.0%	6.0%

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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