IGCSE grade to percentage
Grade boundaries change every session, so there's no single fixed percentage for a grade — it depends on the subject and series. Pick your subject to see the percentage needed for each grade from real boundary data.
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Mathematics (0580)
Percentage needed for each grade
English (First Language) (0500) Percentage needed for each grade
Physics (0625) Percentage needed for each grade
Chemistry (0620) Percentage needed for each grade
Biology (0610) Percentage needed for each grade
English as a Second Language (0510) Percentage needed for each grade
Additional Mathematics (0606) Percentage needed for each grade
Business Studies (0450) Percentage needed for each grade
Economics (0455) Percentage needed for each grade
Computer Science (0478) Percentage needed for each grade
Information and Communication Technology (0417) Percentage needed for each grade
Accounting (0452) Percentage needed for each grade
History (0470) Percentage needed for each grade
Geography (0460) Percentage needed for each grade
Accounting (9-1) (0985) Percentage needed for each grade
Afrikaans Second Language (0548) Percentage needed for each grade
Agriculture (0600) Percentage needed for each grade
American History Us (0409) Percentage needed for each grade
Arabic (9-1) (7180) Percentage needed for each grade
Arabic First Language (0508) Percentage needed for each grade
Arabic First Language (9-1) (7184) Percentage needed for each grade
Arabic Foreign Language (0544) Percentage needed for each grade
Art And Design (0400) Percentage needed for each grade
Art And Design (9-1) (0989) Percentage needed for each grade
Bahasa Indonesia (0538) Percentage needed for each grade
Biology (9-1) (0970) Percentage needed for each grade
Business Studies (9-1) (0986) Percentage needed for each grade
Chemistry (9-1) (0971) Percentage needed for each grade
Chinese as a Second Language (0523) Percentage needed for each grade
Computer Science (9-1) (0984) Percentage needed for each grade
Design And Technology (9-1) (0979) Percentage needed for each grade
Design Technology (0445) Percentage needed for each grade
Drama (0411) Percentage needed for each grade
Drama (9-1) (0994) Percentage needed for each grade
Economics ((9-1)) 0987 June (2024) Percentage needed for each grade
Economics (9-1) (0987) Percentage needed for each grade
English as a Second Language Count In Speaking (0511) Percentage needed for each grade
English as a Second Language Count In Speaking (9-1) (0991) Percentage needed for each grade
English as a Second Language Speaking Endorsement (9-1) (0993) Percentage needed for each grade
English As An Additional Language (0472) Percentage needed for each grade
English As An Additional Language (9-1) (0772) Percentage needed for each grade
English First Language (9-1) (0990) Percentage needed for each grade
English Literature In English (0475) Percentage needed for each grade
English Literature In English 0992 (9-1) (0992) Percentage needed for each grade
Enterprise (0454) Percentage needed for each grade
Environmental Management (0680) Percentage needed for each grade
First Language Chinese (0509) Percentage needed for each grade
First Language English Us (0524) Percentage needed for each grade
First Language French (0501) Percentage needed for each grade
First Language German (0505) Percentage needed for each grade
First Language Malay (0696) Percentage needed for each grade
First Language Portuguese (0504) Percentage needed for each grade
First Language Setswana (0698) Percentage needed for each grade
First Language Thai (0518) Percentage needed for each grade
First Language Turkish (0513) Percentage needed for each grade
Food Nutrition (0648) Percentage needed for each grade
French (9-1) (7156) Percentage needed for each grade
French Foreign Language (0520) Percentage needed for each grade
Geography (9-1) (0976) Percentage needed for each grade
German (9-1) (7159) Percentage needed for each grade
German Foreign Language (0525) Percentage needed for each grade
Global Perspectives (0457) Percentage needed for each grade
Hindi as a Second Language (0549) Percentage needed for each grade
History (9-1) (0977) Percentage needed for each grade
Information And Communication Technology (9-1) (0983) Percentage needed for each grade
Isizulu as a Second Language (0531) Percentage needed for each grade
Islamiyat (0493) Percentage needed for each grade
Italian (9-1) (7164) Percentage needed for each grade
Italian Foreign Language (0535) Percentage needed for each grade
Latin (0480) Percentage needed for each grade
Literature English Us (0427) Percentage needed for each grade
Literature In Spanish (0474) Percentage needed for each grade
Malay Foreign Language (0546) Percentage needed for each grade
Mandarin Chinese Foreign Language (0547) Percentage needed for each grade
Marine Science (0697) Percentage needed for each grade
Mathematics (9-1) (0980) Percentage needed for each grade
Mathematics International (0607) Percentage needed for each grade
Mathematics Us (0444) Percentage needed for each grade
Music (0410) Percentage needed for each grade
Music (9-1) (0978) Percentage needed for each grade
Pakistan Studies (0448) Percentage needed for each grade
Physical Education (0413) Percentage needed for each grade
Physical Education (9-1) (0995) Percentage needed for each grade
Physical Science (0652) Percentage needed for each grade
Physics (9-1) (0972) Percentage needed for each grade
Religious Studies (0490) Percentage needed for each grade
Sanskrit (0499) Percentage needed for each grade
Science Combined (0653) Percentage needed for each grade
Sociology (0495) Percentage needed for each grade
Spanish (9-1) (7160) Percentage needed for each grade
Spanish First Language (0502) Percentage needed for each grade
Spanish Foreign Language (0530) Percentage needed for each grade
Spanish Literature (0488) Percentage needed for each grade
Swahili (0262) Percentage needed for each grade
Travel Tourism (0471) Percentage needed for each grade
Urdu as a Second Language (0539) Percentage needed for each grade
Vietnamese First Language (0695) Percentage needed for each grade
World Literature (0408) Percentage needed for each grade
Roughly, what percentage is each IGCSE grade?
As a very rough guide for 9–1 subjects, a grade 9 is often around the high 80s to 90%+, a 7 around the high 60s to 70s, and a 4 ("standard pass") around the high 30s to 50% — but this varies a lot by subject and session. Always check the exact boundaries for your subject and series above.