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Past AP World History: Modern Score Distributions
See how all students performed on past AP World History: Modern exams. The official score distribution table on this page shows the percentages of 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s, 3+, total test takers and mean score for each year that data is available.
Year | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3+ | Test Takers | Mean Score |
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2024 | 11.9% | 32.3% | 19.6% | 27.4% | 8.8% | 63.7% | 379,385 | 3.11 |
2023 | 15.3% | 21.9% | 27.4% | 22.3% | 13.0% | 64.7% | 350,353 | 3.04 |
2022 | 13.2% | 21.9% | 27.0% | 23.7% | 14.3% | 62.1% | 314,716 | 2.96 |
2021 | 9.7% | 18.5% | 24.0% | 28.9% | 19.0% | 52.2% | 302,232 | 2.71 |
2020 | 9.2% | 22.8% | 28.2% | 26.1% | 13.7% | 60.2% | 302,942 | 2.88 |
2019 | 8.6% | 18.8% | 28.0% | 28.8% | 15.8% | 55.3% | 313,317 | 2.75 |
2018 | 8.9% | 19.9% | 27.4% | 28.5% | 15.4% | 56.2% | 303,243 | 2.78 |
2017 | 8.5% | 19.9% | 26.7% | 29.6% | 15.4% | 55.0% | 298,475 | 2.76 |
2016 | 6.6% | 15.6% | 29.4% | 28.7% | 19.7% | 51.6% | 285,351 | 2.61 |
2015 | 6.6% | 14.2% | 31.4% | 29.9% | 18.0% | 52.1% | 265,308 | 2.61 |
2014 | 6.6% | 16.0% | 31.9% | 27.8% | 17.7% | 54.5% | 245,699 | 2.66 |
2013 | 5.9% | 13.7% | 29.4% | 30.2% | 20.9% | 48.9% | 230,107 | 2.53 |
2012 | 6.9% | 15.7% | 30.5% | 29.4% | 17.4% | 53.1% | 210,805 | 2.65 |
2011 | 9.5% | 16.0% | 23.0% | 25.5% | 26.0% | 48.4% | 188,417 | 2.57 |
2010 | 9.8% | 15.5% | 23.8% | 24.2% | 26.7% | 49.1% | 167,789 | 2.57 |
2009 | 11.1% | 16.0% | 23.4% | 24.6% | 24.9% | 50.5% | 143,426 | 2.64 |
2008 | 8.9% | 16.1% | 23.4% | 25.7% | 25.8% | 48.4% | 124,638 | 2.56 |
2007 | 11.2% | 16.9% | 26.1% | 24.3% | 21.5% | 54.2% | 101,975 | 2.72 |
2006 | 10.4% | 15.2% | 25.4% | 24.4% | 24.6% | 51.0% | 84,143 | 2.62 |
2005 | 10.2% | 17.1% | 25.2% | 23.4% | 24.0% | 52.6% | 64,207 | 2.66 |
2004 | 10.9% | 16.1% | 27.8% | 23.2% | 22.0% | 54.9% | 47,558 | 2.71 |
2003 | 11.4% | 18.9% | 25.9% | 23.7% | 20.1% | 56.2% | 34,286 | 2.78 |
2002 | 10.6% | 17.6% | 28.9% | 24.5% | 18.4% | 57.1% | 20,955 | 2.77 |