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SP test data (Overall)

IP test data (Overall)

IP test data (Companies and Organizations)

IP test data (Schools)

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DATA & ANALYSIS2014Number of examinees and average scores in FY2014

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TOEIC® S&W examinees and TOEIC® scores

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Measures listening and reading skills

TOEIC® Program Line-Up

Measures speaking and writing skills

Measures basic communication skills

2 | 2014 DATA & ANALYSIS

★Measure all four English language skills and improve general English proficiency

★Introduction to TOEIC Test

L&RTOEIC®Test( Listening / Reading ) Standardized

objective test using a bubble sheet

Listening: 45min.Reading: 75min.Total: 120min.

Listening: 5-495Reading: 5-495Total: 10-990※Scores are in 5-point increments.

BTOEIC Bridge®( Listening / Reading ) Standardized

objective test using a bubble sheet

Listening: 25min.Reading: 35min.Total: 60min.

S&W ( Speaking / Writing )TOEIC® Speaking and Writing Tests Conducted at

a test venue using a PC

Speaking: 20min.Writing: 60min.

Speaking: 0-200Writing: 0-200※Scores are in 10-point increments.

Listening: 10-90Reading: 10-90Total: 20-180※Scores are in 2-point increments.

Test Format Test Length Test Results



TOEIC® is the acronym for Test of English for International Communication. The TOEIC test is a global standard for the assessment of

communicative English ability. The test has been developed and prepared by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), the primary developer and administrator of national examinations and qualification tests in the United States.

TOEIC Programs consist of three tests: TOEIC® Test, TOEIC® Speaking and Writing Tests (TOEIC® S&W Tests) , and TOEIC Bridge®.

All three tests are utilized globally. In FY2014, TOEIC Programs were administered to roughly seven million people, in 150 countries, by nearly 14,000 companies and other organizations in Asia, Europe and America, and elsewhere.

Secure Program (SP) and Institutional Program (IP) testsThere are two ways of providing opportunities to take the TOEIC test・TOEIC S&W Tests・TOEIC Bridge; the Secure Program (SP) test and the Institutional Program (IP) test.

※1：Group applications are possible for the Secure Program. ※2：Varies depending on whether the test was conducted via Test Center Administration or Mobile Administration. ※3：Group applications are handled by the contact person of the conducting organization (a minimum 10 people for TOEIC Test and TOEIC Bridge and 5 people for TOEIC S&W Tests). ※4：In the case of group applications, a score roster (listing score reports) and a data file with test results (Excel file) are provided to the contact person of the conducting organization. ※5：The Official Score Certificate is not issued, but results (scores) for the Secure Program and IP Test are equivalent to the certificate. ※6：A group application form as well as the test results of the IP Test (score roster and data file with test results) are downloadable. ※7： Excluding Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and New Year’s holiday. ※8：Excluding Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, New Year’s holiday, and holidays for ETS.

Planned mailingdate of results

（※6）

Test results

Application

Testadministration /management

Test place

Test date

Secure Program（※1） Institutional Program

Is mailed 5 business days after receipt of test materials （※7）

Is mailed 12 business days （※8） after the test date or the receipt date of test materials （※2）

・Score Report （※5）・Score Roster 　・Test Results Data File （Excel）

Fixed by IIBC

Fixed by IIBC

Administered by IIBC

Individual application:Apply individually to IIBC （※3）

・Official Score Certificate （※4）

Mailed within 30 days of the test date

Mailed within 35 days of the test date

Apply through the contact person of the conducting organization

Restricted to groups of 10 or more examinees at any one time

Restricted to groups of 5 or more examinees at any one time

Administered and managed by the conducting organization in accordance withthe Administration Manual

Administered and managed by the IIBC-appointed examiner or the conductingorganization in accordance with the Administration Manual （※2）

At the convenience of the conducting organization

Test venue stipulated by the IIBC Test Center or the conducting organization （※2）

At the convenience of the conducting organization

Any date (excluding Sundays, holidays, and New Year's holiday, in the case of Test CenterAdministration)

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TOEIC TestL&R TOEIC BridgeBTOEIC Speaking and Writing TestsS&W

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L&R B

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2014 DATA & ANALYSIS | 3

Ⅰ. Trend in the number of TOEIC examinees （FY1979 to FY2014）

2,400

2,200

2,000

1,800

1,600

1,400

1,200

1,000

800

600

400

200

01979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014

42 69 91

38

120

52

166

63

205

76

256

100

287

129

312

141

296

147

296

193

372

223

380

289

423

358

473

396

474

514

578

582

698

622

704

685

738

679

754

694

805

666

860

711

924

778

940

761

919

787

993

1,108

1,105

1,1621,256

2012

1,100

1,204

3 71012

2

1123

12

1435

211759 19

88 26117 158

218268

332387

441 437 443

565603

712

831870

1,092

1,2801,326

1,423 1,433

1,4991,526

1,635

1,7181,680

1,780

2,270

2,361

1,287

1,113

2,400

2,304

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In Japan, the TOEIC Test was administered in FY2014 not only to individuals but also adopted by approximately 3,400 companies, organizations, schools, and other groups. Companies have utilized the TOEIC Test to evaluate the effectiveness of human-resource development and English training and to gauge the English skills of new employees; test scores are also used as a criterion for overseas trips or assignments, career advancement, and promotion. At schools, the test is utilized to evaluate student proficiency levels and measure the effectiveness of instruction, and also serves as an entrance examination or a standard for accreditation of units. Since the evaluation standards of the TOEIC Test remain constant over time, it is possible to track progress in English over an extended period of time, spanning from the time a person leaves university to joins a company. Thanks to these features, the TOEIC Test has been widely used for a variety of purposes.

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Ⅰ Trend in the number of examinees

SP testIP test

(FY)

(Unit: Thousand persons)

（Unit: Persons）Overall（910,119）

Adults（399,363）

Students（383,189）

600

500

400

300

200

100

273251

330 309

603

560


Ⅱ-2. Number of examinees and average scores　　 by Adults/Students

Ⅱ-1. Number of examinees and average scores　　　over the last 3 years

（Unit: Score）

895～845～795～745～695～645～595～545～495～445～395～345～295～245～195～145～

95～45～10～

32,049（3.5%）35,943（3.9%）

49,329（5.4%）60,840（6.7%）

71,157（7.8%）81,368（8.9%）

91,010（10.0%）95,515（10.5%）94,669（10.4%）

88,215（9.7%）76,879（8.4%）

60,612（6.7%）39,617（4.4%）

21,852（2.4%）

77（0.01%）166（0.02%）

9,005（1.0%）

170（0.02%）1,646（0.2%）

（225）

（1,026）

（23,834）

（8,690）

（5,094）

（290,669）

（43,625）

（1,610）

（8,416）

639

573

514

450

483

564

602

514

498

318 320

263 262

580 582

320

262

582900,000

600

（Unit: Score）

500

400

300

200

100

800,000

700,000

600,000

500,000

400,000

300,000

200,000

100,000

（FY）2012 2013 2014

259

574

901,451 900,506910,119

315

384 255

342 231

303 211

263 187

284 199

310 254

323 280

289 225

293 204

（Unit: Score）（Unit: Persons）

SP test Overall

Ⅱ SP test data (Overall)ReadingListeningNumber of examinees

Ⅱ-4. Number of examinees and average scores　　　by school type

（Unit: Persons）

Primaryschool

Junior highschool

Senior highschool

Technicalcollege

Juniorcollege

University

Graduateschool

Languageschool

Vocationalschool

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Score）0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000 110,000 600500400300200100

Ⅱ-3. Total score distribution for the SP test

Overall （910,119 examinees）

205

463

258

202

461

259

202

461

259

201

457

256


900,000

600

500

400

300

200

100

600

500

400

300

200

100

800,000

700,000

600,000

500,000

400,000

300,000

200,000

100,000

2012 2013 2014

1,000,000

1,100,000

1,200,0001,255,8111,203,751

214187

269 247

484

435

1,287,456

0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000 140,000 160,000 180,000

895～845～795～745～695～645～595～545～495～445～395～345～295～245～195～145～

95～45～10～

16,214（1.3%）17,893（1.4%）

25,562（2.0%）34,674（2.7%）

46,550（3.6%）61,410（4.8%）

78,030（6.1%）96,376（7.5%）

114,812（8.9%）133,498（10.4%）

148,344（11.5%）157,265（12.2%）

144,946（11.3%）116,078（9.0%）

263（0.02%）185（0.01%）

74,013（5.7%）

732（0.1%）20,611（1.6%）

0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000

895～845～795～745～695～645～595～545～495～445～395～345～295～245～195～145～95～45～10～

0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000

895～845～795～745～695～645～595～545～495～445～395～345～295～245～195～145～

95～45～10～ 96（0.01%）

79（0.01%）243（0.03%）

11,446（1.6%）41,172（5.9%）

59,342（8.5%）68,608（9.8%）

72,889（10.4%）69,590（10.0%）

65,659（9.4%）60,407（8.7%）

55,057（7.9%）48,210（6.9%）

41,175（5.9%）32,923（4.7%）

25,536（3.7%）19,313（2.8%）

13,734（2.0%）12,786（1.8%）

89（0.02%）184（0.03%）489（0.1%）

9,165（1.6%）32,841（5.6%）

56,736（9.6%）76,338（13.0%）

84,376（14.3%）

78,754（13.4%）67,839（11.5%）

54,405（9.2%）41,319（7.0%）

29,820（5.1%）20,235（3.4%）

13,627（2.3%）9,138（1.6%）

6,249（1.1%）4,159（0.7%）

3,428（0.6%）

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（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Score）（Unit: Score）

（FY）

IP testOverall

Ⅲ IP test data (Overall)

Ⅲ-2. Number of examinees and average scores　　　by Companies and Organizations/Schools

Ⅲ-1. Number of examinees and average scores　　　over the last 3 years

（Unit: Persons）Overall

（1,287,456）

Companies andOrganizations（698,265）

Schools（589,191）

（Unit: Persons）

Ⅲ-3. Total score distribution for the IP test

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Persons）

Overall （1,287,456 examinees）

Schools （589,191 examinees）

（Unit: Persons）

Companies and Organizations （698,265 examinees）

ReadingListeningNumber of examinees

700600500400300200100

700600500400300200100

700600500400300200100

600 700500400300200100

700600500400300200100（13,354）

（567）

（2,385）

（125）

（716）

（13,506）

（112,346）

（1,388）

（2,006）

（22,121）

（2,628）

（10,430）

（24,820）

（6,486）

（12,999）

（14,741）

（21,812）

（81,805）

（8,616）

（191,761）

（42,584）

（9,632）

（15,786）

（4,297）

（10,670）

（5,261）

（32,034）

（10,948）

（7,892）

（13,570）

（785）

（194）

303

287

356

317

283

301

325

277

294

278

302

280

274

304

266

260

251

270

254

254

261

266

272

286

291

266

254

276

214

279

317

315 247

231

231

294

273

225

241

277

230

222

230

264

241

207

251

208

209

191

220

200

198

209

220

219

232

246

218

202

228

158

221

266

562

534

518

650

590

508

542

602

506

515

509

566

520

481

555

475

469

443

490

455

452

470

486

491

518

537

484

456

503

372

500

583

（4,438）

（2,670）

（3,623）

（46,951）

（5,905）

（1,384）

（13,429）

（38,151）

（39,176）

（169,214）

（60,509）

（27,909）

（8,841）

（4,683）

（17,481）

（8,097）

（11,978）

（7,705）

（3,665）

539

591

618

472

578

580

414

539

378

452

490

489

483

679

547

523

530

466

573

298

314

327

263

317

320

240

290

218

254

273

275

269

368

298

288

288

261

310

240

277

292

209

261

260

173

249

160

198

217

214

214

311

249

235

243

205

263

（4,148）

（358,601）

（59,156）

（53,426）

（12,932）

（2,116）

524

476

469

485

511

540

298

266

260

268

280

296

226

210

209

218

231

244

（214,962）

（115,985）

（102,390）

（65,658）

（15,619）

453

480

504

507

552

254

268

280

279

298

200

211

223

228

253

（16,830）

（7,935）

（15,952）

（140,762）

（326,765）

713

659

654

520

438

391

363

362

288

245

323

296

293

232

193

ReadingListening

IP test Companies and Organizations

Ⅳ IP test data (Companies and Organizations)


Ⅳ-4. Number of examinees and average scores　　　by years of employment

Newemployees2 to 5 years ofemployment

6 to10 years ofemployment

11 years ofemployment or more

Potentialrecruits

（Unit: Persons）

Ⅳ-5. Number of examinees and average scores　　　by overseas experience (sorted by length of stay)

Under6 months

Over 6 monthsup to 1 yearOver 1 yearup to 2 years

Over 2 years

Never

（Unit: Persons）

Data has been obtained from examinees who answered the following questions.

(Charts show data for the IP tests conducted by companies, government and municipal offices, and non-profit organizations)

Have you ever lived in a country in which English is the main spoken language?

Ⅳ-1. Number of examinees and average scores by industry

Agriculture,forestry and fisheries

Mining

Construction

Foods

Textiles/Paper

Chemicals

Pharmaceuticals

Oil

Glass /Cement

Steel

Non-ferrousmetals

Machinery

Ship building

Vehicles

Precisionmachinery

Othermanufacturing

Trading

Retail

Finance

Securities /Insurance

Real estate

Transportation

Electric power /Gas

Mass media

Services

GovernmentorganizationsPrefectural government

and organizationsMunicipal government

and organizationsPublic

organizationsPrivate

organizationsOther

industries

Electricalmachinery

（Unit: Persons）

Ⅳ-2. Number of examinees and average scores　　　by occupation type

Management

Administration

Accounting

Personnel

Planning

Overseas

Purchasing

Businessoperation

Sales

Engineering

Production

Research

Fieldoperations

Publicrelations

Marketing

SE

Legal affairs

Financialaffairs

Training

（Unit: Persons）

Ⅳ-3. Number of examinees and average scores　　　by job level

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Score）

Executives

DepartmentchiefsSectionchiefs

Sub-sectionchiefs

OrdinaryemployeesTemporaryemployees

（Unit: Persons）


600500400300200100

600500400300200100 600500400300200100

600500400300200100

600500400300200100

（9,132）

（5,943）

419

519

（4,421）

（2,449）

223 144 368

263 170 433

600500400300200100

600500400300200100

600

500

400

300

200

100

30,000

25,000

20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2012 2013 2014

505499

29,19530,21230,098

235

270

500

226

274

228

271

600

500

400

300

200

100

10,000

8,000

6,000

4,000

2,000

2012 2013 2014

260

558525

298

239

10,268

264

557

293

10,2699,575

286

474

567

556

（573）

（230）

（152）

286

344

346

187

224

210

（16,902）

（12,871）

（7,109）

414

401

369

241

239

226

172

162

143

（355）

（849）

（3,140）

（8,108）

（3,123）

（129）

（76）

389

392

363

334

324

363

360

233

233

217

202

197

221

219

156

159

146

133

127

142

142

（23,607）

（66,856）

（101,562）

（209,469）

503

473

437

424

285

270

250

237

218

203

187

188

307

254

212

166

（178）

（339）

（2,611）

（6,322）

318

325

292

274

269

277

233

221

587

603

525

494

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Ⅴ IP test data (Schools)ReadingListening

Ⅴ-1. Number of examinees and average scores by school type and grade

Primary school （42 examinees）Average score <Listening 329/Reading 188/Total 517>Language school （140 examinees）Average score <Listening 275/Reading 193/Total 469>

Reference

New employees Potential recruits

Data has been obtained from examinees who filled in the section on "Educational Background (Type of School/Grade)" in the TOEIC IP tests conducted by educational institutions.

(Charts show data for the IP tests conducted by educational institutions including senior high schools, technical colleges,junior colleges, universities, graduate schools and vocational schools)

University （401,494 examinees）Average score <Listening 248/Reading 192/Total 440>

（Unit: Persons）

First-yearstudents

Second-yearstudentsThird-yearstudents

Fourth-yearstudents

（Unit: Score）

Junior high school （955 examinees）Average score <Listening 310/Reading 200/Total 509>

（Unit: Score）

First-yearstudents


（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Score）

Senior high school （36,882 examinees）Average score <Listening 238/Reading 163/Total 401>

First-yearstudents


（Unit: Persons）

Vocational school （15,075 examinees）Average score <Listening 275/Reading 184/Total 458>

（Unit: Score）

First-yearstudents

Second-yearstudents

（Unit: Persons）

First-yearstudents

Second-yearstudents

（Unit: Persons）

Junior college （6,870 examinees）Average score <Listening 238/Reading 153/Total 391>

（Unit: Score）

※The information listed above is based on data in the bubble sheet. “Sixth and seventh years of technical college” and “third and fourth years of graduate school” correspond, respectively, to “first and second years of post-graduate course at technical college” and “first and second years of doctoral course at graduate school.”

First-yearstudents


Fourth-yearstudentsFifth-yearstudentsSixth-yearstudents

Seventh-yearstudents

（Unit: Persons）

Technical college （15,780 examinees）Average score <Listening 206/Reading 136/Total 343>

（Unit: Score）

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First-yearstudents


Fourth-yearstudents

（Unit: Persons）

Graduate school （9,450 examinees）Average score <Listening 281/Reading 227/Total 508>

（Unit: Score）

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Ⅳ-6. Number of new employee/potential recruits examinees and　　　average scores over the last 3 years

Data was collected from tests conducted from April 1 to May 31 of each year in the case of new employees and from October 1 to December 31 of theprevious year in the case of potential recruits. Data does not correspond to IV-4 “Number of examinees and average scores by years of employment”.


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（FY）


IPテスト


600500400300200100 600500400300200100

600500400300200100

600500400300200100 600500400300200100

600500400300200100 600500400300200100

600500400300200100

600500400300200100 600500400300200100

572

548

501

454

569

494

459

435

553

531

482

439

422

402

389

392

516

476

425

410

288

269

241

228

246

233

226

221

320

306

278

250

320

283

262

244

329

316

290

261

227

207

183

182

176

168

164

170

233

225

204

188

250

211

196

191

243

232

211

193

535

478

421

425

554

483

424

410

432

415

411

416

487

444

474

476

540

458

421

425

299

259

240

236

266

246

261

255

245

237

234

230

309

272

242

229

294

266

237

233

240

199

182

189

221

198

213

221

187

178

177

186

245

212

182

181

242

212

184

192

（2,343）

（8,643）

（18,749）

（33,337）

（997）

（2,772）

（3,243）

（6,897）

（1,304）

（4,086）

（5,236）

（9,553）

（1,160）

（3,579）

（6,006）

（13,914）

（4,615）

（13,241）

（14,956）

（21,141）

（341）

（1,601）

（4,434）

（12,068）

（689）

（1,949）

（3,093）

（12,999）

（7,696）

（18,075）

（22,419）

（49,970）

（493）

（2,542）

（3,616）

（8,721）

（557）

（2,416）

（6,574）

（13,652）

IP test

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ReadingListening

Ⅴ-2. Number of examinees and average scores by university student’s major and gradeData has been obtained from examinees who filled in the section on "Educational Background" and "Major" in the TOEIC IP tests conducted by universities.

Commerce/Economics/Finance (63,072 examinees)Average score <Listening 240/Reading 187/Total 427>

Education/Liberal arts (18,444 examinees)Average score <Listening 240/Reading 189/Total 429>

Sociology (15,372 examinees)Average score <Listening 242/Reading 188/Total 430>

International relations (20,179 examinees)Average score <Listening 273/Reading 203/Total 476>

Science/Engineering/Agriculture (98,160 examinees)Average score <Listening 233/Reading 182/Total 416>

Information science (13,909 examinees)Average score <Listening 226/Reading 169/Total 395>

Medical/Pharmacology (18,730 examinees)Average score <Listening 255/Reading 217/Total 473>

Language/Literature (Other than English major) (24,659 examinees)Average score <Listening 258/Reading 198/Total 456>

Language/Literature (English major) (53,953 examinees)Average score <Listening 288/Reading 212/Total 500>

First-yearstudents

Second-yearstudents

Third-yearstudents

Fourth-yearstudents

First-yearstudents

Second-yearstudents

Third-yearstudents

Fourth-yearstudents

First-yearstudents

Second-yearstudents

Third-yearstudents

Fourth-yearstudents

First-yearstudents

Second-yearstudents

Third-yearstudents

Fourth-yearstudents

First-yearstudents

Second-yearstudents

Third-yearstudents

Fourth-yearstudents

First-yearstudents

Second-yearstudents

Third-yearstudents

Fourth-yearstudents

First-yearstudents

Second-yearstudents

Third-yearstudents

Fourth-yearstudents

First-yearstudents

Second-yearstudents

Third-yearstudents

Fourth-yearstudents

First-yearstudents

Second-yearstudents

Third-yearstudents

Fourth-yearstudents

First-yearstudents

Second-yearstudents

Third-yearstudents

Fourth-yearstudents

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Persons）

Law (23,199 examinees)Average score <Listening 239/Reading 193/Total 432>

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Persons）







500400300200100

500400300200100 500400300200100

700600500400300200100

（735）

800 900 990700600500400300200100

※

（209）

（252）

（580）

（5,632）

（16,406）

335

276

322

355

447

396

203

168

198

209

269

233

132

108

124

146

178

163

（85,533）

（62,457）

（107,595）

（148,285）

505

453

430

411

509

460

419

374

296

269

246

223

213

191

173

151

（20,468）

（74,160）

（358,878）

（438,155）

（395,986）

（28,908）

（12,115）

346

343

377

402

527

713 955

201

200

218

236

298

385

495

146

143

159

165

229

328

460

288

257

243

228

217

196

187

183

（1,897）

（2,628）

（5,700）

（13,016）

（7,462）

（3,454）

（9,653）

（108,319）

（339,272）

655

590

620

477

415

374

339

355

273

234

282

251

265

205

181

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Ⅴ-3. Number of examinees and average scores by senior high school department/courseData has been obtained from examinees who filled in the section on "Department/Course" in the TOEIC IP tests conducted by senior high schools.

Ⅴ-4. Number of examinees and average scores by the number of times the test is taken

Before today, how many times have you taken the TOEIC test?

University Senior high school

Never

Once

Twice

Three timesor more

（Unit: Persons）


Indicate the STEP grade you attained during the past year, if relevant.

Ⅴ-6. Number of examinees and average scores　　　by STEP grade

Data has been obtained from examinees who filled in the sections below in the TOEIC IP tests conducted by educational institutions from April 2001 to March 2015.

Ⅴ-5. Number of examinees and average scores　　　by overseas experience (sorted by length of stay)

General

English/International

Collegebound

Business

Industrial

Others

Never

Once

Twice

Three timesor more

Under6 months

Over 6 monthsup to 1 year

Over 1 yearup to 2 years

Over 2 years

Never

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Persons）



（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Score）

5thGrade

4thGrade

3rdGrade

Pre-2ndGrade

2ndGrade

Pre-1stGrade

1stGrade

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Score）

※

※1st Grade is calculated by the mode.


0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000 20,000 22,000 24,000

1,200 1,200

2,600 2,600

1,900 2,300 4,200

3,1003,100 6,200

4,300 4,200 8,500

4,8005,900 10,700

5,400 5,700 11,100

14,7007,000 7,700

24,00015,800 8,200

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Ⅰ. Trend in the number of TOEIC S&W examinees （FY2006 to FY2014）

In Japan, the TOEIC S&W Tests was administered in FY2014 not only to individuals but also adopted by approximately 260 companies, organizations, schools, and other groups. Companies use the tests as a way to develop global human resources, such as evaluating potential recruits and new employees gauging the effectiveness of training, as well as a criterion for overseas assignments. Schools also utilize the TOEIC S&W Tests as a means to evaluate the effectiveness of classes and overseas study and to assess academic performance, and also to assist students’ career development.

（Unit: Persons）

(FY)

TOEIC® Speaking and Writing Tests


●These tables provide statistical relationships between the TOEIC Listening & Reading Total scores and the TOEIC Speaking or Writing scores. The data were collected in the spring of 2007 from Japan and Korea with a total of 2,064 examinees who have taken the TOEIC Listening, Reading, Speaking, and/or Writing tests within a limited time period. The column labeled “Mean Listening & Reading Total Score” is simply the average L&R Total Score of the examinee sample within the specified total score range.●The score relationships were developed based on the average performance of the examinees included in the study. Test scores of an individual examinee may not exactly follow the average patterns shown here. Therefore, the most reliable and valid way to measure an examinee’s proficiency in Listening, Reading, Speaking and/or Writing is by directly taking relevant TOEIC test(s) rather than by attempting to infer an examinee’s predicted score(s) from known score(s).●These results are likely sample-dependent. Score users should not over-interpret these prediction tables. The tables simply represent statistical relationships between the TOEIC Listening and Reading test and Speaking or Writing test based on a fairly limited examinee sample. Prediction results will likely change over time as examinees’ listening, reading, speaking and writing skills change.

Relationship between TOEIC Listening & Reading Total Scores and TOEIC Writing Scores

Listening & Reading Total Score

Mean L&R Total Score Writing Score

960 to 990 980 180 and above

890 to 955 920 170825 to 885 855 160760 to 820 790 150695 to 755 730 140625 to 690 655 130560 to 620 595 120495 to 555 530 110425 to 490 465 100360 to 420 400 90350 to 355 350 80

10 to 345 290 70 and below

Relationship between TOEIC Listening & Reading Total Scores and TOEIC Speaking Scores

Listening & Reading Total Score

Mean L&R Total Score Speaking Score

950 to 990 975 170 and above

880 to 945 910 160815 to 875 845 150745 to 810 780 140675 to 740 710 130605 to 670 640 120535 to 600 570 110465 to 530 500 100395 to 460 430 90350 to 390 370 80

10 to 345 285 70 and below

Statistical Relationships between the TOEIC® Listening and Reading Total Scores andthe TOEIC® Speaking or Writing Scores

Guidelines for understanding the score comparison table

SP testIP test

1000 200 300 400 500

200 400 600 800 900 1,0001000 300 500 700

2000 400 600 800 1,000 1,4001,200


200 400 600 800 900 1,0001000 300 500 700

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23（0.5%）

86（1.9%）

441（9.5%）225（4.9%）

161（3.5%）

20（0.4%）

823（17.8%）650（14.1%）

590（12.8%）

477（10.3%）

444（9.6%）

96（2.1%）61（1.3%）

34（0.7%）

166（3.6%）284（6.1%）

13（0.3%）10（0.2%）8（0.2%）7（0.2%）

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43（0.9%）

213（4.6%）

933（20.2%）651（14.1%）

211（4.6%）

189（4.1%）

557（12.1%）364（7.9%）

345（7.5%）

656（14.2%）

202（4.4%）

36（0.8%）20（0.4%）

9（0.2%）

60（1.3%）101（2.2%）

15（0.3%）6（0.1%）2（0.04%）2（0.04%）4（0.1%）

1000 200 300 400 500

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11（0.5%）

44（1.9%）

218（9.4%）91（3.9%）

74（3.2%）

14（0.6%）

369（16.0%）320（13.9%）

294（12.7%）

252（10.9%）

225（9.7%）

51（2.2%）31（1.3%）

24（1.0%）

93（4.0%）157（6.8%）

24（1.0%）7（0.3%）5（0.2%）6（0.3%）

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15（0.6%）

90（3.9%）

481（20.8%）301（13.0%）

107（4.6%）

60（2.6%）

269（11.6%）187（8.1%）

173（7.5%）

319（13.8%）

120（5.2%）

25（1.1%）21（0.9%）20（0.9%）

44（1.9%）58（2.5%）

9（0.4%）5（0.2%）2（0.1%）4（0.2%）

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58（0.8%）

303（4.4%）

1,414（20.4%）

952（13.7%）318（4.6%）

249（3.6%）

826（11.9%）551（8.0%）

518（7.5%）

975（14.1%）

322（4.6%）

61（0.9%）41（0.6%）

29（0.4%）

104（1.5%）159（2.3%）

24（0.3%）11（0.2%）4（0.1%）6（0.1%）4（0.1%）

2000 400 600 800 1,000 1,4001,200

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34（0.5%）34（0.5%）

130（1.9%）

13（0.2%）13（0.2%）17（0.2%）37（0.5%）58（0.8%）

92（1.3%）147（2.1%）

259（3.7%）441（6.4%）

669（9.7%）884（12.8%）

1,192（17.2%）970（14.0%）

729（10.5%）659（9.5%）

316（4.6%）235（3.4%）

Overall（6,929）

Adults（4,619）

Students（2,310）

180

160

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

139.0122.0

140.2122.6

136.6120.6

137.4123.4

138.4124.1

6,5846,929

4,8945,000

6,000180

160

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

2012 2013 2014

139.0122.0

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Ⅱ-1. Number of examinees and average scores　　 over the last 3 years

Ⅱ-2. Number of examinees and average scores　　　by Adults/Students

Ⅱ SP test data (Overall)

Speaking score (Students) (2,310 examinees)

（Unit: Persons）


Speaking score (Adults) (4,619 examinees) Writing score (Adults) (4,619 examinees)

（Unit: Persons）（Unit: Persons）


（Unit: Persons）

Writing score (Students) (2,310 examinees)

Ⅱ-3. Score distribution for the SP testSpeaking score (Overall) (6,929 examinees)


Writing score (Overall) (6,929 examinees)（Unit: Score）（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Persons）


（FY）

（Unit: Score）

WritingSpeakingNumber of examinees


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（72）

（173）

（192）

（61）

（249）

（155）

（46）

（380）

（470）

（528）

（69）

（200）

（80）

（44）

（104）

（307）

（95）

（49）

（400）

14012010080604020

（194）

（226）

（488）

（390）

（1,950）

（264）

14012010080604020

（16）

（92）

（5）

（68）

（49）

（1,675）

（381）

（18）

（6）

14012010080604020

（353）

（120）

（92）

（626）

（383）

（148）

（75）

126.0137.1

117.9138.4

144.6127.8

121.6142.3

122.9143.1

132.6150.1

111.1129.6

125.7141.9

116.1131.8

112.4133.7

112.0128.1

119.3140.8

117.0132.3

117.0135.5

123.0137.1

116.0140.0

127.8146.4

122.4147.8

138.3155.4

14012010080604020

（103）

（487）

（845）

（60）

116.7133.9

124.9140.3

121.0136.9

115.099.7

138.3128.3

137.5134.4

117.1129.8

130.8144.8

122.4

119.0136.6

136.9

121.0140.5

119.7140.3

124.7138.1

126.0124.0

114.1123.9

121.4137.0

119.7140.7

121.1127.8

126.2110.1

124.5139.7

125.5140.7

119.9134.2

109.5128.0

122.5134.5

105.4127.1

117.7130.1

Ⅲ-1. Number of examinees and average scores by occupation type

Ⅲ-2. Number of examinees and average scores by job level

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Score）

Administration

Accounting

Management

Personnel

Planning

Overseas

Purchasing

Businessoperation

Sales

Engineering

Production

Research

Field operations

Public relations

Marketing

SE

Legal affairs

Financial affairs

Training

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Score）

Executives

Departmentchiefs

Section chiefs

Sub-sectionchiefs

Companyemployees

Temporaryemployees

Ⅳ-2. Number of examinees and average scores　　　by type of major

SP test Companies and Organizations/Schools

Ⅲ SP test data (Adults)WritingSpeaking

Ⅳ-1. Number of examinees and average scores　　　by school type

Ⅳ SP test data (Students)WritingSpeaking

Ⅳ-3. Number of examinees and average scores by grade

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Score）

Juniorhigh school

Seniorhigh schoolTechnicalCollege

Vocationalschool

Junior college

University

Graduateschool

Languageschool

Primary school

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Persons）

Summed-up data of responses to “Major” by SP test examinees who are university,junior college, vocational school or technical college students.

Summed-up data of responses to “Grade” by SP test examinees who are universitystudents.

Social studies/Law(Sociology,Politics,Internationalstudies,Law studies)

Business/Trading/Economics/Finance/Accounting/

Marketing/ManagementSciences(Mathematics,

Statistics,Computer science,Physics,Agriculture)

Medical/Nursing/Health(Medicine,Public health,

Nursing,Pharmacy)

Technology/Architecture/Engineering

Other/None

Arts,Music,Languages,Literature,Education,

Psychology

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Score）


Fourth-yearstudents

First-yearstudents

0 200 400 800600 200 400 8006000

0 200 400 600 1,200 1,4001,000800


0 500 1,000 2,0001,500 500 1,000 2,0001,5000

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61（0.4%）

131（0.8%）

636（4.0%）291（1.9%）

189（1.2%）

36（0.2%）

1,658（10.6%）1,810（11.5%）

1,883（12.0%）

878（5.6%）

2,133（13.6%）

858（5.5%）680（4.3%）

463（2.9%）

1,331（8.5%）1,887（12.0%）

300（1.9%）193（1.2%）

118（0.8%）168（1.1%）

8（0.1%）

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51（0.4%）

247（2.1%）

1,980（17.2%）1,305（11.3%）

334（2.9%）

190（1.6%）

1,426（12.4%）973（8.4%）

1,074（9.3%）

1,590（13.8%）

791（6.9%）

182（1.6%）167（1.4%）

135（1.2%）22（0.2%）

347（3.0%）421（3.7%）

112（1.0%）99（0.9%）

50（0.4%）35（0.3%）

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18（0.3%）

32（0.6%）

178（3.1%）88（1.5%）

56（1.0%）

18（0.3%）

484（8.5%）622（10.9%）

672（11.7%）

270（4.7%）

782（13.7%）

362（6.3%）309（5.4%）

193（3.4%）

555（9.7%）754（13.2%）

127（2.2%）81（1.4%）

46（0.8%）71（1.2%）

2（0.03%）

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24（0.5%）110（2.5%）

10（0.2%）

72（1.6%）

589（13.4%）369（8.4%）

95（2.2%）

64（1.5%）17（0.4%）

551（12.5%）401（9.1%）

465（10.6%）

551（12.5%）

359（8.2%）

93（2.1%）95（2.2%）

64（1.5%）

183（4.2%）203（4.6%）

51（1.2%）26（0.6%）

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34（0.5%）

175（2.5%）

1,391（19.5%）

936（13.1%）239（3.3%）

126（1.8%）

875（12.3%）572（8.0%）

609（8.5%）

1,039（14.6%）

432（6.1%）

89（1.2%）72（1.0%）

48（0.7%）

164（2.3%）218（3.1%）

48（0.7%）24（0.3%）

11（0.2%）25（0.4%）

12（0.2%）0 200 400 600 1,200 1,4001,000800

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43（0.4%）

99（1.0%）

458（4.6%）203（2.0%）

133（1.3%）

18（0.2%）

1,174（11.7%）1,188（11.9%）

1,211（12.1%）

608（6.1%）

1,351（13.5%）

496（5.0%）371（3.7%）

270（2.7%）

776（7.8%）1,133（11.3%）

173（1.7%）112（1.1%）

72（0.7%）97（1.0%）

6（0.1%）

128.1102.8

180

160

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

132.8

105.0120.4

98.9

125.8110.5

2012 2013 2014

180

160

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

10,000

8,000

6,000

4,000

2,000

12,000

14,000

125.7105.8

4,950

7,390

15,712

5,1325,132

11,53111,531

3,8053,805

128.1102.8

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companies andorganizations

schools

IP testOverall

Ⅴ-1. Number of examinees and average scores over the last 3 years

Ⅴ-2. Number of examinees and average scores by Companies and Organizations/Schools

Ⅴ IP test data (Overall)

Ⅴ-3. Score distribution for the IP testSpeaking score (Overall) (15,712 examinees)


Writing score (Overall) (11,531 examinees)

Speaking score (Schools) (5,720 examinees)

（Unit: Persons）

Writing score (Companies and Organizations) (7,139 examinees)Speaking score (Companies and Organizations) (9,992 examinees)


（Unit: Persons）

Writing score (Schools) (4,392 examinees)

（Unit: Score）（Unit: Persons）（Unit: Score）




WritingSpeakingNumber of examinees(Speaking) Number of examinees(Writing)


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127.7146.9

130.1147.6

140.7154.7

124.393.5

（Unit: Score）16014012010080604020

（278）（41）

88.5142.0

120.7（61）（14）

117.4

（6）（6）

98.3121.7

（447）（405）

102.8138.0

（139）（139）

108.0132.7

（242）（98）

105.0134.2

（49）（49）

112.2127.3

（18）（18）

111.1138.3

（241）（241）

115.5138.6

（25）（25） 154.0

136.4

（16）（16）

102.5128.1

（492）（477）

98.9125.5

（1,364）（53）

80.8125.5

（70）（58）

112.6138.4

（586）（587）

113.5135.5

（333）（261）

116.5140.9

（624）（624）

102.4114.6

（87）（67）

114.5143.9

147.1（21）（21）

120.0

（1,349）（1,077） 136.5

108.0

（2,549）（1,935）

111.2134.4

（34）（34）

120.6142.1

（385）（385）

112.4136.8

（146）（146）

97.1

（49）（0）

（378）（362）

Board of Education

Other industries

107.3

127.1

118.0135.5

（3）（0）

133.3

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108.6132.5

101.5133.3

102.9131.5

105.0132.1

120.7153.0

（3,430）（2,576）（565）（451）（264）（218）（573）（461）

（3,461）（2,478）

（262）（137）（1,014）（547）（740）（574）（5,953）（4,627）（28）（23）

（79）（65） 134.8

112.3

14012010080604020

103.5123.1

107.9135.3

109.1131.9

112.0131.8

130.2148.9

106.0136.1

103.6124.1

109.6129.1

93.5130.8

140.3117.5

105.6140.5

84.0127.6

120.3136.5

122.9145.6

101.7128.1

118.3146.5

113.7137.9

129.8144.6

108.778.5

（81）（62）（937）（875）（309）（247）（430）（295）（91）（81）（131）（85）（439）（336）（1,356）（1,205）（2,067）（1,057）

（159）（146）

（456）（356）（145）（51）（32）（26）（185）（116）（453）（372）（98）（74）（320）（309）（184）（131）

（200）（107）

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（170）（170）

116.8136.4

（1,706）（1,470）

110.3136.0

（2,422）（1,844）

105.1134.5

（2,422）（1,456）

100.7131.7

（1,622）（1,252） 125.4

103.9

Construction

Foods

Textiles/Paper

Chemicals

Pharmaceuticals

Glass/Cement

Mining

Machinery

Electricalmachinery

Ship building

Precisionmachinery

Othermanufacturing

Trading

Finance

Securities/Insurance

Real estate

Transportation

Electric power/Gas

Vehicles

Governmentorganizations

Publicorganizations

Privateorganizations

Services

Steel

Non-ferrousmetals

(Charts show data for the IP tests conducted by companies, government and municipal offices, and non-profit organizations)

IP test Companies and Organizations

Ⅵ IP test data (Companies and Organizations)WritingSpeaking

Ⅵ-4. Number of examinees and average scores by years of employment

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Persons）

Potential recruits

2 to 5 years ofemployment

6 to 10 years ofemployment

11 years ofemployment or longer

New employees

（Unit: Score）

Under6 months



Over2 years

Never



Ⅵ-1. Number of examinees and average scores by industryIndustrial sectors for which there are no results for the IP tests have been omitted.

Ⅵ-5. Number of examinees and average scores by overseas experience (sorted by length of stay)

Ⅵ-2. Number of examinees and average scores by occupation type

Ⅵ-3. Number of examinees and average scores by job level

（Unit: Score）

Administration

Accounting

Personnel

Planning

Overseas

Purchasing

Businessoperation

Sales

Engineering

Management

Research

Field operations

Public relations

Marketing

SE

Legal affairs

Financial affairs

Training

Production

（Unit: Score）

Departmentchiefs

Section chiefs

Sub-sectionchiefs

CompanyemployeesTemporaryemployees

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Persons）

Executives


14012010080604020

（220）（172）

113.0138.4

（435）（393）

102.0126.0

（221）（183）

67.473.7

（306）（232）

102.3123.5

（219）（177）

104.8126.9

（99）（59）

99.9121.0

（683）（462） 118.7

（47）（35）

93.6127.7

（141）（113）

109.9133.0

（1,020）（895） 128.1

105.5

（198）（165） 88.8

80.2

90.0

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（2,106）（1,632）

100.9121.3

（250）（221）

127.0146.7

（69）（64）

120.7138.0

（200）（179）

145.0152.1

（2,386）（1,714） 112.9

90.9

14012010080604020

（1,029）（765）

99.2123.4

（752）（596）

106.9129.6

（311）（232）

111.5134.2

（1,084）（982） 105.3

86.2

160 18014012010080604020

800～895 132.7149.4

700～795 120.1139.6

600～695 108.7130.6

500～595 99.4121.3

400～495 87.0108.1

～395 63.278.7

（12,193）（11,088）（13,331）（12,168）（11,762）（10,191）（7,159）（5,989）（4,196）（3,251）（2,742）（1,992）

（7,704）（6,931）900～

165.4153.2

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（3,200）（2,599）

97.9119.1

104.2126.8

（5）（5）

102.0118.0

（60）（27）

63.5114.1

109.1

（22）（22） 109.1

116.4

（542）（456）

90.6

（154）（133）（5）（5）

（929）（437）

118.0

129.9

128.0

106.1

59,309

900～7,708

（13.0%）

800～89512,204（20.6%）

700～79513,361（22.5%）

600～69511,785（19.9%）

～3952,849（4.8%）

500～5957,186人（12.1%）

400～4954,216（7.1%）

TOEIC

® Test

TOEIC Bridge

®TOEIC

® Speaking and W

riting Tests

（Persons）


Summed-up data of responses to “Major” by examinees of IP tests taken withinuniversities, junior colleges, vocational schools and technical colleges.

Summed-up data of responses to “Educational background (school type/grade)” byexaminees of IP tests taken within educational institutions.

IP testSchoolsSP test/IP testTOEIC S&W examinees and TOEIC scores

WritingSpeaking

Ⅶ-1. Number of examinees and average scores by school type

Ⅶ-2. Number of examinees and average scores by type of major

Ⅷ-2. Average scores of TOEIC S&W Tests (sorted by TOEIC total scores)

Ⅷ TOEIC® S&W examinees and TOEIC® scores

Ⅶ IP test data (Schools)

Ⅶ-4. Number of examinees and average scores by overseas experience (sorted by length of stay)

Summed-up data of responses by SP and IP test examinees to one of the questionnaires below. （SP tests conducted from January 2007 to March 2015; IP tests conducted from June 2008 to March 2015）

<SP test>What is the score range of the TOEIC test (Listening/Reading) you took most recently?

<IP test>In the most recent sitting for the TOEIC test (Listening/Reading), what was your score?



（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Persons）

Language/Literature(Other than English major)

Internationalrelations

Informationscience

Commerce/Economics/Finance

Law

Sociology

Science/Engineering/AgricultureMedical/

Pharmacology

Education/Liberal arts

Language/Literature(English major)

Others

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Persons）

Under 6 months



Over 2 years

Never

Ⅶ-3. Number of examinees and average scores by grade

University

Summed-up data of responses to “Educational background (school type/grade)” byexaminees of IP tests taken within educational institutions.

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Persons）

Second-yearstudents

Third-yearstudents

Fourth-yearstudents

First-yearstudents

（TOEIC Score）

（TOEIC S&W Score）

（Persons）

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Score）

TechnicalCollege

Juniorhigh school

Seniorhigh school

University

Graduateschool

Languageschool

Vocationalschool

Juniorcollege

Ⅷ-1. Number of TOEIC S&W examinees (sorted by TOEIC total scores)


In Japan, the TOEIC Bridge was administered in FY2014 not only to individuals but also adopted by approximately 490 companies, organizations, schools, and other groups. TOEIC Bridge was developed to serve as a “bridge” to the TOEIC Test. TOEIC Bridge features English that is easier, more familiar, and shorter in length than the English in the TOEIC Test, and has been utilized by companies, universities, high schools, and other organizations for training and placement purposes.

0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000 140,000 160,000 180,000 200,000 220,000

2001 2,500

2002 19,70015,600

2003 55,20049,700

2004 83,30078,700

2005 109,200105,600

2006 128,900125,300

2007 155,000151,000

2008 174,000170,000

2009 198,000194,000

2010 209,000204,000

2011 213,000208,000

2012 209,000204,000

1,600

4,100

5,500

4,600

3,600

3,600

4,000

4,000

4,000

5,000

5,000

5,000

900

2013

2014

210,000204,0006,000

205,000198,0007,000

Ⅰ. Trend in the number of TOEIC Bridge examinees (FY2001 to FY2014)The figures for FY2007 and subsequent years were rounded to the nearest thousand.The figures from FY2001 to FY2006 were rounded to the nearest hundred.

Guidelines for understanding the score comparison table

Statistical Relationships between the TOEIC Bridge® Scores andthe TOEIC® Listening and Reading Total Scores

●The TOEIC scores are predicted from the TOEIC Bridge scores using the data (N=15,569) randomly drawn from the examinees in Japan and South Korea. This is simply because the two countries have the largest number of TOEIC Bridge examinees worldwide.

●The data was collected from November 2000 to September 2005. All the examinees took the two tests within six months. Examinees took the tests in the Secure Program (SP) and/or Institutional Program (IP). Most of the examinees took the TOEIC Bridge test first, then the TOEIC test.

●The average age of test takers in the sample was 20 years old. The largest two education groups were university/college (31%), and high school (23%).●The predicted scores may be sample-dependent. Results shown here may not be generalized to other samples.●Although the TOEIC Bridge results are expressed in a total score between 20 and 180, this table only shows the score range between 90 and 160. This is because the TOEIC test has many more questions that measure higher ability levels ("more than 180") than the TOEIC Bridge test. On the other hand, the TOEIC test has few questions suited for "less than 90" level while the TOEIC Bridge test is meant to measure lower ability levels. Hence, Educational Testing Service (ETS) determined that the range of TOEIC Bridge scores either "less than 90"or "more than 160" are not appropriate for comparison purposes.

＊ETS has recently reexamined the score comparison table and made an adjustment to a score relationship. Examinees scoring 150 or higher (formerly 160 or higher) on the TOEIC Bridge should consider taking the TOEIC test. (Last modified: August 2007)

TOEIC Bridge® 90

230

100

260

110

280

120

310

130

345

140

395

150

470

160

570TOEIC® Test

（Unit: Persons）

(FY)

TOEIC Bridge®


SP testIP test

63.8

66.4

131.7130.2131.8

5,056

4,609

65.7

66.1

130.2

63.8

66.4

66.2

65.7

2000 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400

170～160～150～140～130～120～110～100～90～80～70～60～50～40～30～20～10～

6,000

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

160

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

2012 2013 2014


20 40 60 80 100 120 140

6,308

65.3 62.0

66.4 66.3

131.8 128.3

160

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

1（0.02%）1（0.02%）1（0.02%）3（0.05%）1（0.02%）17（0.3%）

99（1.6%）218（3.5%）

510（8.1%）818（13.0%）

1,178（18.7%）

1,416（22.4%）

1,010（16.0%）668（10.6%）

290（4.6%）77（1.2%）

108.0

136.2

129.7

119.6

131.3

129.5

124.2

126.0

56.8

67.6

64.6

63.0

68.2

66.6

65.9

69.8

51.2

68.6

65.1

56.6

63.1

62.9

58.4

56.2

（37）

（25）

（257）

（18）

（11）

（1,896）

（392）

（134）

TOEIC

® Test

TOEIC Bridge

®TOEIC

® Speaking and W

riting Tests

Overall（6,308）

Adults（3,444）

Students（2,776）

（Unit: Persons）

Ⅱ-3. Total score distribution for the SP test

Overall (6,308 examinees)

SP testOverall

Ⅱ-4. Number of examinees and average scores by school type

Primaryschool

Junior highschool

Senior highschool

Technicalcollege

Juniorcollege

University

Graduateschool

Vocationalschool

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Score）

Ⅱ-1. Number of examinees and average scores over the last 3 years

Ⅱ-2. Number of examinees and average scores　　　by Adults/Students

Ⅱ SP test data (Overall)

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Persons）（Unit: Score）

（FY）

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Score）


57.4

58.6


170～160～150～140～130～120～110～100～90～80～70～60～50～40～30～20～10～

0 3,000 3,5002,000 2,5001,000 1,500500

170～160～150～140～130～120～110～100～90～80～70～60～50～40～30～20～10～

0 35,000 40,00030,00025,00020,00015,0005,000 10,000

170～160～150～140～130～120～110～100～90～80～70～60～50～40～30～20～10～

0 35,000 40,00030,00025,00020,00015,0005,000 10,000

55.5 57.5

58.3 58.7

113.8 116.2

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

116.6 116.0

203,846

58.1

58.5

58.1

59.7

116.0

198,185

57.4

58.6

117.8

203,717 220,000140

120

100

80

60

40

20

200,000

180,000

160,000

140,000

120,000

100,000

80,000

60,000

40,000

20,000

2012 2013 2014

58（0.03%）31（0.02%）39（0.02%）54（0.03%）95（0.05%）250（0.1%）

1,621（0.8%）7,433（3.8%）

15,416（7.8%）22,237（11.2%）

27,612（13.9%）31,136（15.7%）

32,403（16.3%）28,390（14.3%）

19,183（9.7%）8,918（4.5%）

2,511（1.3%）798（0.4%）

4（0.02%）

1（0.01%）

9（0.1%）75（0.5%）

448（2.7%）1,411（8.5%）

2,405（14.5%）3,002（18.0%）

2,796（16.8%）2,397（14.4%）

1,970（11.8%）1,205（7.2%）

628（3.8%）213（1.3%）

76（0.5%）

54（0.03%）31（0.02%）38（0.02%）54（0.03%）95（0.1%）241（0.1%）

1,546（0.9%）6,985（3.8%）

14,005（7.7%）19,832（10.9%）

24,610（13.6%）28,340（15.6%）

30,006（16.5%）26,420（14.6%）

17,978（9.9%）8,290（4.6%）

2,298（1.3%）722（0.4%）

IP test Overall

Ⅲ-1. Number of examinees and average scores　　　over the last 3 years

Ⅲ-2. Number of examinees and average scores　　　by Companies and Organizations/Schools

Ⅲ IP test data (Overall)


Companies and Organizations (16,640 examinees) Schools (181,545 examinees)

Ⅲ-3. Total score distribution for the IP test

Overall (198,185 examinees)

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Persons）Overall（198,185）

Companies andOrganizations（16,640）

Schools（181,545）

（Unit: Score）（Unit: Persons）（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Score）


（FY）



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14012010080604020

14012010080604020

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（35）

（5,556）

（1,032）

（12）

（124）

（66）

（54）

（11）

（141）

（626）

（2,014）

（5,271）

（618）

（26）

（79）

（71）

（211）

（453）

（200）

（40）

118.6

108.0

121.2

141.0

136.5

132.6

125.0

125.5

126.5

129.7

107.3

118.0

115.4

112.8

126.0

114.5

118.4

101.3

118.1

112.4

59.9

55.6

63.2

68.8

66.0

65.3

64.4

64.5

63.3

64.2

55.7

60.2

58.2

55.6

62.4

58.1

58.1

53.2

60.1

58.0

58.6

52.4

58.0

72.2

70.5

67.3

60.6

60.9

63.2

65.5

51.6

57.8

57.2

57.2

63.6

56.4

60.3

48.1

58.1

54.5

（269）

（47）

（3,474）

（277）

（130）

（479）

（498）

（2,714）

（352）

104.4

109.8

108.3

111.3

126.3

121.9

126.9

126.2

121.0

53.9

56.6

56.0

56.8

63.3

61.3

64.0

63.0

60.7

50.4

53.2

52.3

54.5

63.0

60.5

62.9

63.1

60.4

（35）

（7,269）

（551）

（364）

（61）

（26）

118.7

116.4

120.5

121.2

125.9

118.7

115.4

120.8

118.1

114.4

58.9

61.0

59.8

58.0

56.5

59.8

58.3

56.4

60.4

59.2

60.7

61.1

62.3

59.3

58.3

57.1

59.9

60.1

63.6

59.4

（4,466）

（1,739）

（1,315）

（880）

TOEIC

® Test

TOEIC Bridge

®TOEIC

® Speaking and W

riting Tests

Electric power /Gas

Mass media

Retail

IP testCompanies and Organizations

ReadingListening

Ⅳ-3. Number of examinees and average scores by job level

Ⅳ-4. Number of examinees and average scores by years of employment

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Persons）

Mining

Construction

Textiles/Paper

Chemicals

Pharmaceuticals

Steel

Non-ferrousmetals

Machinery

Electricalmachinery

Vehicles

Precisionmachinery

Othermanufacturing

Trading

Transportation

Services

Governmentorganizations

Publicorganizations

Ⅳ-1. Number of examinees and average scores by industryIndustrial sectors for which there are no results for the IP tests have been omitted.

Ⅳ(Charts show data for the IP tests conducted by companies, government and municipal offices, and non-profit organizations)


Ⅳ-2. Number of examinees and average scores by occupation type

（Unit: Persons）

Management

Specialists,researchers, and

technical specialists

Sales andmarketing

Office workassistants

Service-orientedposts

Machinerymaintenance/

control staff andtechnical works

Manufacturing

Transportation

Fieldoperations

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Score）

Under2 years

Over 2 yearsup to 5 years

Over 5 yearsup to 10 years

Over10 years

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Score）

Executives

Departmentchiefs

Sectionchiefs

Sub-sectionchiefs

Ordinaryemployees

Temporaryemployees


14012010080604020

（3,310）

（3,687）

（3,352）

（325）

14012010080604020

（4,023）

（60,502）

（725）

59.4 61.3

59.0 57.9

59.0 58.8

（392） 57.0 55.8

14012010080604020

（2,101）

（4,477）

（2,330）

（3,637）

（27,377）

（20,714）

（5,480）

（9,851）

（Unit: Score）14012010080604020

（37,297）

（1,826）

（1,279）

（975）

（2,852）

Industrial

（273）Business

Others

（Unit: Persons）

14012010080604020

（3,531）

（4,751）

（7,334）

14012010080604020

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120.7

116.9

117.8

112.8

112.0

113.1

114.2

（1,757）

（319）

（26,372）

（19,364）

（9,425）118.5

109.4

99.5

61.2

58.3

54.4

57.3

51.1

45.1

120.1

119.2

116.5

110.9

60.1

60.2

59.3

57.1

60.1

59.0

57.1

53.8

119.3

113.6

59.7

57.0

59.6

56.6

115.7

126.6

118.1

118.0

118.4

121.8

116.3

127.6

57.9

61.3

58.9

58.2

58.4

60.8

58.1

63.1

57.8

65.3

59.2

59.8

60.0

61.0

58.2

64.5

54.4

54.8

55.3

57.7

58.3

58.8

109.8

101.1

92.8

109.2

121.0

113.5

57.3

53.8

50.4

56.4

62.5

58.3

52.5

47.3

42.4

52.8

58.5

55.1

IP test Schools

Ⅴ-1. Number of examinees and average scores by school type and grade

ReadingListening

Data has been obtained from examinees who filled in the section on "Department/Course" in the IP tests conducted by senior high schools.

Data has been obtained from examinees who filled in the section on "Major" in the IP tests conducted by universities, junior colleges, vocational schools and technical colleges.

Primary school (305 examinees)Average score <Listening 61.1/Reading 46.5/Total 107.5>Vocational school (934 examinees)Average score <Listening 56.1/Reading 52.5/Total 108.6>

Technical college (10,676 examinees)Average score <Listening 58.9/Reading 56.6/Total 115.5>

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Persons）

University (65,642 examinees)Average score <Listening 59.4/Reading 61.0/Total 120.4>

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Score）

Internationalrelations

Language/Literature(Other than English major)

Language/Literature(English major)

Informationscience

Commerce/Finance/Law/

SociologyScience/

Engineering/Agriculture

Medical/Pharmacology

Others

（Unit: Persons）

General

English/International

College-bound

（Unit: Persons）

Junior high school (15,616 examinees)Average score <Listening 58.8/Reading 52.7/Total 111.4>

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Persons）

Junior college (2,076 examinees)Average score <Listening 57.4/Reading 57.1/Total 114.5>

（Unit: Score）

Senior high school (55,161 examinees)Average score <Listening 58.5/Reading 55.0/Total 113.4>

（Unit: Score）

Second-yearstudents

First-yearstudents

Third-yearstudents

Fourth-yearstudents

Second-yearstudents

First-yearstudents

Third-yearstudents

Fourth-yearstudents

First-yearstudents

Second-yearstudents

Third-yearstudents

First-yearstudents

Second-yearstudents

First-yearstudents

Second-yearstudents

Third-yearstudents

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Persons）

Data has been obtained from examinees who filled in the section on "Educational Background (Type of School/Grade)" in the IP tests conducted by educational institutions.(Grades with a small population have been omitted)


Ⅴ-2. Number of examinees and average scores by type of major

Ⅴ-3. Number of examinees and average scores by senior high school department/course

Ⅴ IP test data (Schools)

Reference


16014012010080604020

（96,932）

（434）

（730）

（383）

（228）

（82）

18016014012010080604020

（115,303）

（37,736）

（381,024）

（213,591）

（37,451）

（1,130）

14012010080604020

（1,940）

（4,574）

（891）

（584）

（8,713）

（12,848）

（4,787）

（5,238）

（1,367）

（2,154）

（601）

（112）

（9,822）

（28,649）

（3,076）

（1,305）

（464）

（666）

（112）

（36）

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121.5

117.8

115.2

110.0

63.5

62.1

60.4

58.4

58.0

55.7

54.8

51.6

61.1

59.7

58.3

56.9

58.2

56.4

55.0

53.3

119.4

116.1

113.3

110.3

114.3

121.0

118.5

116.2

58.9

61.1

60.0

59.1

55.5

59.9

58.5

57.1

121.3

123.1

121.1

110.8

60.8 60.6

61.5 61.7

60.3 60.8

56.0 54.8

121.5

124.2

124.9

121.3

61.0

62.2

62.0

59.2

60.4

62.0

62.8

62.1

78.9

74.9

72.1

66.8

66.4

59.0

76.7

70.3

67.5

63.8

63.7

58.2

155.6

145.2

139.7

130.6

130.2

117.2

105.4

110.0

120.3

133.8

151.8

166.2

51.0

53.6

59.5

66.9

76.8

83.1

54.4

56.4

60.8

66.8

75.1

83.1

（Unit: Score）

TOEIC

® Test

TOEIC Bridge

®TOEIC

® Speaking and W

riting TestsIP testSchools

Ⅴ-4. Number of examinees and average scores by the number of times the test is taken

ReadingListening

Junior high school

（Unit: Score）

Once

Never

Twice

Three timesor more

Once

Never

Twice

Three timesor more

Once

Never

Twice

Three timesor more

Once

Never

Twice

Three timesor more

（Unit: Persons）

Senior high school

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Persons）

Technical college（Unit: Persons）

Junior college

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Persons）

University（Unit: Persons）

Once

Never

Twice

Three timesor more

（Unit: Score）

Never orunder 6 months





Over 10 years

（Unit: Persons）

Ⅴ-5. Number of examinees and average scores by overseas experience (sorted by length of stay)

Have you ever stayed in a foreign country where you had to speak mainly in English in daily life for 6 months or more? If you have, how long did you stay?


Before today, how many times have you taken the TOEIC Bridge?


Ⅴ-6. Number of examinees and average scores　　　by STEP grade

Indicate the STEP grade you attained during the past year, if relevant.

Data has been obtained from examinees who filled in the sections below in the IP tests conducted by educational institutions from November 2001 to March 2015.

4thGrade

5thGrade

3rdGrade

Pre-2ndGrade

2ndGrade

Pre-1stGrade

（Unit: Persons）

（Unit: Score）

（Unit: Score）

TOEIC Bridge®

TOEIC®Test

TOEIC®Speaking Test

TOEIC®Writing Test

10

0

0

90 100

110

120

130

140

150

160

180

20


170～

180～

newemployee125.4

Sales129.1

Overseas148.9

90 110 120 140 15080

10090 110 130 140 16080

～70

～70 170

200

300

350

400

500

250

550

600

650

700

750

800

850

950

900

990

200

450

（Score）

（Score）

（Score）

（Score）

200

150120

100 130 160

Engineering130.8

University119.1

Score Comparison Chart for TOEIC® Programs

※From “FY2014 IP Test Data”

The chart can be used as a guideline to predict scores on the TOEIC Test from scores on TOEIC Bridge and to predict scores on TOEIC S&W Tests from scores on the TOEIC Test. For example, a person who scored 140 on TOEIC Bridge would be likely to score approximately 395 on the TOEIC Test; and a person scored of 550 on the TOEIC Test would be likely to score approximately 110 on the TOEIC Speaking Test and 110 on the TOEIC Writing Test. This is not a correlation chart for each test, however, so please note that it is not possible to predict TOEIC Bridge scores from TOEIC scores, TOEIC scores from TOEIC S&W Tests scores, TOEIC S&W scores from TOEIC Bridge scores, or TOEIC Bridge scores from TOEIC S&W scores.

The chart illustrates the “Statistical Relationships between the TOEIC Bridge Scores and the TOEIC Listening and Reading Total Scores” and the “Statistical Relationships between the TOEIC Listening and Reading Total Scores and the TOEIC Speaking or Writing Scores.” Please refer to pages 10 and 16 for more details.

<How to read this chart>

AppendixAppendix

CEFR has been widely implemented in Europe and America as a guideline prepared in Europe that indicates the proficiency levels of foreign language learners. In six levels of linguistic ability from A1 to C2, the TOEIC Programs roughly measure English proficiency from A1 to C1 levels.

ProficientUser

Indepen-dentUser

BasicUser

CEFR levels＊

C1

B2

B1

A2

A1

ReadingListening

TOEIC Bridge

46～

70～

86～

46～

64～

84～

WritingSpeaking

TOEIC S&W Tests

30～

70～

120～

150～

180～

50～

90～

120～

160～

180～

ReadingListening

TOEIC Test

60～

115～

275～

385～

455～

60～

110～

275～

400～

490～

Comparison Chart between TOEIC® Program scores and CEFR levels

Average score※

Average score※

＊CEFR stands for “Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.” It is a framework created for the purpose of properly evaluating linguistic ability based on the need to create a common criterion for Europe in response to the mobility of its human resources.

＊Numbers indicate minimum scores corresponding to each level (as of June 2015, based on information from the official ETS website).

Average score※

111.4

Juniorhigh school

113.4

Seniorhigh school

120.4

University

113.8

Companies andOrganizations

Average score※

440

University

490

Sales

507

newemployee

452

Engineering

401

Seniorhigh school

679

Overseas

552

potentialrecruits

109.6

Sales

93.5

Engineering

97.9

University

103.9

newemployee

130.2

Overseas

※1：From “Survey of English Language in Human Resources Development” (2014). The center value is assumed to be the average value of expected scores, and the zone corresponding to the standarddeviation of “±1” is assumed to be the range of expected values”. ※2：From "FY2014 IP Test Data"


860

730

470

220

10

E

D

C

B

A

ビジネスパーソンのTOEIC平均スコア（※2）

760

690

550

865

795

650

655

585

450

508 506Engineering

576Sales

599

715Overseas

688Overseas

552

534Sales

478Engineering

641

585

458440

401391

343

650

600

775

720

525

480

660

615

765

710

555

520

L&R

The proficiency scale above is based on the results of validity studies undertaken by Educational Testing Service (ETS) to verify the relationship between communicative proficiency and TOEIC scores. Please use it only as a guideline for assessing communicative proficiency in English on the basis of the TOEIC scores attained.This proficiency scale should be viewed with consideration for the specific circumstances and the communication needs of the situation in which each individual will be placed. The actual score interpretation in terms of English language proficiency is at the discretion of individuals, schools, or organizations depending upon their specific requirements.

Within his/her own realm of experience, the individual is capable of sufficient understanding and can typically respond with appropriate expressions even about topics outside of his/her field of specialization.Although speaking ability is not equivalent to that of a native speaker, the individual has a strong grasp of vocabulary, grammar and structure and the ability to use the language relatively fluently.

AppendixAppendix

TOEICscore Level Evaluation（Guidelines） TOEIC scores

companies expect（※1）TOEIC scoresof students（※2）

TOEIC scores of business persons（※2）Business persons withoverseas experience

Business persons who useEnglish on a daily basis

No overseasexperience

614

496Potentialrecruits

Newemployees

Sales

Engineering

Overseas

Potentialrecruits

Newemployees

Sales

Engineering

Overseas

455

442

426

597

478

446

434

404

Not using Englishon a daily basis

Graduateschool

Senior highschoolJunior college

TechnicalCollege

Vocational schoolUniversity

Potentialrecruits

Newemployee

Can usually communicateadequately as a non-native speaker.

Understands ordinary conversation well and can respond naturally. The individual also has the ability to respond in some fashion, even when the topic relates to specialized fields. There are typically no great barriers to communicating in usual business situations.While grammatical and structural mistakes sometimes occur and some isolated disparities exist in terms of correctness and fluency, they are not so frequent that speech is misunderstood.

Is capable of communicatingappropriately in most situations.

Even simple conversation at a slow pace is only partially understood.Is able to communicate with isolated phrases but not in full, grammatically correct sentences and does not effectively serve to make himself/herself understood.

Is not able to communicateadequately.

Can understand simple conversations when the other party speaks slowly and repeats or rephrases what is said. Is capable of reporting on familiar topics.Knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and structure is generally inadequate. However, if the other party is used to dealing with non-native speakers, the individual can manage to get the point across.

Is capable of minimalcommunication in ordinaryconversation.

Can understand the gist of ordinary conversation and has no trouble forming responses. However, the individual shows some disparities in the ability to respond correctly and making himself/herself understood in more complicated situations.The individual has acquired a fundamental knowledge of grammar and structure and has the vocabulary to communicate essential information, even when lacking expressive power.

Has sufficient knowledge for dailyactivities and conducting businesswithin certain limits.

Proficiency Scale (The chart shows the approximate correlation between the TOEIC® scores and the levels of ability)TOEIC® Test

InternationalDepartment

Postedoverseas

Sales

Engineering

Mid-careeremployees

Newemployees

Overseasbusinesstrip

Newemployee

Potentialrecruits

NAGOYA : Nishiki Park Building, 2-4-3 Nishiki, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 460-0003 TEL. （052）220-0282

Official website:　http://www.toeic.or.jp

TOK YO : Sanno Grand Building, 2-14-2 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0014 TEL. （03）5521-5901

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About this reportThese materials were prepared in accordance with SP test and IP test data for the TOEIC Test, TOEIC S&W Tests, and TOEIC Bridge for FY2014 (April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015). The average total scores for the TOEIC Test and TOEIC Bridge were calculated in accordance with the total scores per examinees. Non-responses for each item were omitted.

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