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Update on Student Numbers Taking Economics
Geoff Riley
17th August 2014
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% |
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty 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 conferences in the UK and overseas.