England: European language candidates at A level from 2010 to 2017

The data displays the number of candidates who took a European language at A level from the academic year 2010/2011 to 2016/2017 in England. Spanish was the only language to see an increase in candidates, as the figures for French and German decreased over this time period. However, it is important to remember that numbers are not necessarily indicative of trends, as the total number of candidates differed on a yearly basis.