The data displays the number of candidates who took a European language at A level in Northern Ireland from the academic year 2010/2011 to 2016/2017, by language. With increasing numbers of candidates every year for Spanish, and decreasing for French, Spanish has overtaken French as the most popular European language to study at A level in Northern Ireland.
'10-'11 | 576 | 121 | 481 |
'11-'12 | 601 | 125 | 490 |
'12-'13 | 550 | 99 | 513 |
'13-'14 | 543 | 120 | 436 |
'14-'15 | 536 | 97 | 534 |
'15-'16 | 503 | 102 | 524 |
'16-'17 | 473 | 100 | 529 |