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Northern Ireland: European language candidates at A level from 2010 to 2017

European language exam entries at A level in Northern Ireland from 2010 to 2017, by subject

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