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I remembered that the number of 2013 GMAT test takers declined significantly, does anyone know what the 2014 numbers are? I tried accessing GMAC's data but they require a log in that only institutional users have access to.
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I remembered that the number of 2013 GMAT test takers declined significantly, does anyone know what the 2014 numbers are? I tried accessing GMAC's data but they require a log in that only institutional users have access to.
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The 2014 Test year ended in June 2014 and they did publish some numbers - see attached.
These are reports by countries so you will get even more information than you asked for... at the very top you will see the Worldwide summary.

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Thanks for the data bb, I'll take a deeper look at them tomorrow. Interesting to see GMAT numbers going up again especially since LSAT numbers have been on a sharp decline for the past few years. I guess there isn't a trend amongst all graduate level tests, and the decline is simply an LSAT trend.
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Hi OutOfTheHills,

One of the interesting aspects of this data is what it's NOT telling you. Notice how we have the total number of TESTs taken, but not the total number of TEST TAKERS....

It's possible that more people took the GMAT during the last 1-year period than in the prior 1-year period, but it's also possible that more repeat Test Takers occurred and that the total number of Test Takers actually decreased. There's the potential for a few IR style questions in this data.

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Very Good point Rich!

Here is a quote from a 2013 report I found that seems to claim that about 80% of tests were taken by Unique test takers:

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Notes About the Data
Unique Examinees: Data in this report reflect the total number of
GMAT exams that generated valid, reportable scores during a given
testing year. Examinees who took the exam more than once during
the year are included in the aggregate data each time they generated
a valid score. For example, if an individual took the GMAT exam twice
during the 2012–13 testing year, he or she would represent a total of
two exams taken during that year.
Since 2008–09, the annual percentage of individuals taking the GMAT
exam has ranged from 80 to 84 percent of total GMAT exams taken
globally. In the most recent testing year, 190,658 unique test takers
submitted valid scores, which translates to 80 percent of the 238,356
GMAT exams reported for the year. Although the overall rate has
remained relatively constant over the five-year period analyzed for
this report, there is often significant variation across global regions.
US citizens, for example, had a unique examinee rate of 87 percent
in 2012–13, compared with just 67 percent for citizens of East and
Southeast Asian countries.
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