CA Foundation Pass Percentage Improves! Jan 2025 at 21.52% vs. Sept 2024 at 19.67% – Check Full Stats

CA Foundation Pass Percentage Improves! Jan 2025 at 21.52% vs. Sept 2024 at 19.67% – Check Full Stats

Sansar Singh ChhikaraUpdated on 04 Mar 2025, 05:06 PM IST

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has declared the CA Foundation Jan 2025 results on March 4, 2025. The result declaration brought good news for CA Foundation students as the CA Foundation Jan 2025 pass percentage showed good improvement compared to other sessions. The CA Foundation pass percentage Jan 2025 went from 14.96% in May to 21.52% in Jan 2025. Compared to the CA Foundation Sep 2024, the pass percentage showed a slight increase of roughly 2%. The year 2024 was one of the worst years for CA Foundation students as it saw a very low pass percentage in the May 2024 session in recent years.

CA Foundation Pass Percentage Improves! Jan 2025 at 21.52% vs. Sept 2024 at 19.67% – Check Full Stats
CA Foundation Pass Percentage Improves

In this article we will analyse the Jan 2025 and all other previous session pass percentages, recent trends, future predictions and more.

CA Foundation Pass Percentage Analysis (2018-2025)

Exam Session

Male Pass %

Female Pass %

Total Pass %

Jan 2025

21.74%

21.27%

21.52%

Sep 2024

20.47%

18.76%

19.67%

June 2024

15.66%

14.14%

14.96%

Dec 2023

30.19%

29.77%

29.99%

June 2023

25.99%

23.80%

24.98%

Dec 2022

29.57%

28.88%

29.25%

June 2022

25.52%

24.99%

25.28%

Dec 2021

30.20%

30.37%

30.28%

June 2021

26.08%

27.26%

26.62%

Jan 2021

24.91%

24.85%

24.89%

Nov 2020

36.11%

33.88%

35.03%

June 2019

18.47%

18.72%

18.58%

Nov 2018

43.03%

45.56%

44.12%

How many students pass CA Foundation Exam Every Year?

Exam Session

Total Candidates Appeared

Total Candidates Passed

Jan 2025

1,10,887

23,861

Sep 2024

70,437

13,858

June 2024

91,900

13,749

Dec 2023

1,37,153

41,132

June 2023

1,03,517

25,860

Dec 2022

1,26,015

36,864

June 2022

93,729

23,693

Dec 2021

1,10,662

33,510

June 2021

71,967

19,158

Jan 2021

27,808

6,922

Nov 2020

78,014

27,327

June 2019

30,971

5,753

Nov 2018

48,702

21,488

CA Foundation Pass Percentage Trends - Year on Year Analysis

Exam Session

Increase/Decrease in Pass % Compared to Previous Attempt

Jan 2025

▲ 1.85% (compared to Sep 2024)

Sep 2024

▲ 4.71% (compared to June 2024)

June 2024

▼ 15.03% (compared to Dec 2023)

Dec 2023

▲ 5.01% (compared to June 2023)

June 2023

▼ 4.27% (compared to Dec 2022)

Dec 2022

▲ 3.97% (compared to June 2022)

June 2022

▼ 5.00% (compared to Dec 2021)

Dec 2021

▲ 3.66% (compared to June 2021)

June 2021

▼ 1.73% (compared to Jan 2021)

Jan 2021

▼ 0.14% (compared to Nov 2020)

Nov 2020

▲ 16.45% (compared to June 2019)

June 2019

▼ 25.54% (compared to Nov 2018)

Nov 2018

Highest pass % in last 6 years

Key Takeaways from CA Foundation Pass Percentage Analysis

Here are some of the conclusions from studying the past sessions pass percentage trends of CA Foundation exam:

  • The CA Foundation Jan 2025 pass percentage showed significant improvement compared to the Sep 2024 and May 2024 session.

  • It can be concluded that students are getting familiar with the ICAI new scheme as the pass percentages of CA Foundation is moving towards stability.

  • The future attempts of CA Foundation might see further increase in the CA Foundation pass percentage.

  • Historically, CA Foundation has regularly seen fluctuations in the exam sessions with regular rise and fall in pass percentages.

  • On comparing male and female candidates’ pass rate, male candidates have always had higher pass percentage. However, the gap has narrowed down over the years.

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