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    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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