CA Inter Pass Percentage Jan 2026: Group 1 & 2 Passing Rate

CA Inter Pass Percentage Jan 2026: Group 1 & 2 Passing Rate

Sansar Singh ChhikaraUpdated on 08 Mar 2026, 10:48 AM IST

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has published the CA Inter January 2026 pass percentage along with the results on March 8, 2026. The CA Inter Jan 2026 pass rate was 13.96% for Group I with 14,733 candidates passing out of 1,05,526, while the CA Inter Jan 2026 pass percentage for Group II stood at 15.54% with 10,798 passing out of 69,477. For both groups together, the CA Inter Jan 2026 pass rate was 9.39%, with 3,924 candidates clearing out of 41,798. The CA Inter pass percentage for the Jan 2026 session showcases the total percentage of candidates who were able to pass both groups in the CA Inter Jan 2026 results and group-wise pass rates. In the previous session, the lowest pass rate was recorded in the CA Inter Group 1, with only 9.43% candidates qualifying, while 27.14% cleared the Group 2 exams. Candidates are required to secure at least 40% marks in each paper and candidates appearing in one group must secure 50% marks in aggregate to qualify the exam. The CA Intermediate Jan 2026 exam was held from Januaru 8 to 31, 2026.

This Story also Contains

  1. CA Intermediate Pass Percentage 2026
  2. CA Intermediate minimum passing marks Jan 2026
  3. CA Intermediate Pass Percentage May 2023
  4. CA Intermediate pass percentage May 2022
  5. CA Intermediate pass certificate 2026
CA Inter Pass Percentage Jan 2026: Group 1 & 2 Passing Rate
CA Intermediate Pass Percentage

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage 2026

The pass percentage of CA Inter denotes the percentage of students who cleared the exam against the total number of students who appeared for the exam. The CA Inter 2026 pass percentage for the January session has been released along with the results.

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage Jan 2026

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Group I105,52614,73313.96%
Group II69,47710,79815.54%
Both Groups41,7983,9249.39%


CA Intermediate minimum passing marks Jan 2026

CA Intermediate sections

Section-wise qualifying marks

Overall passing percentage

For candidates appearing for one group

For candidates appearing for both the groups

Paper 1

40%

50%

50%

Paper 2

40%

Paper 3

40%

Paper 4

40%

Paper 5

40%

50%

Paper 6

40%

Paper 7

40%

Paper 8

40%

Previous Years CA Intermediate Pass Percentage

Candidates preparing for the exam can check the previous years pass percentages of CA Inter to get an idea about the difficulty level of the exam. Candidates by knowing the pass percentage will get more clarity about the difficulty of both groups and then plan their preparations accordingly. The previous years CA Intermediate pass percentages have been given in tables below.

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage Sep 2025

Group (s)

No. of candidates appeared

No. of candidates passed

Pass percentage

Group 1

93,074
8,780
9.43%

Group 2

69,768
18,938
27.14%

Both groups

36,398
3,663
10.06%


CA Intermediate Pass Percentage May 2025

Group (s)

No. of candidates appeared

No. of candidates passed

Pass percentage

Group 1

970341423214.67%

Group 2

720691550221.51%

Both groups

38029502813.22%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage Jan 2025

Group (s)

No. of candidates appeared

No. of candidates passed

Pass percentage

Group 1

1081871533214.17%

Group 2

803681781322.16%

Both groups

48261678114.05%


CA Intermediate Pass Percentage Sep 2024

Group (s)

No. of candidates appeared

No. of candidates passed

Pass percentage

Group 1

69,22710,50515.17%

Group 2

50,7608,11715.99%

Both groups

23,4821,3305.66%


CA Intermediate Pass Percentage May 2024

Group (s)

No. of candidates appeared

No. of candidates passed

Pass percentage

Group 1

111,77431,97827.15%

Group 2

71,14513,00818.28%

Both groups

59,95611,04118.42%

CA Inter Pass Percentage May 2024

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage Nov 2023

Group (s)

No. of candidates appeared

No. of candidates passed

Pass percentage

Group 1

1,17,304

19,68616.78

Group 2

93,638

17,95719.18

Both groups

53,459

5,2049.73

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage May 2023

Group (s)

No. of candidates appeared

No. of candidates passed

Pass percentage

Group 1

100,781

19,10318.95

Group 2

81956

19,20823.44

Both groups

39195

4,01410.24

CA Intermediate pass percentage December 2022

Group (s)

No. of candidates appeared

No. of candidates passed

Pass percentage

Group 1

100265

21244

21.19%

Group 2

79292

19380

24.44%

Both groups

37428

4759

12.72%


CA Intermediate pass percentage May 2022

Group (s)

No. of candidates appearedNo. of candidates passedPass percentage

Group 1

80,605

10,717

13.30%

Group 2

63,777

7,943

12.45%

Both groups

24,475

1,337

5.46%

CA Intermediate pass percentages (Year - 2021)

Exam

Group I

Group IIBoth Groups

Term

Appeared

Passed

Percentage

Appeared

Passed

Percentage

Appeared

Passed

Percentage

December 2021 (New course)

79822

17387

21.78

62029

7327

11.81

31136

3598

11.56

December 2021 (Old course)

7427

400

5.39

20289

3407

16.79

3295

30

0.91

July 2021 (New course)

60335

17563

29.11

45423

10082

22.2

20668

2169

10.49

July 2021 (Old course)

8873

385

4.34

26413

7957

30.13

3798

25

0.66

CA Intermediate pass percentage Nov 2020 (old course)

CA Intermediate groups

Students appeared

Students passedPass percentage

Group I

9608

1129

11.75

Group II

21119

3192

15.11

Both Group

4094

74

1.81

CA Intermediate pass percentage Nov 2020 (new course)

CA Intermediate groupsStudents appeared

Students passed

Pass percentage

Group I

64243

16473

25.64

Group II

43134

9425

21.85

Both Group

28644

4895

17.09

CA Intermediate pass percentages - (Year - 2019, 2018)

CA Intermediate sessions

Groups

Passing percentage

For one group

For Both groups

November 2019

Group I

22.49%

14.37%

Group II

17.87%

May 2019

Group I

17.69%

17.11%

Group II

31.70%

November 2018

Group I

18.54%

8.88%



Group II

43.04%

May 2018

Group I

23.04%

17.98%



Group II

4.04%

CA Intermediate pass certificate 2026

Students who pass both groups of the CA Intermediate 2026 examination, either together or individually, within 60 days of the result announcement, will receive a pass certificate. If students do not obtain the same within 8 weeks of the ICAI Intermediate result being announced, they should contact the exam authorities at dms_examhelpline@icai.in.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: When will CA Intermediate result Jan 2026 be declared?
A:

The CA Intermediate results Jan 2026 will be declared on March 1, 2026.

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