CA Intermediate Pass Percentage

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage and Analysis

After the declaration of CA Intermediate Result | CA Inter Result, ICAI has declared CA Intermediate Pass Percentage. Details about the number of total students who appeared for the CA Intermediate Exam and CA Intermediate passing percentage are updated here. CA Intermediate pass percentage is kept lower than CA Final pass percentage & CA Foundation pass percentage generally. CA Students who are searching for the CA Intermediate Pass percentage can check it below directly. So scroll down to check the details of the CA Intermediate pass percentage of this attempt & Analysis of the past 20 attempts of CA Intermediate.

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CA Intermediate Pass Percentage

All the updates of the CA Intermediate pass percentage are updated on this page. Here we are providing CA Intermediate Group 1 and Group 2 and both group pass percentage with comparison to previous exams pass percentage. In pass percentage you can get the following details, Number of candidates appeared, Number of candidates passed and CA Inter Pass Percentage Group 1, Group 2 and both groups.

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage May 2023

CA Inter May 2023 Pass Percentage is updated below after the declaration of the CA Inter Result on 5th July 2023.

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Groups39195401410.24%
Group 11007811910318.95%
Group 2819561920823.44%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage November 2022

CA Inter November 2022 Pass Percentage is updated below after the declaration of the CA Inter Result on 10th January 2022. In the CA Inter exams of Nov 2022, the pass percentage for both groups is 12.72%, for the first group it is 21.19%, and for the second group is 24.44%.

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Groups37428475912.72%
Group 11002652124421.19%
Group 2792921938024.44%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage December 2021

The CA Intermediate Pass Percentage of Dec 2021 exams for both groups is 11.56%, for the first group is 21.78% and for the second group, it is 11.81%.

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Groups31136359811.56%
Group 1798221738721.78%
Group 262029732711.81%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage January 2021 (New Course)

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group1204611849.83%
Group 126496343012.95%
Group 227611515418.67%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage January 2021 (Old Course)

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group3749140.37%
Group 182154205.11%
Group 21980715757.95%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage November 2020 (New Course)

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group28644489517.09%
Group 1642431647325.64%
Group 243134942521.85%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage November 2020 (Old Course)

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group4094741.81%
Group 19608112911.75%
Group 221119319215.11%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage May 2020

ICAI cancelled May 2020 exams and merged the May 2020 attempt with November 2020 examinations.

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage November 2019 (New Course)

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group698861571922.49%
Group 145449812217.87%
Group 231856457814.37%

CA Inter Pass Percentage for November 2019 is now updated. CA Inter (New Course) both group pass percentage is 22.49% and CA Inter group 1 and group 2 pass percentage is 17.87% & 14.37% respectively for Nov 2019 attempt.

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage November 2019 (Old Course)

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group30571369512.09%
Group 1544891095220.10%
Group 2106781641.54%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage May 2019 (New Course)

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group51755915317.69%
Group 1413501310931.70%
Group 225794441317.11%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage May 2019 (Old Course)

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group45857671614.65%
Group 1730911593221.80%
Group 2170613241.90%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage November 2018 (New Course)

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group2190919468.88%
Group 124411452518.54%
Group 28652372443.04%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage November 2018 (Old Course)

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group253755242.07%
Group 140157505112.58%
Group 2688882170831.51%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage May 2018 (New Course)

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group19108343517.98%
Group 113135302623.04%
Group 2445184.04%

CA IPCC Pass Percentage May 2018

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group328783531.07%
Group 153149539210.15%
Group 2721461086115.05%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage November 2017

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group492151314926.72%
Group 1721481004213.92%
Group 2 653931333020.38%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage May 2017

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group  499671155023.12%
Group 1 654531144017.48%
Group 2 6668065629.84%

It is seen that the pass percentage of CA IPCC exams held in May 2017 will be significantly higher when compared to all previous IPCC exams.

There has been a common misconception among students that, if the exam paper is easy, then the paper valuation will be tough. It won’t be that way, and students can see a tremendous increase in pass out rate this time for CA Intermediate. This increase in pass percentage is due to various suggestions and complaints received from a member of the ICAI.

Inside sources say that, qualified Chartered Accountants in Practice are short of Article Students and therefore, there is a sudden demand for IPCC Qualified students. Keeping this Demand Supply proportion in mind, the pass percentage of CA Intermediate students will be high for May 2017 exams held recently.

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage November 2016

A total of 69,653 candidates appeared for First Group, out of which 13,424 has cleared the exam. For only Second Group, 62,123 have appeared for the exam, out of which 18,701 passed the exam.
Around 47,766 students appeared for both groups, out of which 15,543 have cleared either both groups or any one of the group.

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group  477661554332.53%
Group 1 696531342419.27%
Group 2 621231870130.10%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage May 2016

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group  4797922954.78%
Group 1 6567260289.18%
Group 2 5674240047.06%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage November 2015

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group  5089221084.14%
Group 1 1194491519712.72%
Group 2 1071451145010.69%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage May 2015

GroupCandidates AppearedCandidates PassedPass Percentage
Both Group5818849278.47%
Group 1 1298861769713.63%
Group 2 1146551581613.79%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage Both Group – Last 20 Attempts

CA Inter Pass Percentage of Both Groups in the Last Attempts are as follows.

AttemptCA Inter Both Group Pass Percentage
November 202212.72%%
December 202111.56%
July 202110.49%
January 20219.83%
November 202017.09%
May 2020attempt cancelled
November 201922.49%
May 201917.69%
November 20188.88%
May 201817.98%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage Group 1 – Last 20 Attempts

The detailed study of Pass Percentage of CA Intermediate Group 1 are given below.

AttemptCA Inter Group 1 Pass Percentage
November 202212.72%%
December 202111.56%
July 202110.49%
January 20219.83%
November 202017.09%
May 2020attempt cancelled
November 201922.49%
May 201917.69%
November 20188.88%
May 201817.98%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage Group 2 – Last 20 Attempts

The Pass Percentage details of Last 20 attempts of CA Intermediate Group 2 exam are as follow,

AttemptCA Inter Group 2 Pass Percentage
November 202212.72%%
December 202111.56%
July 202110.49%
January 20219.83%
November 202017.09%
May 2020attempt cancelled
November 201922.49%
May 201917.69%
November 20188.88%
May 201817.98%

Analysis of CA Intermediate Pass Percentage Trends

Until 2012, The Pass Percentage of CA Intermediate Exams used to be reasonably high at an average of 26%. However, since then, the Pass Percentage has kept coming down. You can see a drastic difference between the Pass Percentage rate in May 2016 exam to that of May 2012.

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage

Based on the above representation, it is clear that the CA Intermediate Pass Percentage has actually been coming down year by year. the reasons for the sudden crash of Pass Percentage has been explained below.

Why did CA Intermediate Pass Percentage Come Down

ICAI has received various complaints from the Members that the Pass Percentage of 26% is very high and this will lead to Demand-Supply issues. Many industry members also have suggested ICAI cut down the Pass Percentage.

Will Pass Percentage of CA Intermediate Go Up

The Pass Percentage of CA Intermediate will likely climb up soon. Students can expect the same round of Pass Percentage for two to three more years.

CA Intermediate pass percentage – FAQ’s

Q1. What was the ICAI CA Intermediate result pass percentage for the last 10 years?
As per the CA Intermediate pass percentage analysis, CA Inter pass percentage official trend for previous years is shown in the above tables.

Q2. What may be all India CA Inter expected pass percentage?
CA Inter pass percentage: From the previous year CA intermediate / CA IPCC pass percentage comparison result analysis, the CA Inter result first group expected pass percentage November 2017 is 15.31%, the CA Inter second group expected pass percentage November 2017 is 15.66% and the CA Inter both groups expected passing percentage November 2017 is 20.14%.

Q3.What was the CA Intermediate lowest pass percentage and in which year?
CA inter pass percentage: From CA Inter pass percentage analysis, the lowest passing percentage for CA Inter is given below: CA Inter pass percentage November 2015 was 4.14% both groups.
CA Inter pass percentage May 2016 was 9.18% for group 1. CA Inter pass percentage May 2016 was 7.06% for group 2.

Here we have given the analysis of CA Inter pass percentage of previous 10 attempts of CA Inter examination. CA Inter November 2014 pass percentage is lowest with compare to past 10 attempts. CA Inter May 2011 pass percentage for both groups is 20.63%, so we can say that CA Inter May 2011 pass percentage is second highest in the last 6 attempts.

CA Inter Pass Percentage of Last 20 attempts

AttemptBoth GroupsGroup IGroup II
May 158.47%13.63%13.79%
Nov 146.20%14.25%15.30%
May 149.49%16.41%13.85%
Nov 138.12%19.09%17.88%
May 1311.73%19.44%14.83%
Nov 1211.15%25.14%21.13%
May 1219.30%30.30%26.58%
Nov 1117.18%35.64%29.19%
May 1120.63%32.55%28.89%

CA Intermediate Pass Percentage – Conclusion

If you have any queries on CA Inter pass percentage, CA Inter direct entry pass percentage, please feel free to ask in the comments section below, we will respond in the comments section.   Stay tuned with WeAreCma for the updates of CA IPCC pass percentage.  Enjoy! CA Intermediate results will be coming on http://icai.nic.in/caresult. For more useful information like this, stay tuned. If you liked our article for “CA Intermediate Pass Percentage”then please share it with your friends.

3 thoughts on “CA Intermediate Pass Percentage and Analysis

  1. Does no. of students appeared for Group 1 or Group 2 include the number of students who appeared for Both groups or is it strictly who appeared in only 1 group.
    Please clarify this doubt.

  2. Why students having very good grasp of the fundamentals and knowledge fail in CA inter exam. They work very hard has the passion for CA yet fail why.

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