B1 Staatsexamen pass rates: what the 2025 numbers show
The exam board publishes how many people pass each part of the B1 Staatsexamen. In 2025 the numbers went down in all four parts. Here is what the official figures say.
By the Kora team: Alex, Mariel and Abena, who did inburgering themselves. Written with help from AI. Every fact is checked against the official source. How we write our guides
Checked against official sources on 2026-10-25 · Plain text version to copy (.md)
The numbers for 2025
CvTE, the board that sets the Staatsexamen NT2, publishes pass rates every year in its annual report. For Programma I (B1), these were the pass rates in 2025:
- Schrijven: 62%
- Spreken: 53%
- Lezen: 44%
- Luisteren: 43%
- Average: 51%
Lower than the year before, in every part
In 2024 the pass rates were 70% for Schrijven, 57% for Spreken, 53% for Lezen and 52% for Luisteren. So in 2025 all four parts went down.
CvTE writes that it has no explanation for this yet. It does see that the share of people retaking a part went up, and it says it will have the pass rates researched.
Many more people took the exam
The number of Programma I exams grew from 39,380 in 2024 to 73,374 in 2025. That is almost twice as many. CvTE links the strong growth to the Wet inburgering 2021, in which B1 is the goal level.
Spreken and Schrijven over the years
Between 2021 and 2025, the pass rate for Spreken was 9 to 13 points lower than for Schrijven every year. Lezen and Luisteren moved more from year to year, and in 2025 they had the lowest pass rates of all four parts.
- 2021: Spreken 56%, Schrijven 65%
- 2022: Spreken 57%, Schrijven 66%
- 2023: Spreken 54%, Schrijven 66%
- 2024: Spreken 57%, Schrijven 70%
- 2025: Spreken 53%, Schrijven 62%
What this means for you
These are averages for everyone who took the exam. They say nothing about your own result.
What the numbers do show: every part needs its own preparation. Each part has its own format and time limit, so it helps to know exactly what each part looks like before your exam day.
Questions
Where do these numbers come from?
From the CvTE annual report 2025 (table 9, pass rates for Programma I). The links are at the bottom of this page.
Why did the pass rates go down in 2025?
CvTE says it has no explanation yet. It noticed more retakers and will have the pass rates researched.
Which part has the lowest pass rate?
In 2025 it was Luisteren (43%), followed by Lezen (44%). Spreken was 53% and Schrijven 62%.
Official sources
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