Economics
IB Economics — Development Economics topical past papers
33 past-paper questions on Development Economics for Economics.
- Questions
- 33
- Years
- 2012–2025
- With mark scheme
- 100%
- Questions 2021–2025
- 26
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How Development Economics has been examined
From 2021 to 2025, Development Economics was on 1 SL in 5 of 6 exam series, worth about 24% of that paper’s marks.
| Paper | Questions | Share of marks | Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 HL | 6 | 18% | 3 of 6 |
| 1 SL | 8 | 24% | 5 of 6 |
| 2 HL | 3 | 38% | 1 of 2 |
| 2 SL | 3 | 38% | 1 of 2 |
| 3 HL | 6 | 49% | 4 of 6 |
Momentum’s own count, over the questions in its bank for these years: a series is one exam session, every zone included, and a question filed under two chapters counts in both. Median marks per question: 25.
Filed in Momentum under: Development Economics.
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