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no full-calendar-year census is assumed. Country categories, sessions, programs and survey responses have different denominators. These figures do not establish an applicant pass rate or admission probability.","modified":"2026-09-12","published":"2026-09-12","scope":"Official Duolingo English Test data and publisher surveys. 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