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Global Politics

IB Global Politics is a Group 3 course for students who want to understand how the world works through the study of political activity, power, sovereignty, legitimacy, and interdependence. The IB Global Politics course engages with contemporary political issues and challenges at local, national, and global levels across both SL and HL. This IB Global Politics grade calculator helps students predict their final exam score.

Subject

Syllabus
2017 to 2025
Level

Grade boundaries

Session
May 2025 (m25)
Timezone

Assessment inputs

Enter raw marks below — grades calculate live.

2017

Paper 1

Max 25 marks

30%
/ 25

Paper 2

Max 50 marks

45%
/ 50

Engagement Activity

Max 20 marks

25%
/ 20

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Historical grade boundaries

Every published boundary across 10 sessions. Multiple dots per session are timezone variants.

10 sessions11 data points

Global grade distribution for SL Global Politics

Based on May 2024 results for SL Global Politics (3,503 candidates).

Session M24Average 4.83,503 candidates
N
4.6%
1
0.2%
2
3.4%
3
11.5%
4
23.5%
5
29.7%
6
19.6%
7
7.6%
Avg 4.8 · 3,503 candidatesSession M24

Common questions about Global Politics

What levels are available for IB Global Politics?

Global Politics is currently mapped with SL and HL calculator inputs on calculateIB.

Which syllabus versions are included for IB Global Politics?

This page tracks 1 syllabus version: 2017 to 2025.

How are IB Global Politics boundaries handled on this page?

The page checks the selected exam session first. If that boundary is unavailable, it falls back to May 2024 and then to the nearest available session, while keeping the fallback local to this subject route.