A score of 4 or 5 on the Statistics AP exam grants credit for ECON 250. A-Level Credit: a grade of A or B on A-Level Economics exams grants credit for ECON 150. No credit is given for O-Level exams.

The number of students sitting A-level economics rose from 23,267 in 2012 to 37,251 in 2023, an increase of 60 per cent that made it the eighth most popular subject, the report showed.