CELPIP reading & listening: which parts test-takers get wrong
Reading and listening sets on Celpip.me are marked against the answer key the moment they are submitted. This page aggregates those results by part — no names, no answers, just the numbers — and refreshes itself.
Last updated · 3,454 scored sets (27,422 questions) since June 22, 2026 · How to cite · Method at the bottom · Writing & speaking data is on its own page
Key findings
- Across 27,422 questions in 3,454 practice sets, reading accuracy is 84.9% and listening accuracy 86.1%.
- The hardest reading part is Part 4 — Viewpoints at 70.6% correct; the easiest is Part 2 — Applying a diagram at 91.6%.
- The hardest listening part is Part 4 — News item at 75.1% correct; the easiest is Part 1 — Problem solving at 91.3%.
- Under full timed mock conditions accuracy is 79.8% in reading and 84.7% in listening, against 88.3% and 88.3% in untimed practice.
- The median practice result maps to CLB 9 in reading and CLB 12 in listening; 68% and 54% of sets reach CLB 9 or higher.
Counted from 3,454 sets, June 22, 2026 – October 13, 2026, marked against the answer key. Practice results, not official CELPIP scores.
Reading accuracy by part
The hardest reading part is Part 4 — Viewpoints at 70.6% correct; the easiest is Part 2 — Applying a diagram at 91.6%.
Listening accuracy by part
The hardest listening part is Part 4 — News item at 75.1% correct; the easiest is Part 1 — Problem solving at 91.3%.
How reading sets are scored
Share of sets by percentage correct. 55% of reading sets score 90–100%.
How listening sets are scored
Share of sets by percentage correct. 54% of listening sets score 90–100%.
Reading CLB distribution
CLB level the scorer assigns to each set; median 9, average 9.29.
Listening CLB distribution
Median 12, average 9.24.
Reading: practice results beside the official 2024 test
In Paragon's 2024 data report the mean CELPIP-General reading score was 7.21 (SD 2.39); 58.0% of test takers scored CLB 7 or higher and 33.3% scored 9 or higher. Our practice answers average 9.29 (median 9, 1742 answers): 2.08 above the official mean. Untimed practice sets marked against the key score above a timed sitting; the mock-exam column on this page is the fairer comparison.
| CLB band | Official 2024 | Our practice | Official descriptor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 2.5% | 44.9% | Advanced proficiency in workplace and community contexts |
| 11 | 8.5% | 0.0% | Advanced proficiency in workplace and community contexts |
| 10 | 8.1% | 0.0% | Highly effective proficiency in workplace and community contexts |
| 9 | 14.2% | 22.6% | Effective proficiency in workplace and community contexts |
| 8 | 10.3% | 3.3% | Good proficiency in workplace and community contexts |
| 7 | 14.4% | 10.1% | Adequate proficiency in workplace and community contexts |
| 6 | 15.7% | 6.4% | Developing proficiency in workplace and community contexts |
| 5 | 13.6% | 6.2% | Acquiring proficiency in workplace and community contexts |
| 4 | 7.5% | 2.2% | Adequate proficiency for daily life activities |
| 3 | 3.6% | 1.7% | Some proficiency in limited contexts of personal relevance |
| 0–2 | 1.6% | 2.5% |
Official figures: Paragon Testing Enterprises, 2024 CELPIP Data Report (Tables 2, 4 and 5a); 96% of 2024 test takers took the test for immigration or citizenship. CELPIP level equals CLB level from 3 upward (Table 2). IRCC minimums link to the canada.ca page each was read from. Our figures refresh automatically; see the score chart for the full CELPIP–CLB–IELTS table.
Listening: practice results beside the official 2024 test
In Paragon's 2024 data report the mean CELPIP-General listening score was 8.22 (SD 2.29); 74.5% of test takers scored CLB 7 or higher and 52.0% scored 9 or higher. Our practice answers average 9.24 (median 12, 1712 answers): 1.02 above the official mean. Untimed practice sets marked against the key score above a timed sitting; the mock-exam column on this page is the fairer comparison.
| CLB band | Official 2024 | Our practice | Official descriptor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 6.5% | 54.4% | Advanced proficiency in workplace and community contexts |
| 11 | 9.3% | 0.0% | Advanced proficiency in workplace and community contexts |
| 10 | 18.0% | 0.0% | Highly effective proficiency in workplace and community contexts |
| 9 | 18.2% | 0.0% | Effective proficiency in workplace and community contexts |
| 8 | 10.4% | 8.3% | Good proficiency in workplace and community contexts |
| 7 | 12.1% | 15.0% | Adequate proficiency in workplace and community contexts |
| 6 | 10.9% | 7.0% | Developing proficiency in workplace and community contexts |
| 5 | 8.7% | 5.6% | Acquiring proficiency in workplace and community contexts |
| 4 | 4.3% | 3.3% | Adequate proficiency for daily life activities |
| 3 | 1.4% | 4.3% | Some proficiency in limited contexts of personal relevance |
| 0–2 | 0.3% | 2.2% |
Official figures: Paragon Testing Enterprises, 2024 CELPIP Data Report (Tables 2, 4 and 5a); 96% of 2024 test takers took the test for immigration or citizenship. CELPIP level equals CLB level from 3 upward (Table 2). IRCC minimums link to the canada.ca page each was read from. Our figures refresh automatically; see the score chart for the full CELPIP–CLB–IELTS table.
Mock exam vs practice
Accuracy under full timed mock conditions against untimed practice sets.
| Skill | Mock sets | Mock accuracy | Practice sets | Practice accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 704 | 79.8% | 1038 | 88.3% |
| Listening | 1056 | 84.7% | 656 | 88.3% |
Method
- Source: every reading and listening set submitted in practice and mock exams on Celpip.me, marked against the answer key. Staff accounts and our own test accounts are excluded. Accuracy = correct answers ÷ questions in the set.
- Window and sample: June 22, 2026 to October 13, 2026 — 1,742 reading sets (16,349 questions, 329 learners) and 1,712 listening sets (11,073 questions, 276 learners).
- The CLB level is the site's mapping of a set's accuracy to the official scale; it is a practice estimate, not an official CELPIP result.
- Parts with the same name are our own practice material written to the official format, so accuracy compares the part types, not the official test's difficulty.
- Percentages are rounded. The page refreshes automatically; the raw aggregate is at /api/public/score-stats (JSON, CC BY 4.0 — cite “Celpip.me score data”).
- The people here chose to practise online, so they are not a random sample of CELPIP test takers.
How to cite this data
Please do. The figures are published under CC BY 4.0, which asks only for attribution and a link. A line you can paste:
Celpip.me (2026). CELPIP reading & listening: which parts test-takers get wrong [Data set]. 3,454 machine-scored practice sets, June 22, 2026 – October 13, 2026. https://celpip.me/celpip-reading-listening-scores-data
- URL
- https://celpip.me/celpip-reading-listening-scores-data
- Last updated
- October 13, 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 — credit “Celpip.me”
- Raw data
- https://celpip.me/api/public/score-stats (JSON, same licence)
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