Grade boundaries

AQA GCSE Economics 8136 grade boundaries

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Subject

Board

Course

GCSE Economics 8136

Boundaries

Whole subject or paper

Mark

Out of

Type a mark to see its grade.

The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	136 of 160
8	128 of 160
7	120 of 160
6	107 of 160
5	94 of 160
4	82 of 160
3	61 of 160
2	40 of 160
1	19 of 160

Every course·Mock grade calculator

Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

136 out of 160 on AQA 8136 in total was a grade 9 in June 2026.
128 out of 160 on AQA 8136 in total was a grade 8 in June 2026.
120 out of 160 on AQA 8136 in total was a grade 7 in June 2026.
107 out of 160 on AQA 8136 in total was a grade 6 in June 2026.
94 out of 160 on AQA 8136 in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
82 out of 160 on AQA 8136 in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
61 out of 160 on AQA 8136 in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.
40 out of 160 on AQA 8136 in total was a grade 2 in June 2026.
19 out of 160 on AQA 8136 in total was a grade 1 in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

8 series, newest first. Each mark is the least that reaches the grade, out of the total under the column’s name.

June 2026

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2026: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	136	70	66
8	128	66	61
7	120	63	57
6	107	57	49
5	94	52	42
4	82	47	35
3	61	35	25
2	40	23	16
1	19	12	7

June 2025

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2025: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	133	67	66
8	125	63	62
7	118	60	58
6	106	54	51
5	94	48	45
4	82	43	39
3	60	31	28
2	38	20	17
1	16	9	7

June 2024

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2024: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	130	67	63
8	122	63	59
7	115	60	55
6	102	54	48
5	89	48	41
4	77	43	34
3	58	32	25
2	39	21	17
1	20	11	9

June 2023

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2023: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	133	67	66
8	125	63	62
7	118	60	58
6	105	54	51
5	93	48	44
4	81	43	38
3	60	32	28
2	40	21	19
1	20	10	10

June 2022

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2022: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	133	67	66
8	124	63	61
7	115	59	56
6	101	52	49
5	88	46	42
4	75	40	35
3	55	29	26
2	36	19	17
1	17	9	8

November 2021

From AQA’s grade boundaries for November 2021: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	122	63	59
8	112	58	54
7	103	54	49
6	89	48	42
5	76	42	35
4	63	35	28
3	48	26	21
2	33	18	14
1	18	10	8

November 2020

From AQA’s grade boundaries for November 2020: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	124	63	61
8	114	58	56
7	105	54	51
6	92	47	45
5	80	41	39
4	68	35	33
3	51	26	24
2	34	18	16
1	18	10	8

June 2019

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2019: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	129	67	62
8	121	63	58
7	114	60	54
6	102	54	48
5	90	48	42
4	79	43	36
3	61	34	27
2	43	25	18
1	26	16	10

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in AQA GCSE Economics 8136?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 120 out of 160 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in AQA GCSE Economics 8136?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 82 out of 160 in total.

Which series of AQA GCSE Economics 8136 grade boundaries are there?

8 series, from June 2019 to June 2026: June 2026, June 2025, June 2024, June 2023, June 2022, November 2021, November 2020 and June 2019.

Do AQA GCSE Economics 8136 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 8 series here, a grade 7 in total needed from 103 out of 160 (November 2021) to 120 out of 160 (June 2026).

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A series, or the safe rule

A paper is graded against the boundaries of the series it was sat in. Choose that series and the grade is the one the board’s boundaries gave that sitting. Where a series published more than one set of boundaries for the whole subject, one for each combination of papers, each grade takes the highest of them, and the line under the grade says so.

The safe rule is for a mark with no series of its own, such as a mock. For each grade it takes the highest boundary in the board’s most recent summer series, up to three of them and leaving out 2020 to 2022, or the course’s main series where it has no summer one. A grade it gives would have been enough in each of them. The line under the grade names the series it counted.

In the app you log a paper in one line, or question by question where asterisk has its questions, and each grade comes from these same boundaries. Open the app.

Not here

CCEA, AS level, IB and AP: the app holds no grade boundaries for them, so they are not offered.

Where these numbers come from

Boards publish their grade boundaries after each series, and that is all this page holds: each grade’s boundary mark and what the subject or paper is out of, as the board printed them. The papers stay on the boards’ own sites; nothing here reproduces a question or a mark scheme.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	136	70	66
8	128	66	61
7	120	63	57
6	107	57	49
5	94	52	42
4	82	47	35
3	61	35	25
2	40	23	16
1	19	12	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	133	67	66
8	125	63	62
7	118	60	58
6	106	54	51
5	94	48	45
4	82	43	39
3	60	31	28
2	38	20	17
1	16	9	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	130	67	63
8	122	63	59
7	115	60	55
6	102	54	48
5	89	48	41
4	77	43	34
3	58	32	25
2	39	21	17
1	20	11	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	133	67	66
8	125	63	62
7	118	60	58
6	105	54	51
5	93	48	44
4	81	43	38
3	60	32	28
2	40	21	19
1	20	10	10

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	133	67	66
8	124	63	61
7	115	59	56
6	101	52	49
5	88	46	42
4	75	40	35
3	55	29	26
2	36	19	17
1	17	9	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	122	63	59
8	112	58	54
7	103	54	49
6	89	48	42
5	76	42	35
4	63	35	28
3	48	26	21
2	33	18	14
1	18	10	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	124	63	61
8	114	58	56
7	105	54	51
6	92	47	45
5	80	41	39
4	68	35	33
3	51	26	24
2	34	18	16
1	18	10	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	129	67	62
8	121	63	58
7	114	60	54
6	102	54	48
5	90	48	42
4	79	43	36
3	61	34	27
2	43	25	18
1	26	16	10

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	136	70	66
8	128	66	61
7	120	63	57
6	107	57	49
5	94	52	42
4	82	47	35
3	61	35	25
2	40	23	16
1	19	12	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	133	67	66
8	125	63	62
7	118	60	58
6	106	54	51
5	94	48	45
4	82	43	39
3	60	31	28
2	38	20	17
1	16	9	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	130	67	63
8	122	63	59
7	115	60	55
6	102	54	48
5	89	48	41
4	77	43	34
3	58	32	25
2	39	21	17
1	20	11	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	133	67	66
8	125	63	62
7	118	60	58
6	105	54	51
5	93	48	44
4	81	43	38
3	60	32	28
2	40	21	19
1	20	10	10

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	133	67	66
8	124	63	61
7	115	59	56
6	101	52	49
5	88	46	42
4	75	40	35
3	55	29	26
2	36	19	17
1	17	9	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	122	63	59
8	112	58	54
7	103	54	49
6	89	48	42
5	76	42	35
4	63	35	28
3	48	26	21
2	33	18	14
1	18	10	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	124	63	61
8	114	58	56
7	105	54	51
6	92	47	45
5	80	41	39
4	68	35	33
3	51	26	24
2	34	18	16
1	18	10	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8136/1out of 80	8136/2out of 80
9	129	67	62
8	121	63	58
7	114	60	54
6	102	54	48
5	90	48	42
4	79	43	36
3	61	34	27
2	43	25	18
1	26	16	10