年度	N1 報考人數	N2 報考人數	N3 報考人數	N4 報考人數	N5 報考人數	報考人數 合計	日本 報考人總數	日本以外地區 報考人總數
2010(Jul)	979	1,290	1,190			3,459	57,910	203,979
2010(Dec)	1,481	1,931	1,314	2,755	3,619	11,100	86,180	355,616
2011(Jul)	1,078	1,345	1,029	1,303	1,282	6,037	53,920	249,956
2011(Dec)	1,392	1,666	1,456	2,118	1,920	8,552	76,061	317,461
2012(Jul)	1,036	1,291	1,077	1,296	1,209	5,909	59,850	234,900
2012(Dec)	1,291	1,378	1,235	1,592	1,491	6,987	72,518	283,795
2013(Jul)	1,039	1,251	1,191	1,304	1,092	5,877	64,680	230,739
2013(Dec)	1,287	1,427	1,303	1,396	1,256	6,669	75,468	279,996
2014(Jul)	1,220	1,346	1,231	1,163	1,157	6,117	71,306	240,782
2014(Dec)	1,355	1,395	1,159	1,295	1,288	6,492	86,186	283,619
2015(Jul)	1,285	1,286	1,121	1,099	1,164	5,955	90,065	253,981
2015(Dec)	1,397	1,431	1,122	1,244	1,554	6,748	109,676	296,530
2016(Jul)	1,348	1,365	1,093	1,165	1,280	6,251	121,539	268,135
2016(Dec)	1,588	1,564	1,323	1,468	1,804	7,747	145,201	331,419
2017(Jul)	1,365	1,394	1,191	1,301	1,421	6,672	152,267	314,140
2017(Dec)	1,557	1,513	1,297	1,516	1,680	7,563	181,203	379,501
2018(Jul)	1,458	1,502	1,207	1,372	1,518	7,057	182,828	361,361
2018(Dec)	1,607	1,605	1,299	1,538	1,723	7,772	213,252	410,559
2019(Jul)	1,578	1,643	1,302	1,595	1,680	7,798	220,500	423,604
2019(Dec)	1,558	1,598	1,294	1,535	1,976	7,961	259,379	458,684
2020(Jul)	全世界中止					中止	中止	中止
2020(Dec)*	111	101	64	85	62	423	211,533	212,614
2021(Jul)	1,823	2,084	1,602	2,279	2,773	10,561	216,211	171,160
2021(Dec)	1,823	1,841	1,582	2,208	2,736	10,190	199,319	220,891
2022(Jul)	1,231	1,324	1,270	1,624	1,651	7,100	158,493	267,732
2022(Dec)	1,503	1,491	1,411	1,857	1,968	8,230	212,926	293,367
2023(Jul)	1,674	1,787	1,533	1,849	2,010	8,853	213,876	484,186
2023(Dec)	1,610	1,635	1,437	1,572	1,817	8,071	258,401	524,560

*2020(Dec)香港考試中止

年度	N1 應考人數	N2 應考人數	N3 應考人數	N4 應考人數	N5 應考人數	應考人數 合計	日本 應考人總數	日本以外地區 應考人總數
2010(Jul)	844	1,129	1,011			2,984	53,100	169,912
2010(Dec)	1,279	1,680	1,139	2,442	3,308	9,848	79,682	305,277
2011(Jul)	939	1,181	917	1,146	1,170	5,353	49,957	212,177
2011(Dec)	1,174	1,456	1,261	1,851	1,716	7,458	70,413	275,674
2012(Jul)	902	1,129	940	1,136	1,096	5,203	55,904	202,942
2012(Dec)	1,098	1,192	1,076	1,395	1,345	6,106	67,199	246,123
2013(Jul)	918	1,099	1,062	1,150	994	5,223	60,368	198,962
2013(Dec)	1,100	1,275	1,142	1,221	1,128	5,866	69,463	242,282
2014(Jul)	1,075	1,201	1,108	1,009	1,058	5,451	66,382	206,961
2014(Dec)	1,162	1,237	1,021	1,110	1,136	5,666	78,836	242,503
2015(Jul)	1,145	1,160	1,000	953	1,065	5,323	83,592	215,705
2015(Dec)	1,206	1,244	955	1,038	1,374	5,817	100,477	252,745
2016(Jul)	1,188	1,212	970	1,006	1,135	5,511	113,227	227,852
2016(Dec)	1,375	1,371	1,130	1,241	1,590	6,707	132,911	281,812
2017(Jul)	1,182	1,255	1,026	1,115	1,241	5,819	141,176	262,930
2017(Dec)	1,334	1,308	1,100	1,290	1,478	6,510	165,500	317,774
2018(Jul)	1,309	1,329	1,080	1,174	1,346	6,238	169,176	300,903
2018(Dec)	1,404	1,431	1,103	1,294	1,517	6,749	195,754	343,241
2019(Jul)	1,371	1,454	1,135	1,348	1,500	6,808	202,931	347,517
2019(Dec)	1,294	1,342	1,093	1,264	1,712	6,705	236,154	381,933
2020(Jul)	全世界中止					中止	中止	中止
2020(Dec)*	100	87	53	69	52	362	188,500	181,528
2021(Jul)	1,684	1,910	1,447	2,063	2,569	9,673	193,626	142,289
2021(Dec)	1,627	1,617	1,390	1,944	2,457	9,035	175,627	173,365
2022(Jul)*	1,005	1,098	1,075	1,407	1,450	6,035	141,153	215,352
2022(Dec)	1,292	1,306	1,193	1,551	1,740	7,082	190,150	241,299
2023(Jul)	1,494	1,596	1,364	1,604	1,813	7,871	197,144	404,996
2023(Dec)	1,407	1,435	1,228	1,305	1,607	6,982	236,547	426,748

*2020(Dec)香港考試中止 / 2022(Jul)澳門考試中止

年度	N1合格率（％）	N2合格率（％）	N3合格率（％）	N4合格率（％）	N5合格率（％）	合計（％）
2010(Jul)	30.8	43.4	39.2			38.0
2010(Dec)	29.4	33.1	41.1	46.4	59.9	38.4
2011(Jul)	26.7	37.9	44.8	37.5	58.1	35.8
2011(Dec)	31.0	34.6	39.8	44.1	58.3	37.9
2012(Jul)	34.4	42.1	45.1	45.7	58.4	41.4
2012(Dec)	23.1	36.7	32.0	37.3	54.6	34.0
2013(Jul)	30.9	45.8	39.7	49.3	62.2	41.6
2013(Dec)	35.7	43.3	43.5	43.6	57.2	43.0
2014(Jul)	32.8	45.3	44.1	46.4	54.6	42.2
2014(Dec)	30.8	38.3	37.0	37.4	48.7	37.0
2015(Jul)	34.0	44.1	41.8	34.4	52.7	40.6
2015(Dec)	27.6	40.1	43.3	38.4	50.0	38.7
2016(Jul)	32.4	47.1	46.7	39.2	50.4	42.5
2016(Dec)	30.9	39.8	44.6	34.8	47.6	39.1
2017(Jul)	33.1	47.2	44.6	39.1	53.4	43.0
2017(Dec)	31.8	40.2	43.4	35.8	48.1	39.5
2018(Jul)	33.0	41.8	45.7	33.9	48.9	40.4
2018(Dec)	30.1	39.9	43.2	35.7	44.6	38.5
2019(Jul)	29.2	37.3	42.9	32.9	46.4	37.2
2019(Dec)	33.0	41.7	39.7	30.9	41.0	37.4
2020(Jul)	全世界中止					中止
2020(Dec)	48.3	62.1	59.9	44.7	54.6	54.9
2021(Jul)	47.9	54.0	59.5	54.7	68.0	53.6
2021(Dec)	42.7	58.4	60.9	49.2	61.9	53.9
2022(Jul)	35.1	47.1	51.0	48.3	53.4	46.2
2022(Dec)	37.5	42.3	48.1	43.5	46.0	43.9
2023(Jul)	35.0	46.0	44.7	41.4	49.5	42.8
2023(Dec)	32.7	42.2	37.6	31.0	46.0	37.4