#1 Most Tested
Topic 4.5 High Priority
Exchange Rates
Appeared 40 times in recent past papers (Total: 204 marks). Last seen in 2025.
100%
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IB Economics Predicted Topics 2026
IB Economics exams are diagram-driven and remarkably consistent: market failure, elasticity, fiscal and monetary policy, and exchange rates dominate Papers 1 and 2 year after year. The ranking below weights each topic by past-paper frequency and mark value, so you can prioritise the diagrams and evaluation points most likely to be tested.
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November 2026 Exam Countdown
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Ranked topics
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paper forecasts
Economics Paper 1 Crash Course
Predicted-question walkthroughs for the highest-yield Paper 1 themes.
Economics Paper 2 Crash Course
Case-study practice for likely data-response and policy evaluation patterns.
Economics HL Paper 3 Crash Course
Quantitative calculations, crowding-out, and the 10-mark recommend-a-policy structure.
IB Exam Timetable 2026
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Top Predicted Topics
Topic 3.1
Measuring Economic Activity and Illustrating Its Variations
Appeared 29 times in recent past papers (Total: 81 marks). Last seen in 2025.
72%
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Topic 3.3
Macroeconomic Objectives
Appeared 27 times in recent past papers (Total: 171 marks). Last seen in 2025.
68%
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Topic 4.10
Economic Growth and/or Economic Development Strategies
Appeared 23 times in recent past papers (Total: 261 marks). Last seen in 2025.
57%
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Topic 2.7
Role of Government in Microeconomics
Appeared 23 times in recent past papers (Total: 218 marks). Last seen in 2025.
57%
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Topic 4.6
Balance of Payments
Appeared 21 times in recent past papers (Total: 41 marks). Last seen in 2025.
52%
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Topic 2.8
Market Failure — Externalities and Common Pool Resources
Appeared 19 times in recent past papers (Total: 88 marks). Last seen in 2025.
48%
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Topic 2.5
Elasticity of Demand
Appeared 17 times in recent past papers (Total: 82 marks). Last seen in 2025.
42%
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Topic 3.2
Variations in Economic Activity — Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
Appeared 15 times in recent past papers (Total: 90 marks). Last seen in 2025.
38%
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Topic 4.9
Barriers to Economic Growth and/or Economic Development
Appeared 14 times in recent past papers (Total: 108 marks). Last seen in 2025.
35%
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Topic 4.2
Types of Trade Protection
Appeared 14 times in recent past papers (Total: 65 marks). Last seen in 2025.
35%
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Topic 3.5
Demand Management — Monetary Policy
Appeared 13 times in recent past papers (Total: 80 marks). Last seen in 2025.
32%
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Topic 3.4
Economics of Inequality and Poverty
Appeared 11 times in recent past papers (Total: 86 marks). Last seen in 2025.
28%
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Topic 3.7
Supply-Side Policies
Appeared 11 times in recent past papers (Total: 111 marks). Last seen in 2025.
28%
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Topic 3.6
Demand Management — Fiscal Policy
Appeared 9 times in recent past papers (Total: 58 marks). Last seen in 2025.
22%
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Topic 4.7
Sustainable Development
Appeared 8 times in recent past papers (Total: 81 marks). Last seen in 2025.
20%
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Topic 2.12
The Market's Inability to Achieve Equity
Appeared 8 times in recent past papers (Total: 64 marks). Last seen in 2025.
20%
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Topic 4.3
Arguments for and Against Trade Protection
Appeared 6 times in recent past papers (Total: 70 marks). Last seen in 2025.
15%
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Topic 1.1
What is Economics?
Appeared 6 times in recent past papers (Total: 22 marks). Last seen in 2025.
15%
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Topic 2.2
Supply
Appeared 5 times in recent past papers (Total: 32 marks). Last seen in 2025.
12%
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Topic 4.8
Measuring Development
Appeared 4 times in recent past papers (Total: 21 marks). Last seen in 2025.
10%
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Topic 2.3
Competitive Market Equilibrium
Appeared 4 times in recent past papers (Total: 20 marks). Last seen in 2025.
10%
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Topic 2.1
Demand
Appeared 4 times in recent past papers (Total: 32 marks). Last seen in 2025.
10%
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Topic 4.1
Benefits of International Trade
Appeared 4 times in recent past papers (Total: 28 marks). Last seen in 2025.
10%
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Topic 2.9
Market Failure — Public Goods
Appeared 4 times in recent past papers (Total: 55 marks). Last seen in 2025.
10%
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Topic 4.4
Economic Integration
Appeared 4 times in recent past papers (Total: 60 marks). Last seen in 2025.
10%
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Topic 2.4
Critique of the Maximizing Behaviour of Consumers and Producers
Appeared 2 times in recent past papers (Total: 5 marks). Last seen in 2025.
5%
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Topic 2.6
Price Elasticity of Supply
Appeared 2 times in recent past papers (Total: 6 marks). Last seen in 2025.
5%
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Paper-specific prediction pages
Economics Paper 1 predicted questions 2026
Start with the free paper-specific prediction page, then move to guided crash-course practice.
Frequently asked questions
Are these official IB Economics predictions?
No — these are our own data-driven forecasts from past Economics papers, not official or leaked IB content. They flag the most frequently tested topics so you can prioritise; any syllabus area can still appear.
How are the Economics predictions calculated?
We tally how often each topic has been examined across recent Paper 1 and Paper 2 questions and weight it by marks, then rank by that score. The core diagrams (supply and demand, market failure, AD/AS) are weighted heavily because they underpin most high-mark questions.
How should I revise with them?
Lead with the top-ranked topics and drill the diagrams plus the "to what extent" evaluation that earns the most marks, then widen out. Use it to order revision, not to drop topics.
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