Every year, thousands of students appear in the FMGE and out of them only a handful of students are declared qualified. Over the years, the number of students taking the FMGE exam has increased but the pass percentage has been recorded only around 25%.
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The Foreign Medical Graduate Examination, FMGE is conducted biannually in June and December by the National Board of Examinations (NBE). The medical entrance exam is held for Indian and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) who possess a medical degree outside India and want to practise medicine in their own country. Read this article to know the FMGE pass percentage trends of best and worst countries.
| Country | Total Appeared students | Total pass students | Pass percentage |
| ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA | 4 | 1 | 25.00 |
| ARMENIA | 2,349 | 415 | 17.67 |
| AZERBAIJAN | 46 | 9 | 19.57 |
| BANGLADESH | 2,822 | 914 | 32.39 |
| BARBADOS | 29 | 17 | 58.62 |
| BELARUS | 485 | 168 | 34.64 |
| BELIZE | 547 | 129 | 23.58 |
| BULGARIA | 49 | 14 | 28.57 |
| CHINA | 14,214 | 2,765 | 19.45 |
| CUBA | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| CURACAO | 89 | 29 | 32.58 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 6 | 5 | 83.33 |
| DOMINICA | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| EGYPT | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| GEORGIA | 4,221 | 1,505 | 35.66 |
| GUYANA | 251 | 74 | 29.48 |
| HONG KONG S.A.R. CHINA | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HUNGARY | 3 | 3 | 100.00 |
| IRAN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN | 105 | 56 | 53.33 |
| IRELAND | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| ITALY | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| JAMAICA | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| KAZAKHSTAN | 5,018 | 1,261 | 25.13 |
| KINGDOM OF NEATHERLANDS | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| KYRGYZSTAN | 15,135 | 3,792 | 25.05 |
| LATVIA | 8 | 3 | 37.50 |
| LITHUANIA | 5 | 2 | 40.00 |
| MACAU S.A.R. CHINA | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| MALAYSIA | 256 | 74 | 28.91 |
| MAURITIUS | 357 | 176 | 49.30 |
| NEPAL | 1,809 | 545 | 30.13 |
| NETHERLANDS | 19 | 4 | 21.05 |
| NIGERIA | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| OMAN | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| PAKISTAN | 3 | 2 | 66.67 |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| PHILIPPINES | 9,967 | 2,003 | 20.10 |
| POLAND | 7 | 4 | 57.14 |
| QATAR | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA | 247 | 92 | 37.25 |
| ROMANIA | 20 | 1 | 5.00 |
| RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 11,276 | 3,331 | 29.54 |
| SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS | 19 | 1 | 5.26 |
| SAINT LUCIA | 169 | 50 | 29.59 |
| SAUDI ARABIA | 3 | 2 | 66.67 |
| SERBIA | 12 | 4 | 33.33 |
| SEYCHELLES | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| TAJIKISTAN | 1,196 | 311 | 26.00 |
| UGANDA | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| UKRAINE | 7,716 | 2,403 | 31.14 |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 23 | 11 | 47.83 |
| UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA | 5 | 1 | 20.00 |
| UZBEKISTAN | 490 | 197 | 40.20 |
| Grand Total | 79,000 | 20,382 | 25.80 |
As many as eight countries have recorded zero pass percentage in FMGE 2024. Not a single student could clear the test. In these countries, foreign graduates have shown the worst performance. Detailed statistics of the worst performing countries with zero pass percentage in FMGE are as follows:
Country | Number of students appeared |
Antigua and Barbuda | 5 |
Aruba | 4 |
Cuba | 1 |
Egypt | 1 |
Oman | 1 |
Papua New Guinea | 2 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 21 |
Seychelles | 3 |
Srilanka | 1 |
Willemstad | 2 |
The following countries mentioned below have shown best performance in FMGE examination as compared to other countries. Check the passing rate of the FMGE examination to understand the level of the exam.
Country | Pass percentage |
Nepal | 34.54% |
China | 19.01% |
Ukraine | 18.81% |
Philippines | 18.48% |
Romania | 12.50% |
College name | Country | Pass percentage |
ST Tereza Medical University | Armenia | 2.25% |
International School of Medicine International University of Kyrgyzstan Eastern Medical Campus | Kyrgyzstan | 2.79% |
Lugansk State Medical University | Ukraine | 3.17% |
Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | China | 3.66% |
Zhengzhou University Medical School | China | 5.96% |
College name | Country | Pass percentage |
Spartan Health Sciences University School of Medicine | Saint Lucia | 91.67% |
Bangladesh Medical College BMSRI | Bangladesh | 66% |
Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences | Nepal | 60% |
Crimean Federal University named after V I Vernadsky | Russia | 59.62% |
SSR Medical College | Mauritius | 58.74% |
On Question asked by student community
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