Editing Common Admission Test (section)

==CAT registrations in numbers over the years==

The number of registrations in the past years are shown in the following chart:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-29 |title=CAT Registration 2022, Start Date, Last Date and How to Apply |url=https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-registration |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=bschool.careers360.com |language=en |archive-date=16 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716113021/https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-registration |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!'''Year'''
!No. of candidates
Registered
!No. of candidates
Appeared<ref>{{Cite web |title=No Change in Percentage of CAT 2021 Test Takers: 1.92 Lakh including 35% Women took CAT 2021 |url=https://www.mbauniverse.com/articles/cat-registration-numbers |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=www.mbauniverse.com |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215133/https://www.mbauniverse.com/articles/cat-registration-numbers |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2005<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-08-10 |title=CAT Registration Trends, Facts and Figures over the Years |url=https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-registration-facts-and-figures-over-years |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=bschool.careers360.com |language=en}}</ref>
|170,000
|155,000
|-
|2006
|191,000
|180,000
|-
|2007
|250,000
|230,000
|-
|2008
|290,000
|276,000
|-
|2009
|241,000
|230,000
|-
|2010
|204,000
|185,000
|-
|2011
|205,000
|186,000
|-
|2012
|214,000
|195,000
|-
|2013
|194,516
|173,714<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-01-15 |title=CAT 2013: Even with a blank sheet you can score in 55th percentile |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/cat-2013-even-with-a-blank-sheet-you-can-score-in-55th-percentile-1341407.html |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=Firstpost |language=en |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728150553/https://www.firstpost.com/india/cat-2013-even-with-a-blank-sheet-you-can-score-in-55th-percentile-1341407.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2014
|196,988
|170,000<ref>{{Cite news |title=CAT 2014 results to be declared on December 27; 1.7 lakh candidates eyeing outcome |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/cat-2014-results-to-be-declared-on-december-27-1-7-lakh-candidates-eyeing-outcome/articleshow/45616667.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2022-07-06 |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706120429/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/cat-2014-results-to-be-declared-on-december-27-1-7-lakh-candidates-eyeing-outcome/articleshow/45616667.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2015
|218,664
|179,602<ref>{{Cite web |title=CAT 2015: 179602 candidates appeared in the exam; 58,270 comprising girls |url=https://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/9136/CAT-2015#:~:text=Out%20of%202,18,664%20registered,exam%20during%20last%206%20years. |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=www.mbauniverse.com |archive-date=29 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929110059/https://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/9136/CAT-2015#:~:text=Out%20of%202,18,664%20registered,exam%20during%20last%206%20years. |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2016
|232,434
|195,679
|-
|2017<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 26, 2017 |title=CAT 2017: About 2.31 lakh candidates register for exam this year |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/cat-2017-1052487-2017-09-26 |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|231,067<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-26 |title=Over 1.99 lakh candidates appear for CAT conducted by IIM-Lucknow |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/over-1-99-lakh-candidates-appear-for-cat-conducted-by-iim-lucknow/story-j6Xmcc4xvFqJfDhmQzxSnM.html |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710052042/https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/over-1-99-lakh-candidates-appear-for-cat-conducted-by-iim-lucknow/story-j6Xmcc4xvFqJfDhmQzxSnM.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|199,632
|-
|2018<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-29 |title=CAT 2018: Number of test takers touches 2 lakh mark after a decade, 13 per cent skip the test |url=https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-2018-number-of-test-takers-touches-2-lakh-mark-after-decade-13-cent-skip-test |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=bschool.careers360.com |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215643/https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-2018-number-of-test-takers-touches-2-lakh-mark-after-decade-13-cent-skip-test |url-status=live }}</ref>
|240,338
|209,405
|-
|2019
|244,169
|209,926
|-
|2020
|227,835
|190,144
|-
|2021
|229,969
|191,660
|-
|2022<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-02 |title=CAT 2022 Media Release 01 Dec 2022 |url=https://cdn.digialm.com//per/g01/pub/756/ASM/WebPortal/19/PDF/CAT_2022_Media_Release_01_Dec_2022.pdf |access-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202091935/https://cdn.digialm.com//per/g01/pub/756/ASM/WebPortal/19/PDF/CAT_2022_Media_Release_01_Dec_2022.pdf |archive-date=2 December 2022 }}</ref>
|255,501
|222,184 
|-
|2023
|328,000<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-28 |title=2.88 lakh candidates appeared for CAT 2023 {{!}} What's next? Details here |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/288-lakh-candidates-appeared-for-cat-2023-whats-next-details-here-2468624-2023-11-28 |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=India Today |language=en |archive-date=7 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107130905/https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/288-lakh-candidates-appeared-for-cat-2023-whats-next-details-here-2468624-2023-11-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|288,000
|-
|2024
|329,000<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 November 2024 |title=CAT 2024 Media Release 25 Nov 2024 Updated |url=https://cdn.digialm.com/per/g06/pub/32842/EForms/CAT24/CAT_2024_Media_Release_25_Nov_2024_V1.pdf |access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref>
|293,000
|-
|}
''Note: Data of candidates registered till 2012 are approximate.''