AQA GCSE Economics past papers
12 AQA GCSE Economics papers from 2020 to 2025, 12 with a mark scheme and 7 with an examiners' report. Every link opens the document on AQA's own website; we list them in one place and show which topics each series tested.
Which topics come up most
The topics that have carried the most marks across the AQA GCSE Economics papers we have tagged question by question. Topics with a revision guide link to it.
| Topic | Questions | Marks | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income and Cross Elasticities of Demand | 4 | 146 | 3 of 8 |
| Causes and Consequences of Inflation and Deflation | 2 | 144 | 2 of 8 |
| Exchange Rate Systems and the Determination of Floating Rates | 3 | 74 | 2 of 8 |
| Price Elasticity of Demand: Determinants and Business Applications | 2 | 73 | 2 of 8 |
| Market failure and government intervention | 1 | 72 | 1 of 8 |
| Trade Agreements, Trading Blocs and Globalisation | 1 | 72 | 1 of 8 |
| Costs of Production and Economies and Diseconomies of Scale | 6 | 6 | 3 of 8 |
| Scarcity, Choice and the Production Possibility Frontier | 6 | 6 | 3 of 8 |
| Fiscal Policy and the Public Finances | 5 | 5 | 4 of 8 |
| Price determination in a competitive market | 5 | 5 | 4 of 8 |
| Causes and Consequences of Unemployment | 4 | 4 | 4 of 8 |
| Central Banks and the Tools of Monetary Policy | 4 | 4 | 1 of 8 |
| Production, Productivity and the Law of Diminishing Returns | 4 | 4 | 4 of 8 |
| The Balance of Payments: Causes and Correction of Disequilibrium | 4 | 4 | 3 of 8 |
| Government Policies to Reduce Poverty and Inequality | 3 | 3 | 3 of 8 |
Counted from our own question-by-question tagging of 8 papers. A question that tests two topics counts towards both, so the marks column ranks topics rather than adding up to a paper total. Showing the top 15 of 26 topics.
All AQA GCSE Economics papers by year
June 2025
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: How Markets Work | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: How the Economy Works | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
June 2024
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: How Markets Work | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: How the Economy Works | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
June 2023
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: How Markets Work | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: How the Economy Works | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
June 2022
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: How Markets Work | Question paperMark scheme |
| Paper 2: How the Economy Works | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
November 2021
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: How Markets Work | Question paperMark scheme |
| Paper 2: How the Economy Works | Question paperMark scheme |
November 2020
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: How Markets Work | Question paperMark scheme |
| Paper 2: How the Economy Works | Question paperMark scheme |
GCSE Economics past papers from other boards
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Practise the questions, not just the papers.
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