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WJEC A Level Economics past papers

30 WJEC A Level Economics papers from 2016 to 2025, 30 with a mark scheme. Every link opens the document on WJEC'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 WJEC A Level Economics papers we have tagged question by question. Topics with a revision guide link to it.

Topic	Questions	Marks	Papers
Growth and Development: Barriers and Strategies in Poorer Economies	20	352	13 of 26
Causes and Consequences of Inflation and Deflation	18	270	16 of 26
Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly: Non-Price Competition and Game Theory	13	245	11 of 26
Central Banks and the Tools of Monetary Policy	15	214	12 of 26
Perfect competition, imperfectly competitive markets and monopoly	10	179	10 of 26
Externalities: Negative and Positive Production and Consumption Effects	8	175	7 of 26
Economic Growth: Causes, Types and the Economic Cycle	8	164	8 of 26
Trade Agreements, Trading Blocs and Globalisation	12	161	8 of 26
The Balance of Payments: Causes and Correction of Disequilibrium	10	157	9 of 26
The measurement of macroeconomic performance	13	137	9 of 26
Protectionism: Trade Barriers and Their Economic Effects	11	137	10 of 26
Costs of Production and Economies and Diseconomies of Scale	7	123	7 of 26
Causes and Consequences of Unemployment	8	119	8 of 26
International Trade: Absolute and Comparative Advantage	5	117	5 of 26
The Effects of Exchange Rate Changes on Trade and the Macroeconomy	5	108	5 of 26

Counted from our own question-by-question tagging of 26 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 54 topics.

All WJEC A Level Economics papers by year

Summer 2025

Paper	Official documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Introduction to Economic Principles	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 2: Economics in Action	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 3: Exploring Economic Behaviour	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 4: Evaluating Economic Models and Policies	Question paper Mark scheme

Summer 2024

Paper	Official documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Introduction to Economic Principles	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 2: Economics in Action	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 3: Exploring Economic Behaviour	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 4: Evaluating Economic Models and Policies	Question paper Mark scheme

Summer 2023

Paper	Official documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Introduction to Economic Principles	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 2: Economics in Action	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 3: Exploring Economic Behaviour	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 4: Evaluating Economic Models and Policies	Question paper Mark scheme

Summer 2022

Paper	Official documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Introduction to Economic Principles	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 2: Economics in Action	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 3: Exploring Economic Behaviour	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 4: Evaluating Economic Models and Policies	Question paper Mark scheme

Summer 2019

Paper	Official documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Introduction to Economic Principles	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 2: Economics in Action	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 3: Exploring Economic Behaviour	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 4: Evaluating Economic Models and Policies	Question paper Mark scheme

Summer 2018

Paper	Official documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Introduction to Economic Principles	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 2: Economics in Action	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 3: Exploring Economic Behaviour	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 4: Evaluating Economic Models and Policies	Question paper Mark scheme

Summer 2017

Paper	Official documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Introduction to Economic Principles	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 2: Economics in Action	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 3: Exploring Economic Behaviour	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 4: Evaluating Economic Models and Policies	Question paper Mark scheme

Summer 2016

Paper	Official documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Introduction to Economic Principles	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 2: Economics in Action	Question paper Mark scheme

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