TOEFL Price Changes (August, 2021)

As expected, the price of the TOEFL increased this month. Below you can see the list of countries I’ve been tracking since last year and their changes.

This year the changes are somewhat different than usual.  While I tracked prince increases in 30 countries, I also tracked price decreases in five countries.

However, those are not actual decreases. In those countries sales taxes are now added at checkout. This page at the ETS website lists the countries where sales tax is added.  However, it omits Canada… where sales tax is also collected.

A few observations are worth mentioning:

• Switzerland remains the most expensive place to take the test, at a whopping $335. That’s an increase of $15 compared to February of this year.
• The test costs 2100 RMB in China, or about $325 USD.  That’s quite a lot.  I don’t list China in the chart since the test is handled by NEEA in China.
• The cost in India increased by $5 to $190.  I think India is one of the biggest markets for the TOEFL outside of China.
• The cost in Korea increased by $10 to $220.  Korea might be a bigger market than India, now that I think of it.
• The cost in the United States increased by $10 to $235.  Obviously the USA is also a huge market for the test.
• The United States is a patchwork of local and state laws. You may or may not actually get sales tax added to your purchase.

I think prices will be adjusted again in February of 2022.  Check back at that time for a full report.