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Education

Where do the most people speak a foreign language?

One figure, the same definition in all 27 member states, ranked high to low.

The highest figure is Slovenia at 96.0%, the lowest Bulgaria at 48.2%. The EU27 figure is 74.6%.

All 27 countries

  1. SI96.0%
  2. SE95.8%
  3. EE95.5%
  4. LT95.3%
  5. LV95.0%
  6. LU94.5%
  7. NL92.9%
  8. FI92.1%
  9. CY91.9%
  10. DK90.3%
  11. AT88.4%
  12. DE87.8%
  13. SK85.6%
  14. MT79.6%
  15. HR79.3%
  16. BE78.1%
  17. CZ77.9%
  18. FR77.4%
  19. PL72.9%
  20. GR71.2%
  21. PT70.0%
  22. IT67.9%
  23. IE62.5%
  24. ES56.2%
  25. RO48.7%
  26. HU48.6%
  27. BG48.2%

Countries with a figure: 27 of 27.

Fifteen years: the three highest, the three lowest, and the EU27

2011–2022

Lines: EU27, Slovenia, Sweden, Estonia, Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria. Hover a year to read the figures. edat_aes_l22 · 2022.

Source

Share of 25 to 64 year olds who know at least one language other than their mother tongue. edat_aes_l22 · 2022.

Eurostat dataset edat_aes_l22 ↗Back to the European average