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The 2024 Education First (EF) English Proficiency Index (EPI) report has been published. Based on an annual study that analyzes the acquisition of English skills in high school and high school students in 116 countries and regions across the globe, the EF EPI study investigates how and where English proficiency is developing around the world based on the results of 2.1 million adults who took EF's English tests in 2023.
So, in which countries is English spoken to a very high proficiency, and where is it spoken to a very low proficiency? Browse this gallery for a brief summary of those countries awarded the most and least points.
EF EPI score: 600
Capital city: Vienna
Austria population: 9.1 million
EF EPI score: 602
Capital city: Athens
Population: 9.9 million
EF EPI score: 603
Capital city: Copenhagen
Denmark population: 6 million
EF EPI score: 605
Capital city: Lisbon
Portugal population: 10.4 million
EF EPI score: 607
Capital city: Zagreb
Population: 3.8 million
EF EPI score: 608
Capital city: Stockholm
Sweden population: 10.6 million
EF EPI score: 609
Capital city: Singapore
Singapore population: 5.9 million
EF EPI score: 610
Capital city: Oslo
Norway population: 5.6 million
EF EPI score: 636
Capital city: Amsterdam
Netherlands population: 18.3 million
EF EPI score: 598
Capital city: Berlin
Germany population: 84.1 million
EF EPI score: 594
Capital city: Cape Town (legislative capital)
South Africa population: 64.7 million
EF EPI score: 593
Capital city: Bucharest
Romania population: 18.9 million
EF EPI score: 592
Capital city: Brussels
Belgium population: 11.7 million
EF EPI score: 590
Capital city: Helsinki
Finland population: 5.6 million
EF EPI score: 588
Capital city: Warsaw
Poland population: 38.1 million
EF EPI score: 576
Capital city: Luxembourg City
Luxembourg population: 680,000
EF EPI score: 528
Capital city: Rome
Population: 59.1 million
EF EPI score: 524
Capital city: Paris
Population: 66.6 million
EF EPI score: 497
Capital city: Ankara
Population: 87.7 million
EF EPI score: 471
Capital city: Algiers
Algeria population: 47.4 million
EF EPI score: 466
Capital city: Brasilia
Population: 212.8 million
EF EPI score: 464
Capital city: Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia population: 3.5 million
EF EPI score: 457
Capital city: Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan population: 7.3 million
EF EPI score: 454
Capital city: Tokyo
Japan population: 123.1 million
EF EPI score: 449
Capital city: Naypyidaw
Myanmar population: 54.8 million
EF EPI score: 447
Capital city: Kabul
Population: 43.8 million
EF EPI score: 439
Capital city: Tashkent
Uzbekistan population: 37 million
EF EPI score: 432
Capital city: Khartoum
Sudan population: 51.6 million
EF EPI score: 427
Capital city: Nur-Sultan
Kazakhstan population: 20.1 million
EF EPI score: 421
Capital city: Muscat
Oman population: 5.5 million
EF EPI score: 417
Capital city: Riyadh
Saudi Arabia population: 34.6 million
EF EPI score: 414
Capital city: Baghdad
Iraq population: 47 million
EF EPI score: 409
Capital city: Luanda
Angola population: 39 million
EF EPI score: 408
Capital city: Phnom Penh
Cambodia population: 17.8 million
EF EPI score: 405
Capital city: Tripoli
Libya population: 7.5 million
EF EPI score: 399
Capital city: Abidjan (economic capital)
Ivory Coast population: 32.7 million
EF EPI score: 394
Capital city: Sanaa
Population: 41.7 million
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The 2024 Education First (EF) English Proficiency Index (EPI) report has been published. Based on an annual study that analyzes the acquisition of English skills in high school and high school students in 116 countries and regions across the globe, the EF EPI study investigates how and where English proficiency is developing around the world based on the results of 2.1 million adults who took EF's English tests in 2023.
So, in which countries is English spoken to a very high proficiency, and where is it spoken to a very low proficiency? Browse this gallery for a brief summary of those countries awarded the most and least points.