EF EPI 2018 - EF English Proficiency Index

EF EPI EF English Proficiency Index

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Sweden #1 of 88 countries/regions

Proficiency Very high proficiency
EF EPI score 70,72
Position in Europe #1/32

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Denmark #5 of 88 countries/regions

Proficiency Very high proficiency
EF EPI score 67,34
Position in Europe #4/32

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45 Georgia
46 Chile
47 China
48 Taiwan
49 Japan
50 Pakistan
51 Indonesia
52 Albania
53 Brazil
54 Ethiopia
55 Guatemala
56 Panama
57 Mexico
58 Sri Lanka
59 Peru
60 Colombia
61 Bolivia
62 Egypt
63 Bangladesh
64 Thailand
65 Ecuador

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Denmark #5 /88

Regional Ranking of Countries and Regions

EF EPI average 56,64 View Europe in detail
- Sweden
  70,72
- Netherlands
  70,31
- Norway
  68,38
- Denmark
  67,34
- Luxembourg
  66,33
- Finland
  65,86
- Slovenia
  64,84
- Germany
  63,74
- Belgium
  63,52
- Austria
  63,13
- Poland
  62,45
- Switzerland
  61,77
- Romania
  60,31
- Croatia
  60,16
- Serbia
  60,04
- Portugal
  60,02
- Czech Republic
  59,99
- Hungary
  59,51
- Greece
  58,49
- Slovakia
  58,11
- Bulgaria
  57,95
- Lithuania
  57,81
- Spain
  55,85
- Italy
  55,77
- France
  55,49
- Belarus
  53,53
- Russia
  52,96
- Ukraine
  52,86
- Georgia
  52,28
- Albania
  51,49
- Turkey
  47,17
- Azerbaijan
  45,85
EF EPI average 53,49 View Asia in detail
- Singapore
  68,63
- Philippines
  61,84
- Malaysia
  59,32
- India
  57,13
- Hong Kong, China
  56,38
- South Korea
  56,27
- Vietnam
  53,12
- Macau, China
  52,57
- China
  51,94
- Taiwan
  51,88
- Japan
  51,80
- Pakistan
  51,66
- Indonesia
  51,58
- Sri Lanka
  49,39
- Bangladesh
  48,72
- Thailand
  48,54
- Kazakhstan
  45,19
- Myanmar
  44,23
- Afghanistan
  43,64
- Cambodia
  42,86
- Uzbekistan
  42,53
EF EPI average 50,33 View Latin America in detail
- Argentina
  57,58
- Costa Rica
  55,01
- Dominican Republic
  54,97
- Uruguay
  53,41
- Chile
  52,01
- Brazil
  50,93
- Guatemala
  50,63
- Panama
  49,98
- Mexico
  49,76
- Peru
  49,32
- Colombia
  48,90
- Bolivia
  48,87
- Ecuador
  48,52
- Honduras
  47,80
- El Salvador
  47,42
- Nicaragua
  47,26
- Venezuela
  46,61
EF EPI average 53,21 View Africa in detail
- South Africa
  66,52
- Nigeria
  56,72
- Senegal
  53,50
- Ethiopia
  50,79
- Egypt
  48,76
- Morocco
  48,10
- Tunisia
  47,85
- Algeria
  44,50
- Libya
  39,64
EF EPI average 46,02 View Middle East in detail
- Lebanon
  55,79
- Iran
  48,29
- U.A.E.
  47,27
- Jordan
  47,10
- Syria
  46,37
- Kuwait
  45,64
- Oman
  45,56
- Saudi Arabia
  43,65
- Iraq
  40,82

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