Global ranking:
#38

France

EF EPI score:539
15
Global average score:488

Scores by skill

Reading score: 555
Listening score:524
Writing score:500
Speaking score:456
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Proficiency Trends

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Age Trends

  • 18-20 yrs
  • 21-25 yrs
  • 26-30 yrs
  • 31-40 yrs
  • 41+ yrs

Scores by job function

Accounting & Finance:527
Admin & Clerical:520
Customer Service:526
Human Resources:528
IT:593
Legal:546
Marketing:542
Operations:512
Purchasing & Procurement:477
R&D:625
Sales:550
Strategy & Project Management:625
Student:583
Teacher:619
Technicians & Maintenance:508
Unspecified / unemployed:537

Geographic Scores

Regions

  • Île-de-France558
  • Bretagne543
  • Pays de la Loire539
  • Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur534
  • Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes533
  • Centre-Val de Loire530
  • Occitanie528
  • Hauts-de-France528
  • Grand Est523
  • Normandie520
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine515
  • Bourgogne-Franche-Comté503
  • Corse489
  • La Réunion487
  • Polynésie française482
  • Guadeloupe479
  • Saint-Martin472
  • Martinique463
  • Mayotte458

Cities

  • Grenoble600
  • Rouen589
  • Lille586
  • Paris583
  • Aix-En-Provence583
  • Rennes581
  • Lyon577
  • Tours567
  • Clermont-Ferrand564
  • Toulouse563
  • Nantes563
  • Amiens562
  • Metz560
  • Montpellier558
  • Dijon558
  • Orleans555
  • Strasbourg554
  • Angers554
  • Nimes553
  • Bordeaux551
  • Nice551
  • Le Mans551
  • Reims551
  • Nancy550
  • Marseille532
  • Saint Etienne532

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