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EF EPI score: 450
Capital city: Naypyidaw
Myanmar population: 54 million
EF EPI score: 482
Capital city: Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia population: 3.3 million
EF EPI score: 430
Capital city: Khartoum
Sudan population: 44.9 million
EF EPI score: 415
Capital city: Nur-Sultan
Kazakhstan population: 19.1 million
EF EPI score: 442
Capital city: Tashkent
Uzbekistan population: 34.6 million
EF EPI score: 416
Capital city: Luanda
Angola population: 33.9 million
EF EPI score: 418
Capital city: Muscat
Oman population: 5.1 million
EF EPI score: 409
Capital city: Abidjan (economic capital)
Ivory Coast population: 27.6 million
EF EPI score: 450
Capital city: Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan population: 6.6 million
EF EPI score: 392
Capital city: Tripoli
Libya population: 6.8 million
EF EPI score: 603
Capital city: Zagreb
Population: 4 million
EF EPI score: 475
Capital city: Algiers
Algeria population: 44.9 million
EF EPI score: 421
Capital city: Phnom Penh
Cambodia population: 16.9 million
EF EPI score: 408
Capital city: Riyadh
Saudi Arabia population: 35.8 million
EF EPI score: 598
Capital city: Warsaw
Poland population: 37.9 million
EF EPI score: 607
Capital city: Lisbon
Portugal population: 10.3 million
EF EPI score: 410
Capital city: Baghdad
Iraq population: 41.2 million
EF EPI score: 605
Capital city: Cape Town (legislative capital)
South Africa population: 60 million
EF EPI score: 604
Capital city: Berlin
Germany population: 83 million
EF EPI score: 608
Capital city: Brussels
Belgium population: 11.5 million
EF EPI score: 575
Capital city: Luxembourg City
Luxembourg population: 634,000
EF EPI score: 597
Capital city: Helsinki
Finland population: 5.5 million
EF EPI score: 614
Capital city: Oslo
Norway population: 5.4 million
EF EPI score: 616
Capital city: Vienna
Austria population: 8.9 million
EF EPI score: 647
Capital city: Amsterdam
Netherlands population: 17.5 million
EF EPI score: 615
Capital city: Copenhagen
Denmark population: 5.8 million
EF EPI score: 631
Capital city: Singapore
Singapore population: 5.7 million
EF EPI score: 609
Capital city: Stockholm
Sweden population: 10.4 million
The 2023 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 113 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 2.2 million adults who took EF's English tests in 2022.
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: 602
Capital city: Athens
Population: 10.4 million
EF EPI score: 535
Capital city: Rome
Population: 60.4 million
EF EPI score: 531
Capital city: Paris
Population: 67.1 million
EF EPI score: 457
Capital city: Tokyo
Japan population: 126.3 million
EF EPI score: 493
Capital city: Ankara
Population: 82 millionEF EPI score: 385
Capital city: Tripoli
Population:5.4 million
EF EPI score: 456
Capital city: Kabul
Population: 38.9 million
EF EPI score: 487
Capital city: Brasilia
Population: 213.4 millionWhich countries have the highest proficiency in the English language?
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The 2023 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 113 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 2.2 million adults who took EF's English tests in 2022.
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.