EF English Proficiency Index
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The EF English Proficiency Index, claims to be "The world's largest ranking of countries and regions by English skills" and is derived from the results of their online tests[1]
Ranking of countries/regions[edit]
2018 Rank | Country/region | 2018 Score | 2018 Band |
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1 | Sweden | 70.72 | Very High Proficiency |
2 | Netherlands | 70.31 | Very High Proficiency |
3 | Singapore | 68.63 | Very High Proficiency |
4 | Norway | 68.38 | Very High Proficiency |
5 | Denmark | 67.34 | Very High Proficiency |
6 | South Africa | 66.52 | Very High Proficiency |
7 | Luxembourg | 66.33 | Very High Proficiency |
8 | Finland | 65.86 | Very High Proficiency |
9 | Slovenia | 64.84 | Very High Proficiency |
10 | Germany | 63.74 | Very High Proficiency |
11 | Belgium | 63.52 | Very High Proficiency |
12 | Austria | 63.13 | Very High Proficiency |
13 | Poland | 62.45 | High Proficiency |
14 | Philippines | 61.84 | High Proficiency |
15 | Switzerland | 61.77 | High Proficiency |
16 | Romania | 60.31 | High Proficiency |
17 | Croatia | 60.16 | High Proficiency |
18 | Serbia | 60.04 | High Proficiency |
19 | Portugal | 60.02 | High Proficiency |
20 | Czech Republic | 59.99 | High Proficiency |
21 | Hungary | 59.51 | High Proficiency |
22 | Malaysia | 59.32 | High Proficiency |
23 | Greece | 58.49 | High Proficiency |
24 | Slovakia | 58.11 | High Proficiency |
25 | Bulgaria | 57.95 | High Proficiency |
26 | Lithuania | 57.81 | High Proficiency |
27 | Argentina | 57.58 | High Proficiency |
28 | India | 57.13 | Moderate Proficiency |
29 | Nigeria | 56.72 | Moderate Proficiency |
30 | Hong Kong | 56.38 | Moderate Proficiency |
31 | South Korea | 56.27 | Moderate Proficiency |
32 | Spain | 55.85 | Moderate Proficiency |
33 | Lebanon | 55.79 | Moderate Proficiency |
34 | Italy | 55.77 | Moderate Proficiency |
35 | France | 55.49 | Moderate Proficiency |
36 | Costa Rica | 55.01 | Moderate Proficiency |
37 | Dominican Republic | 54.97 | Moderate Proficiency |
38 | Belarus | 53.53 | Moderate Proficiency |
39 | Senegal | 53.50 | Moderate Proficiency |
40 | Uruguay | 53.41 | Moderate Proficiency |
41 | Vietnam | 53.12 | Moderate Proficiency |
42 | Russia | 52.96 | Moderate Proficiency |
43 | Ukraine | 52.86 | Moderate Proficiency |
44 | Macau | 52.57 | Moderate Proficiency |
45 | Georgia | 52.28 | Low Proficiency |
46 | Chile | 52.01 | Low Proficiency |
47 | China | 51.94 | Low Proficiency |
48 | Taiwan | 51.88 | Low Proficiency |
49 | Japan | 51.80 | Low Proficiency |
50 | Pakistan | 51.66 | Low Proficiency |
51 | Indonesia | 51.58 | Low Proficiency |
52 | Albania | 51.49 | Low Proficiency |
53 | Brazil | 50.93 | Low Proficiency |
54 | Ethiopia | 50.79 | Low Proficiency |
55 | Guatemala | 50.63 | Low Proficiency |
56 | Panama | 49.98 | Low Proficiency |
57 | Mexico | 49.76 | Low Proficiency |
58 | Sri Lanka | 49.39 | Low Proficiency |
59 | Peru | 49.32 | Low Proficiency |
60 | Colombia | 48.90 | Low Proficiency |
61 | Bolivia | 48.87 | Low Proficiency |
62 | Egypt | 48.76 | Low Proficiency |
63 | Bangladesh | 48.72 | Low Proficiency |
64 | Thailand | 48.54 | Low Proficiency |
65 | Ecuador | 48.52 | Low Proficiency |
66 | Iran | 48.29 | Very Low Proficiency |
67 | Morocco | 48.10 | Very Low Proficiency |
68 | Tunisia | 47.85 | Very Low Proficiency |
69 | Honduras | 47.80 | Very Low Proficiency |
70 | El Salvador | 47.42 | Very Low Proficiency |
71 | United Arab Emirates | 47.27 | Very Low Proficiency |
72 | Nicaragua | 47.26 | Very Low Proficiency |
73 | Turkey | 47.17 | Very Low Proficiency |
74 | Jordan | 47.10 | Very Low Proficiency |
75 | Venezuela | 46.61 | Very Low Proficiency |
76 | Syria | 46.37 | Very Low Proficiency |
77 | Azerbaijan | 45.85 | Very Low Proficiency |
78 | Kuwait | 45.64 | Very Low Proficiency |
79 | Oman | 45.56 | Very Low Proficiency |
80 | Kazakhstan | 45.19 | Very Low Proficiency |
81 | Algeria | 44.50 | Very Low Proficiency |
82 | Myanmar | 44.23 | Very Low Proficiency |
83 | Saudi Arabia | 43.65 | Very Low Proficiency |
84 | Afghanistan | 43.64 | Very Low Proficiency |
85 | Cambodia | 42.86 | Very Low Proficiency |
86 | Uzbekistan | 42.53 | Very Low Proficiency |
87 | Iraq | 40.82 | Very Low Proficiency |
88 | Libya | 39.64 | Very Low Proficiency |