Greeks rank among top English speakers globally

TO BHMA International Edition speaks to EFL professionals in Greece about the importance of English language skills in an increasingly interconnected world.

Greeks are among the most fluent non-native English speakers in the world with the country ranking 8th among 116 regions and territories in the EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) released recently.

The EF EPI, the largest global ranking of English proficiency, evaluates results from 2.1 million participants in 116 countries & territories and in over 1,200 regions and cities.

According to the 2024 report, Greece ranked 8th receiving a “Very High Proficiency Country Score” of 602. Leading the way were the Netherlands (636), followed by Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Croatia, Portugal, Denmark, Greece, and Austria. The lowest proficiency levels were found in Libya, Rwanda, Côte d’Ivoire, Somalia and Yemen.

Greece’s capital, Athens, also scored highly for the English proficiency levels of its speakers, ranking 11th on the “Very High Proficiency – Capital after Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Vienna, Helsinki, Lisbon, Zagreb, Stockholm, Berlin, Bern, and Oslo. Just last year, Athens saw the opening of the first English-language theater in Greece: the Theater of the NO. Cities with very low proficiency scores were Kigali, Luanda, Abidjan, Delhi, and Mogadishu.

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