foreign language learning in the eu

Upper secondary education typically beginsat the end of full-time compulsory education.The entrance age to this level is typically 15 or16 years.

Data from 2014.

Only foreign languages studied as compulsorysubjects or as compulsory curriculum options areincluded. The study of languages when the subjectis o�ered in addition to the minimum curriculumis not included.

* Luxembourg: although the o�cial languagesin Luxembourg are French, German and Luxembourgish,for the purpose of education statistics, French and Germanare counted as foreign languages.

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FOREIGN LANGUAGELEARNING IN THE EU

Upper secondary education

How many students learn two or more foreign languages?(% of students in general upper secondary education)

2or more

foreignlanguages

51 %EU-28

LATVIA

PORTUGAL

SWEDEN

LITHUANIANORWAY

CROATIA

ESTONIA

HUNGARY

POLAND

BELGIUM

NETHERLANDS

CZECH REPUBLIC

FINLAND

SLOVENIA

SLOVAKIA

ITALY

BULGARIA

FRANCELIECHTENSTEIN

ROMANIA

SPAIN

MALTA

GREECE

DENMARK

GERMANYICELAND

EU-28

LUXEMBOURG 100 %*99 %99 %99 %99 %

97 %97 %

96 %94 %94 %

89 %81 %

80 %80 %

74 %70 %

69 %67 %66 %

64 %60 %

51 %48 %

46 %41 %

35 %

23 %26 %

7 %5 %

7 %

2 %UNITED KINGDOM

CYPRUS

IRELAND

AUSTRIA

EU MEMBER STATES

EFTA COUNTRIES

Which are the most studied foreign languages?(% of students in general upper secondary education)

English

English

Malta

Sweden

Finland

France

Croatia

94 %

100 %

EU-28

In which EU Member States arethese languages studied the most?(EU Member States with the highest share of general

upper secondary education students learningthe given language)

French

French

Luxembourg*

23 %

100 %Romania

85 %

60 %Ireland

19 %

France

72 %Sweden

40 %Denmark

20 %

Spanish

Spanish

Italian

Italian 3 %

Malta

42 %Croatia

24 %Cyprus

17 %

Luxembourg*

19 %

100 %Slovenia

63 %Croatia

62 %

German

German

Russian

Russian 3 %

Estonia

66 %Latvia

57 %Lithuania

33 %