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EF EPIEF English Proficiency Index

Germany

#10 of 111
Proficiency: Very high
EF EPI score: 613
Global average score: 502
Position in Europe: 9 of 35
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  • Low
  • Very low
  • Global average

Geographic scores

Regions

  • Bavaria636
  • Baden-Württemberg631
  • Bremen617
  • Thuringia616
  • North Rhine-Westphalia615
  • Lower Saxony613
  • Schleswig-Holstein613
  • Rhineland-Palatinate613
  • Saxony Anhalt605
  • Saxony600
  • Saarland595
  • Hesse588
  • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern583
  • Brandenburg581

Cities

  • Karlsruhe655
  • Munich648
  • Dresden642
  • Bremen640
  • Düsseldorf635
  • Bonn633
  • Stuttgart631
  • Hamburg630
  • Dortmund628
  • Hanover628
  • Nuremberg626
  • Cologne624
  • Leipzig612
  • Essen594
  • Berlin592
  • Frankfurt591

Demographic scores

Gender

Female: 608

Male: 618

Age groups

  • 18-20 year olds

  • 21-25 year olds

  • 26-30 year olds

  • 31-40 year olds

  • 41+ year olds

Proficiency trends

2022
#10 of 111
Proficiency level:Very high
2021
#11 of 112
Proficiency level:Very high
2020
#8 of 100
Proficiency level:Very high
2019
#10 of 100
Proficiency level:Very high
2018
#10 of 88
Proficiency level:Very high
2017
#9 of 80
Proficiency level:High
2016
#9 of 72
Proficiency level:High
2015
#11 of 70
Proficiency level:High
2014
#10 of 63
Proficiency level:High
2013
#14 of 60
Proficiency level:High
2012
#9 of 54
Proficiency level:High
2011
#8 of 44
Proficiency level:High

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