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EF EPIEF English Proficiency Index

Switzerland

#29 of 111
Proficiency: High
EF EPI score: 563
Global average score: 502
Position in Europe: 23 of 35
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Geographic scores

Regions

  • German-speaking585
  • French & German-speaking562
  • French-speaking556
  • Italian-speaking543
  • Zurich619
  • Basel-Stadt615
  • Thurgau600
  • Zug590
  • Basel-Landschaft590
  • Vaud587
  • Bern581
  • Aargau579
  • Luzern577
  • Sankt Gallen571
  • Neuchâtel560
  • Solothurn546
  • Graubünden545
  • Ticino543
  • Geneva543
  • Valais537
  • Fribourg528

Cities

  • Zurich622
  • Winterthur618
  • Basel615
  • Lausanne592
  • Bern575
  • Lucerne573
  • Geneva555

Demographic scores

Gender

Female: 549

Male: 576

Age groups

  • 18-20 year olds

  • 21-25 year olds

  • 26-30 year olds

  • 31-40 year olds

  • 41+ year olds

Proficiency trends

2022
#29 of 111
Proficiency level:High
2021
#25 of 112
Proficiency level:High
2020
#18 of 100
Proficiency level:High
2019
#19 of 100
Proficiency level:High
2018
#15 of 88
Proficiency level:High
2017
#14 of 80
Proficiency level:High
2016
#14 of 72
Proficiency level:High
2015
#19 of 70
Proficiency level:High
2014
#18 of 63
Proficiency level:High
2013
#16 of 60
Proficiency level:High
2012
#15 of 54
Proficiency level:Moderate
2011
#11 of 44
Proficiency level:Moderate

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