Switzerland

#30
Ranked no. 30 out of 113 countries
EF EPI score:553
Global average score:493
Position in Europe: 22 of 34
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Proficiency Trends

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  • Moderate
  • Low
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Geographic Scores

Regions

  • German-speaking578
  • French & German-speaking531
  • French-speaking523
  • Italian-speaking496
  • Basel-Stadt638
  • Zug595
  • Zurich594
  • Aargau584
  • Thurgau575
  • Luzern565
  • Schwyz565
  • Solothurn562
  • Sankt Gallen549
  • Graubünden548
  • Basel-Landschaft547
  • Bern547
  • Neuchâtel531
  • Vaud524
  • Geneva522
  • Valais519
  • Fribourg506
  • Ticino496

Cities

  • Basel644
  • Zurich635
  • Bern621
  • Lucerne620
  • St. Gallen586
  • Lausanne566
  • Geneva557

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