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    1. Woah, Germany has definitely improved. Southern Europe too.

      But don’t be a wuss, include UK in the survey!

    2. smallushandus on

      Page 46 in the report:

      >Sampling Biases

      >The test-taking population represented
      in this Index is self-selected and not
      guaranteed to be representative. Only those
      who want to learn English or are curious
      about their English skills will participate in
      one of these tests. This could skew scores
      lower or higher than those of the general
      population.

      >The EF SET is free and online, so anyone
      with an Internet connection can participate.
      Almost all of our test takers are working
      adults or young adults finishing their
      studies. People without Internet access
      would be automatically excluded. The EF
      SET site is fully adaptive and 46% of test
      takers in 2024 completed the exam from
      a mobile device. In parts of the world
      where Internet usage is low, we would
      expect the impact of an online format to be
      strong. This sampling bias would tend to
      pull scores upward by excluding poorer and
      less educated people, and those living in
      areas with little or no Internet connectivity.
      Nevertheless, open access online tests
      have proven effective in gathering very
      large amounts of data about a range of
      indicators, and we believe they provide
      valuable information about global English
      proficiency levels.

      Edit: Just to add to the context, the test take 50 or 90 minutes to complete so it requires some dedication. See here: https://www.efset.org

    3. Wolfgang_MacMurphy on

      Russia so close the Baltics? No way. Not credible.

    4. Wooden_Grocery_2482 on

      Did a roadtrip to Czechia through Poland. In Poland surprisingly often they didn’t speak English so I had to speak Russian with a faux Polish accent. Granted I was both in big cities but also countryside, so maybe not too surprising. But in Czechia everyone I spoke to had great English skills. At least in Prague and Brno. Maybe not so in other towns.

    5. bbbbbbbbbblah on

      Where’s the UK and Ireland smh.

      (yes this is slightly sarcastic, though it’d be interesting to know where they would rank)

    6. Excellent-Cap-7931 on

      Turk from turkey living in turkey here- this is definitely false- no turk outside of a small minority can speak English worth a damn, it should be lower.

    7. Hairy_Friendship3735 on

      I’m from Spain and I confirm the Portuguese proficiency in English. I wish that was our case…

    8. Yasuchika on

      Not an excuse to not learn the language of the country if you move there, btw. Tired of being spoken to in english when I’m out and about.

    9. CaptainCymru on

      Flanders in Belgium scored highest as a region (654), highest region in Netherlands is Overijssel (642), but Walloonia brought down the Belgian average (543).

    10. suncontrolspecies on

      lol i don’t believe this apply to where I live.. AT ALL

    11. Snack378 on

      Did they measure Serbia solely by the population of Belgrade? I’m pretty sure English is useless outside of Belgrade (and maybe Novi Sad)

    12. casper_pwnz on

      Where Slovenia at? Who be ignorin’ my alpine homeboys?

    13. Savings-Painting-505 on

      Hard to believe that Germany is higher than Norway

    14. trtmrtzivotnijesmrt on

      As a Croat really nice to see the country being second best. It makes sense because I literally don’t know a single person that cannot speak English.

    15. Now do a map showing the percentage of population that speaks English. It will tell a very different story.

    16. Stunning_Ad_5960 on

      Croatia doing quite well! I remember in primary school we sometimes would hear a Scandinavians speak English. It was flawless. But now I can just know it is Scanglish 🙂 Why is Slovenia the same color as UK?

    17. Once the rest of the old people die in Greece, it will become higher.

    18. Yea… I don’t believe it for Germany. I’ve been living here for 4y now and barely met a few people that speak English (and a broken English too..). Maybe I’m biased, but I don’t believe it

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