Average number of foreign languages studied per pupil by education level by country

Countries reporting
30
Highest
1.8
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.5
Germany
Median
1
Years covered
13
2012–2024
Data points
395

What the numbers show

Average number of foreign languages studied per pupil by education level is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 1.8 in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.5 in Germany.

The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 0.98.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 83.3%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 28.6%).

Average number of foreign languages studied per pupil by education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 1.8 2024 unchanged flat
2 Latvia 1.4 2024 up 55.6% rising
3 Greece 1.3 2024 up 18.2% rising
3 Finland 1.3 2024 up 62.5% rising
5 Croatia 1.2 2024 unchanged flat
6 Spain 1.1 2024 up 10.0% rising
6 Poland 1.1 2024 up 10.0% rising
6 Denmark 1.1 2024 up 83.3% rising
6 Malta 1.1 2024 up 10.0% rising
6 Sweden 1.1 2024 up 10.0% rising
11 Norway 1 2024 unchanged flat
11 Romania 1 2024 up 25.0% rising
11 North Macedonia 1 2024 unchanged flat
11 Liechtenstein 1 2022 unchanged flat
11 Austria 1 2024 unchanged flat
11 Italy 1 2024 unchanged flat
11 Iceland 1 2023 up 11.1% rising
11 France 1 2024 unchanged flat
11 Cyprus 1 2024 unchanged flat
20 Estonia 0.9 2024 down 18.2% flat
20 Slovak Republic 0.9 2024 unchanged flat
22 Slovenia 0.8 2024 up 60.0% rising
22 Czechia 0.8 2024 up 14.3% rising
22 Bulgaria 0.8 2024 unchanged rising
25 Lithuania 0.7 2024 unchanged flat
25 Portugal 0.7 2024 up 75.0% rising
25 Belgium 0.7 2024 up 75.0% rising
28 Hungary 0.6 2024 unchanged flat
29 Netherlands 0.5 2024 down 16.7% flat
29 Germany 0.5 2024 down 28.6% falling

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Indicator
Average number of foreign languages studied per pupil by education level
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
33 places, 395 data points, 2012–2024
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