foreign language learning in the eu
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Upper secondary education typically beginsat the end of full-time compulsory education.The entrance age to this level is typically 15 or16 years.
Data from 2014.
Only foreign languages studied as compulsorysubjects or as compulsory curriculum options areincluded. The study of languages when the subjectis o�ered in addition to the minimum curriculumis not included.
* Luxembourg: although the o�cial languagesin Luxembourg are French, German and Luxembourgish,for the purpose of education statistics, French and Germanare counted as foreign languages.
For detailed information,see: http://bit.ly/1z1YZKe.
FOREIGN LANGUAGELEARNING IN THE EU
Upper secondary education
How many students learn two or more foreign languages?(% of students in general upper secondary education)
2or more
foreignlanguages
51 %EU-28
LATVIA
PORTUGAL
SWEDEN
LITHUANIANORWAY
CROATIA
ESTONIA
HUNGARY
POLAND
BELGIUM
NETHERLANDS
CZECH REPUBLIC
FINLAND
SLOVENIA
SLOVAKIA
ITALY
BULGARIA
FRANCELIECHTENSTEIN
ROMANIA
SPAIN
MALTA
GREECE
DENMARK
GERMANYICELAND
EU-28
LUXEMBOURG 100 %*99 %99 %99 %99 %
97 %97 %
96 %94 %94 %
89 %81 %
80 %80 %
74 %70 %
69 %67 %66 %
64 %60 %
51 %48 %
46 %41 %
35 %
23 %26 %
7 %5 %
7 %
2 %UNITED KINGDOM
CYPRUS
IRELAND
AUSTRIA
EU MEMBER STATES
EFTA COUNTRIES
Which are the most studied foreign languages?(% of students in general upper secondary education)
English
English
Malta
Sweden
Finland
France
Croatia
94 %
100 %
EU-28
In which EU Member States arethese languages studied the most?(EU Member States with the highest share of general
upper secondary education students learningthe given language)
French
French
Luxembourg*
23 %
100 %Romania
85 %
60 %Ireland
19 %
France
72 %Sweden
40 %Denmark
20 %
Spanish
Spanish
Italian
Italian 3 %
Malta
42 %Croatia
24 %Cyprus
17 %
Luxembourg*
19 %
100 %Slovenia
63 %Croatia
62 %
German
German
Russian
Russian 3 %
Estonia
66 %Latvia
57 %Lithuania
33 %
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