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Portugal is the seventh country in the world with the best command of English, according to classification “English Proficiency Index EF”2020, which analyzed data from 2.2 million non-native English speakers in 100 countries and regions around the world. The country is behind Austria (6th position), Norway (5th), Sweden (4th), Finland (3rd), Denmark (2nd) and the Netherlands, which lead this year’s table.
After last year Portugal entered the group of countries with “high proficiency” in English for the first time, this turned out to be the best record in history classification prepared by the international education company.
In terms of cities, Porto is, for the second year in a row, the Portuguese city where English is best spoken, followed by Coimbra (2nd), Braga (3rd) and Lisbon (4th), according to the index based on the results. EF SET test (EF Standard English).
“Although 2020 has been a challenging year, circumstances have also highlighted the importance of clear communication and cross-border cooperation. English as a global lingua franca continues to bring people together, ”says Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs for Education First, Christopher McCormick.
There are even gender and age differences. In Portugal, men managed to obtain a better grade than women, despite the fact that this year women had a “very high” level of English (61.3 points), higher than the average for men worldwide (49, 8 points). And young Portuguese between 21 and 25 years old continue to have the best marks in this assessment.
However, organizations continue to “fight” to retain national talent. “Despite the high correlation between English proficiency and the global talent competitiveness index, a report that assesses a country’s ability to attract, develop and retain skilled workers, Portugal and South Africa are out of date. The two countries, despite having a high command of English and unlike the rest of the group that leads this classificationThey are below the correlation line in terms of the ability to attract and retain qualified workers, ”says the company.
EF English Proficiency Index 2020
- 1 Holland
- 2 Denmark
- 3 Finland
- 4 Sweden
- 5 Norway
- 6 Austria
- 7 Portugal
- 8 Germany
- 9 Belgium
- 10 Singapore
- 11 Luxembourg
- 12 South Africa
- 13 Croatia
- 14 Hungary
- 15 Serbia
- 16 Poland
- 17 Romania
- 18 Switzerland
- 19 Czech Republic
- 20 Bulgaria
- 21 Greece
- 22 Kenya
- 22 Slovakia
- 24 Lithuania
- 25 Argentina
- 25 Estonia
- 27 Philippines
- 28 France
- 29 Latvia
- 30 Italy
- 30 Malaysia
- 32 South Korea
- 33 Hong Kong, China
- 34 Nigeria
- 34 Spain
- 36 Costa Rica
- 37 Chile
- 38 China
- 39 Paraguay
- 40 Belarus
- 41 Cuba
- 41 Russia
- 43 Albania
- 44 Ukraine
- 45 Macau, China
- 46 Bolivia
- 47 Georgia
- 48 Dominican Republic
- 49 Honduras
- 50 India
- 51 Armenia
- 51 Uruguay
- 53 Brazil
- 54 Tunisia
- 55 Japan
- 56 El Salvador
- 56 Iran
- 56 Panama
- 59 Peru
- 60 Nepal
- 61 Pakistan
- 62 Ethiopia
- 63 Bangladesh
- 63 Guatemala
- 65 Vietnam
- 66 United Arab Emirates
- 67 Venezuela
- 68 Sri Lanka
- 69 Turkey
- 70 Kuwait
- 71 Qatar
- 72 Jordan
- 73 Nicaragua
- 74 Bahrain
- 74 Indonesia
- 74 Morocco
- 77 Colombia
- 78 Mongolia
- 79 Mongolia
- 80 Angola
- 81 Mongolia
- 82 Mexico
- 83 Egypt
- 84 Cambodia
- 85 Sudan
- 86 Azerbaijan
- 87 Syria
- 88 Uzbekistan
- 89 Cameroon
- 89 Thailand
- 91 Ivory Coast
- 92 Kazakhstan
- 93 Ecuador
- 93 Myanmar
- 95 Rwanda
- 96 Kyrgyzstan
- 97 Saudi Arabia
- 98 Oman
- 99 Iraq
- 100 Tajikistan
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