Portugal is the 7th country where best English is spoken and Porto is the ‘leading’ city
Dand according to the report EF English Proficiency Index, Portugal is the seventh country in the world with the best English proficiency This study analyzes data from two million non-native English speakers in 112 countries and regions.
The results of the Portuguese competitions were this year better than the results of Sweden (8th), Finland (9th) and Croatia (10th). Even, for the first time, the Scandinavian countries claim to dominate as the first positions in this study.
The ranking is led for the second consecutive year by the Netherlands (1st), followed by Austria (2nd), Denmark (3rd), Singapore (4th), Norway (5th) and Belgium (6th). Portugal arrives later.
the Portuguese succeeded 625 points and this is the best result ever for Portugal in this ranking, after two years ago having entered for the first time in the strict group of countries with “high proficiency“In English.
And among the countries of southern Europe, they continue to be the best-speakers of English, leaving behind Greece (19th), France (30th), Spain (33rd) and Italy (35th).
According to the same study, it is also known that the Porto is, for the third consecutive year, the Portuguese city where the best English is spoken, followed by Coimbra (2nd) and Lisbon (3rd).
For the first time, the study also reveals that, worldwide, men speak better english than women. This trend was driven by increasing proficiency among men. All regions of the globe except Asia are on the same trend: Women’s English stabilizes as men’s English improves. Africa is the only region where women are still at the forefront, but there too the gap is closing.
In Portugal, and as had been registered since 2019, men managed to obtain a better classification than women. Still, they also reach a level this year “very high“Of English. A value higher than that achieved last year and well above the average for men around the world.
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