Japan ranks 92nd in English proficiency, lowest ever: survey
Japan ranks 92nd in English proficiency, lowest ever: survey
TOKYO -- Japan ranked a record low 92nd in the 2024 English proficiency ranking of 116 countries and regions where English is not the native language,
Summary
Japan’s English proficiency ranking dropped to 92nd out of 116 countries, the lowest ever recorded.
The decline is attributed to stagnant English proficiency among young people, particularly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Netherlands ranked first, followed by European countries, while the Philippines and Malaysia ranked 22nd and 26th, respectively.
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It's still higher than the United States.
Funny. Joking aside, I don't think England, Ireland, the US, and Canada were tested.
A friend of mine went to "the states" a year, somewhere in the early nineties and she was accused of cheating because she came in top tier on the english test ...
We were n°1 back then though, sweden has really lost it, plummeting off the podium to fourth place smh 😔
And, to be fair, there are millions of U.S. citizens who speak English as a second language.
About 1 in 10 according to the U.S. census do not speak English at home.
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/12/languages-we-speak-in-united-states.html
Spanish is first, Chinese a distant second. I am guessing there are also plenty of indigenous people, especially in Alaska considering its isolation, who primarily speak native languages at home.
In Canada too
That's interesting.
Makes sense that America does not have a national language. I'm pretty sure you can ask for any federal form in Spanish.
In California, you can ask for state forms in a huge number of languages. I was really surprised at the number when I went to get my California driver's license after I moved.