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EF English Proficiency Index

World map
World map representing different levels of English proficiency in the world in 2023:[1]
  •   600 and above (Very high)
  •   599 – 575 (High)
  •   574 – 550 (High)
  •   549 – 525 (Moderate)
  •   524 – 500 (Moderate)
  •   499 – 475 (Low)
  •   474 – 450 (Low)
  •   449 – 425 (Very low)
  •   424 – 400 (Very low)
  •   below 400 (Very low)
  •   No data or English is official or de-facto national language

The EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) attempts to rank countries by the equity of English language skills amongst those adults who took the EF test.[2] It is the product of EF Education First, an international education company, and draws its conclusions from data collected via English tests available for free over the internet.[3][4] The index is an online survey first published in 2011[5] based on test data from 1.7 million test takers.[6] The most recent edition was released in November 2023.[7][8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference EF EPI Ranking was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ English: Who speaks English? Archived 2 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. The Economist. Retrieved on 2011-05-29.
  3. ^ Study Offers Snapshot of Global English-Language-Learner Trends Archived 16 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Education Week. Retrieved on 2017-01-17.
  4. ^ The EF SET powers the EF EPI Archived 24 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. EF SET. Retrieved on 2017-10-05.
  5. ^ The EF EPI Archived 30 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine. ef.com. Retrieved on 2017-10-05.
  6. ^ Low English Levels Can Hurt Countries' Progress Archived 17 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine. New York Times. Retrieved on 2017-01-17.
  7. ^ "EF English Proficiency Index" (PDF). ef.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  8. ^ Women and managers are better at speaking English, study on proficiency finds Archived 16 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Business Insider. Retrieved on 2018-11-09

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