Country scorecard

Every country we index, ranked.

The countries in the active research dataset, ranked by ALPS — the average number of languages a person speaks. Open any country for its full scorecard.

Rank	Country	ALPS	Global GLCI	Profile
1	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2.84	22%	Highly multilingual
2	🇸🇰 Slovakia	2.49	11%	Highly multilingual
3	🇸🇮 Slovenia	2.44	11%	Highly multilingual
4	🇧🇪 Belgium	2.41	18%	Highly multilingual
5	🇨🇭 Switzerland	2.41	18%	Highly multilingual
6	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	2.41	17%	Highly multilingual
7	🇮🇸 Iceland	2.34	19%	Strongly multilingual
8	🇨🇿 Czechia	2.31	11%	Strongly multilingual
9	🇦🇩 Andorra	2.27	12%	Strongly multilingual
10	🇫🇮 Finland	2.26	14%	Strongly multilingual
11	🇮🇱 Israel	2.26	17%	Strongly multilingual
12	🇩🇯 Djibouti	2.19	11%	Strongly multilingual
13	🇩🇰 Denmark	2.19	20%	Strongly multilingual
14	🇩🇿 Algeria	2.14	11%	Strongly multilingual
15	🇪🇪 Estonia	2.14	12%	Strongly multilingual
16	🇱🇹 Lithuania	2.14	12%	Strongly multilingual
17	🇦🇼 Aruba	2.09	14%	Strongly multilingual
18	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.09	7%	Strongly multilingual
19	🇧🇹 Bhutan	2.09	14%	Strongly multilingual
20	🇲🇦 Morocco	2.09	11%	Strongly multilingual
21	🇲🇹 Malta	2.09	12%	Strongly multilingual
22	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	2.09	6%	Strongly multilingual
23	🇸🇪 Sweden	2.04	20%	Strongly multilingual
24	🇳🇴 Norway	2.02	19%	Strongly multilingual
25	🇦🇽 Åland Islands	2.01	14%	Strongly multilingual
26	🇦🇲 Armenia	1.99	9%	Strongly multilingual
27	🇨🇼 Curaçao	1.99	11%	Strongly multilingual
28	🇱🇻 Latvia	1.99	12%	Strongly multilingual
29	🇸🇳 Senegal	1.99	9%	Strongly multilingual
30	🇸🇬 Singapore	1.97	31%	Strongly multilingual
31	🇿🇦 South Africa	1.97	5%	Strongly multilingual
32	🇨🇩 DR Congo	1.94	9%	Strongly multilingual
33	🇨🇾 Cyprus	1.94	11%	Strongly multilingual
34	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	1.94	19%	Strongly multilingual
35	🇭🇷 Croatia	1.88	11%	Multilingual
36	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1.87	5%	Multilingual
37	🇲🇴 Macau	1.84	16%	Multilingual
38	🇫🇯 Fiji	1.84	28%	Multilingual
39	🇽🇰 Kosovo	1.82	4%	Multilingual
40	🇦🇹 Austria	1.81	16%	Multilingual
41	🇩🇪 Germany	1.81	16%	Multilingual
42	🇨🇬 Congo	1.79	9%	Multilingual
43	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	1.79	7%	Multilingual
44	🇲🇺 Mauritius	1.79	10%	Multilingual
45	🇳🇪 Niger	1.79	8%	Multilingual
46	🇸🇽 Sint Maarten	1.79	13%	Multilingual
47	🇸🇨 Seychelles	1.79	13%	Multilingual
48	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	1.79	13%	Multilingual
49	🇪🇸 Spain	1.76	11%	Multilingual
50	🇦🇱 Albania	1.74	7%	Multilingual
51	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	1.74	20%	Multilingual
52	🇧🇮 Burundi	1.74	5%	Multilingual
53	🇪🇭 Western Sahara	1.74	8%	Multilingual
54	🇲🇨 Monaco	1.74	17%	Multilingual
55	🇲🇱 Mali	1.74	8%	Multilingual
56	🇵🇱 Poland	1.74	8%	Multilingual
57	🇶🇦 Qatar	1.74	20%	Multilingual
58	🇷🇼 Rwanda	1.74	8%	Multilingual
59	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1.73	9%	Multilingual
60	🇲🇩 Moldova	1.72	6%	Multilingual
61	🇬🇲 Gambia	1.69	23%	Multilingual
62	🇧🇭 Bahrain	1.69	20%	Multilingual
63	🇪🇷 Eritrea	1.69	7%	Multilingual
64	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1.69	5%	Multilingual
65	🇱🇧 Lebanon	1.69	14%	Multilingual
66	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1.67	5%	Multilingual
67	🇷🇪 Réunion	1.67	11%	Multilingual
68	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1.65	23%	Multilingual
69	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1.64	8%	Multilingual
70	🇹🇳 Tunisia	1.64	11%	Multilingual
71	🇨🇲 Cameroon	1.64	18%	Multilingual
72	🇵🇹 Portugal	1.64	13%	Multilingual
73	🇪🇬 Egypt	1.63	7%	Multilingual
74	🇬🇪 Georgia	1.62	6%	Multilingual
75	🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	1.61	14%	Multilingual
76	🇮🇪 Ireland	1.61	23%	Multilingual
77	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	1.61	15%	Multilingual
78	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	1.59	4%	Multilingual
79	🇧🇾 Belarus	1.59	5%	Multilingual
80	🇬🇵 Guadeloupe	1.59	9%	Multilingual
81	🇬🇫 French Guiana	1.59	9%	Multilingual
82	🇮🇶 Iraq	1.59	8%	Multilingual
83	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	1.59	4%	Multilingual
84	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	1.59	3%	Multilingual
85	🇲🇬 Madagascar	1.59	6%	Multilingual
86	🇲🇷 Mauritania	1.59	9%	Multilingual
87	🇲🇶 Martinique	1.59	9%	Multilingual
88	🇳🇵 Nepal	1.59	13%	Multilingual
89	🇧🇳 Brunei	1.59	14%	Multilingual
90	🇵🇭 Philippines	1.59	14%	Multilingual
91	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	1.54	2%	Multilingual
92	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	1.54	8%	Multilingual
93	🇰🇲 Comoros	1.54	9%	Multilingual
94	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	1.54	11%	Multilingual
95	🇭🇹 Haiti	1.54	5%	Multilingual
96	🇭🇺 Hungary	1.54	7%	Multilingual
97	🇰🇼 Kuwait	1.54	16%	Multilingual
98	🇲🇾 Malaysia	1.54	11%	Multilingual
99	🇵🇾 Paraguay	1.54	8%	Multilingual
100	🇸🇴 Somalia	1.54	4%	Multilingual
101	🇹🇩 Chad	1.54	10%	Multilingual
102	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	1.54	3%	Multilingual
103	🇬🇷 Greece	1.53	11%	Multilingual
104	🇷🇴 Romania	1.53	8%	Multilingual
105	🇨🇦 Canada	1.52	26%	Multilingual
106	🇵🇫 French Polynesia	1.51	7%	Multilingual
107	🇧🇴 Bolivia	1.50	8%	Multilingual
108	🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna	1.49	9%	Moderately multilingual
109	🇦🇸 American Samoa	1.49	11%	Moderately multilingual
110	🇧🇿 Belize	1.49	25%	Moderately multilingual
111	🇧🇼 Botswana	1.49	11%	Moderately multilingual
112	🇨🇰 Cook Islands	1.49	22%	Moderately multilingual
113	🇩🇲 Dominica	1.49	25%	Moderately multilingual
114	🇫🇲 Micronesia	1.49	22%	Moderately multilingual
115	🇬🇮 Gibraltar	1.49	25%	Moderately multilingual
116	🇰🇪 Kenya	1.49	13%	Moderately multilingual
117	🇰🇮 Kiribati	1.49	11%	Moderately multilingual
118	🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	1.49	25%	Moderately multilingual
119	🇱🇸 Lesotho	1.49	11%	Moderately multilingual
120	🇲🇫 Saint Martin	1.49	18%	Moderately multilingual
121	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	1.49	11%	Moderately multilingual
122	🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands	1.49	22%	Moderately multilingual
123	🇲🇼 Malawi	1.49	12%	Moderately multilingual
124	🇳🇺 Niue	1.49	11%	Moderately multilingual
125	🇳🇷 Nauru	1.49	11%	Moderately multilingual
126	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1.49	22%	Moderately multilingual
127	🇴🇲 Oman	1.49	15%	Moderately multilingual
128	🇵🇼 Palau	1.49	11%	Moderately multilingual
129	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	1.49	11%	Moderately multilingual
130	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1.49	18%	Moderately multilingual
131	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	1.49	3%	Moderately multilingual
132	🇹🇴 Tonga	1.49	11%	Moderately multilingual
133	🇹🇻 Tuvalu	1.49	11%	Moderately multilingual
134	🇺🇬 Uganda	1.49	23%	Moderately multilingual
135	🇼🇸 Samoa	1.49	11%	Moderately multilingual
136	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1.49	22%	Moderately multilingual
137	🇫🇷 France	1.48	14%	Moderately multilingual
138	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1.47	6%	Moderately multilingual
139	🇬🇳 Guinea	1.44	8%	Moderately multilingual
140	🇬🇹 Guatemala	1.44	8%	Moderately multilingual
141	🇮🇹 Italy	1.44	7%	Moderately multilingual
142	🇱🇦 Laos	1.44	2%	Moderately multilingual
143	🇹🇬 Togo	1.44	8%	Moderately multilingual
144	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	1.44	3%	Moderately multilingual
145	🇻🇦 Vatican City	1.44	11%	Moderately multilingual
146	🇮🇳 India	1.43	21%	Moderately multilingual
147	🇷🇸 Serbia	1.41	7%	Moderately multilingual
148	🇬🇭 Ghana	1.39	22%	Moderately multilingual
149	🇾🇹 Mayotte	1.39	10%	Moderately multilingual
150	🇳🇦 Namibia	1.39	23%	Moderately multilingual
151	🇸🇷 Suriname	1.39	9%	Moderately multilingual
152	🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire	1.37	11%	Moderately multilingual
153	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	1.34	8%	Moderately multilingual
154	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	1.34	5%	Moderately multilingual
155	🇲🇳 Mongolia	1.34	3%	Moderately multilingual
156	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	1.34	13%	Moderately multilingual
157	🇸🇸 South Sudan	1.34	24%	Moderately multilingual
158	🇬🇱 Greenland	1.29	7%	Moderately multilingual
159	🇲🇻 Maldives	1.29	7%	Moderately multilingual
160	🇲🇪 Montenegro	1.29	7%	Moderately multilingual
161	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	1.29	23%	Moderately multilingual
162	🇸🇲 San Marino	1.29	8%	Moderately multilingual
163	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1.29	9%	Moderately multilingual
164	🇿🇲 Zambia	1.29	23%	Moderately multilingual
165	🇦🇴 Angola	1.24	5%	Moderately multilingual
166	🇧🇯 Benin	1.24	8%	Moderately multilingual
167	🇬🇺 Guam	1.24	23%	Moderately multilingual
168	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1.20	23%	Moderately multilingual
169	🇰🇷 South Korea	1.20	5%	Moderately multilingual
170	🇸🇾 Syria	1.19	8%	Largely monolingual
171	🇵🇪 Peru	1.19	8%	Largely monolingual
172	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1.19	22%	Largely monolingual
173	🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy	1.17	11%	Largely monolingual
174	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1.17	11%	Largely monolingual
175	🇬🇦 Gabon	1.17	11%	Largely monolingual
176	🇯🇴 Jordan	1.17	9%	Largely monolingual
177	🇳🇨 New Caledonia	1.17	11%	Largely monolingual
178	🇵🇦 Panama	1.17	11%	Largely monolingual
179	🇵🇸 Palestine	1.17	9%	Largely monolingual
180	🇺🇸 United States	1.16	24%	Largely monolingual
181	🇦🇷 Argentina	1.15	9%	Largely monolingual
182	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	1.15	7%	Largely monolingual
183	🇮🇷 Iran	1.15	4%	Largely monolingual
184	🇯🇪 Jersey	1.14	23%	Largely monolingual
185	🇱🇾 Libya	1.14	9%	Largely monolingual
186	🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands	1.14	23%	Largely monolingual
187	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1.12	8%	Largely monolingual
188	🇲🇽 Mexico	1.12	10%	Largely monolingual
189	🇹🇷 Türkiye	1.12	4%	Largely monolingual
190	🇬🇬 Guernsey	1.11	23%	Largely monolingual
191	🇸🇩 Sudan	1.11	8%	Largely monolingual
192	🇧🇷 Brazil	1.10	5%	Largely monolingual
193	🇷🇺 Russia	1.10	6%	Largely monolingual
194	🇨🇱 Chile	1.09	9%	Largely monolingual
195	🇨🇳 China	1.09	19%	Largely monolingual
196	🇨🇻 Cabo Verde	1.09	6%	Largely monolingual
197	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	1.09	9%	Largely monolingual
198	🇯🇵 Japan	1.09	4%	Largely monolingual
199	🇰🇭 Cambodia	1.09	3%	Largely monolingual
200	🇹🇭 Thailand	1.09	3%	Largely monolingual
201	🇺🇾 Uruguay	1.09	9%	Largely monolingual
202	🇻🇳 Vietnam	1.09	4%	Largely monolingual
203	🇨🇴 Colombia	1.04	8%	Largely monolingual
204	🇨🇺 Cuba	1.04	8%	Largely monolingual
205	🇭🇳 Honduras	1.04	8%	Largely monolingual
206	🇲🇲 Myanmar	1.04	2%	Largely monolingual
207	🇲🇿 Mozambique	1.04	5%	Largely monolingual
208	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	1.04	8%	Largely monolingual
209	🇸🇻 El Salvador	1.04	8%	Largely monolingual
210	🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe	1.04	5%	Largely monolingual
211	🇻🇪 Venezuela	1.04	8%	Largely monolingual
212	🇾🇪 Yemen	1.04	6%	Largely monolingual
213	🇦🇺 Australia	1.02	23%	Largely monolingual
214	🇰🇵 North Korea	1.01	1%	Largely monolingual
215	🇦🇮 Anguilla	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
216	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
217	🇧🇸 Bahamas	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
218	🇧🇲 Bermuda	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
219	🇧🇧 Barbados	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
220	🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
221	🇫🇰 Falkland Islands	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
222	🇬🇩 Grenada	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
223	🇬🇾 Guyana	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
224	🇮🇲 Isle of Man	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
225	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
226	🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
227	🇱🇷 Liberia	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
228	🇲🇸 Montserrat	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
229	🇸🇭 Saint Helena	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
230	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
231	🇸🇿 Eswatini	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
232	🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
233	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
234	🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual
235	🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands	1.00	23%	Largely monolingual

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