Country scorecard
Djibouti
Africa · 1.1M people
ALPS
2.19
languages per person
#12 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
11%
globally connected
Strongly multilingual — the average person here speaks 2.2 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Djibouti is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇹🇩 Chad99%
- 🇾🇹 Mayotte98%
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon98%
- 🇲🇨 Monaco98%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- French99%
- Somali60%
- Standard Arabic50%
- English10%
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The countries sitting next to Djibouti in the world multilingualism ranking.
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