Country scorecard
Eritrea
Africa · 3.7M people
ALPS
1.69
languages per person
#63 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
7%
globally connected
Multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.7 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Eritrea is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇶🇦 Qatar54%
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain54%
- 🇱🇧 Lebanon53%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Tigrinya99%
- Standard Arabic50%
- English20%
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