Country scorecard
Ethiopia
Africa · 126M people
ALPS
1.69
languages per person
#64 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
5%
globally connected
Multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.7 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Ethiopia is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica14%
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas14%
- 🇧🇧 Barbados14%
- 🇬🇩 Grenada14%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Amharic99%
- Oromo50%
- English14%
- Tigrinya6%
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