Country scorecard
Iceland
Europe · 370K people
ALPS
2.34
languages per person
#7 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
19%
globally connected
Strongly multilingual — the average person here speaks 2.3 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Iceland is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇩🇰 Denmark86%
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica85%
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas85%
- 🇧🇧 Barbados85%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Icelandic99%
- English85%
- Danish50%
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