Country scorecard
Italy
Europe · 59M people
ALPS
1.44
languages per person
#141 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
7%
globally connected
Moderately multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.4 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Italy is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Italian99%
- English18%
- French16%
- Spanish11%
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The countries sitting next to Italy in the world multilingualism ranking.
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