Country scorecard
South Korea
Asia · 51.7M people
ALPS
1.20
languages per person
#169 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
5%
globally connected
Moderately multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.2 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from South Korea is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica18%
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas18%
- 🇧🇧 Barbados18%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Korean99%
- English18%
- Japanese3%
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The countries sitting next to South Korea in the world multilingualism ranking.
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