Country scorecard
Madagascar
Africa · 30.3M people
ALPS
1.59
languages per person
#85 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
6%
globally connected
Multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.6 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Madagascar is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon52%
- 🇲🇨 Monaco52%
- 🇫🇷 France51%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Malagasy99%
- French50%
- English10%
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