Country scorecard
Maldives
Asia · 520K people
ALPS
1.29
languages per person
#159 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
7%
globally connected
Moderately multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.3 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Maldives is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica30%
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas30%
- 🇧🇧 Barbados30%
- 🇬🇩 Grenada30%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Dhivehi99%
- English30%
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