Country scorecard
Netherlands
Europe · 17.7M people
ALPS
2.84
languages per person
#1 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
22%
globally connected
Highly multilingual — the average person here speaks 2.8 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Netherlands is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇧🇪 Belgium99%
- 🇸🇷 Suriname99%
- 🇩🇪 Germany87%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Dutch99%
- English85%
- German71%
- French29%
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