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.

What people speak

Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.

  • Dutch99%
  • English85%
  • German71%
  • French29%
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