Country scorecard
Norway
Europe · 5.5M people
ALPS
2.02
languages per person
#24 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
19%
globally connected
Strongly multilingual — the average person here speaks 2.0 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Norway is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica85%
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas85%
- 🇧🇧 Barbados85%
- 🇬🇩 Grenada85%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Norwegian99%
- English85%
- German18%
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