Country scorecard
Peru
South America · 34M people
ALPS
1.19
languages per person
#171 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
8%
globally connected
Largely monolingual — the average person here speaks 1.2 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Peru is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala98%
- 🇧🇴 Bolivia98%
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador98%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Spanish99%
- Quechua13%
- English5%
- Aymara2%
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