Country scorecard
Rwanda
Africa · 14M people
ALPS
1.74
languages per person
#58 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
8%
globally connected
Multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.7 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Rwanda is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇰🇪 Kenya39%
- 🇺🇬 Uganda36%
- 🇹🇿 Tanzania35%
- 🇨🇦 Canada32%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Kinyarwanda99%
- Swahili30%
- English25%
- French20%
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