Country scorecard
Singapore
Asia · 5.9M people
ALPS
1.97
languages per person
#30 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
31%
globally connected
Strongly multilingual — the average person here speaks 2.0 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Singapore is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica99%
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas99%
- 🇧🇧 Barbados99%
- 🇬🇩 Grenada99%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- English99%
- Mandarin Chinese50%
- Malay30%
- Tamil18%
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The countries sitting next to Singapore in the world multilingualism ranking.
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