Country scorecard

Zambia

Africa · 20.6M people

ALPS

1.29

languages per person

#164 of 235 most multilingual

GLCI

23%

globally connected

Moderately multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.3 languages.

Most connected partners

Where a random person from Zambia is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.

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

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