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Japan’s English proficiency ranking dropped to 92nd out of 116 countries, the lowest ever recorded.

The decline is attributed to stagnant English proficiency among young people, particularly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Netherlands ranked first, followed by European countries, while the Philippines and Malaysia ranked 22nd and 26th, respectively.

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[–] Rune_Walsh@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's still higher than the United States.

[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Funny. Joking aside, I don't think England, Ireland, the US, and Canada were tested.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And, to be fair, there are millions of U.S. citizens who speak English as a second language.

About 1 in 10 according to the U.S. census do not speak English at home.

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/12/languages-we-speak-in-united-states.html

Spanish is first, Chinese a distant second. I am guessing there are also plenty of indigenous people, especially in Alaska considering its isolation, who primarily speak native languages at home.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago
[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's interesting.

Makes sense that America does not have a national language. I'm pretty sure you can ask for any federal form in Spanish.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

In California, you can ask for state forms in a huge number of languages. I was really surprised at the number when I went to get my California driver's license after I moved.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

A friend of mine went to "the states" a year, somewhere in the early nineties and she was accused of cheating because she came in top tier on the english test ...

We were n°1 back then though, sweden has really lost it, plummeting off the podium to fourth place smh 😔