2024 Edition
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#6 Portugal of 116 countries/regions
Proficiency: Very high
Position in Europe: 5 of 35
This year's number 1
#1 Netherlands of 116 countries/regions
Proficiency: Very high
Position in Europe: 1 of 35
EF EPI 2024
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Global Ranking of Countries and Regions 2024
- 10Germany(598)
- 11South Africa(594)
- 12Romania(593)
- 13Belgium(592)
- 14Finland(590)
- 15Poland(588)
- 16Bulgaria(586)
- 17Hungary(585)
- 18Slovakia(584)
- 19Kenya(581)
- 20Estonia(578)
- 21Luxembourg(576)
- 22Philippines(570)
- 23Lithuania(569)
- 24Serbia(568)
- 25Czech Republic(567)
- 26Malaysia(566)
- 27Suriname(563)
- 28Argentina(562)
- 29Cyprus(558)
- 30Nigeria(557)
- 31Switzerland(550)
- 32Hong Kong, China(549)
- 33Honduras(545)
- 34Georgia(543)
- 35Belarus(539)
- 36Spain(538)
- 36Uruguay(538)
- 38Armenia(537)
- 39Moldova(536)
- 40Ukraine(535)
- 41Costa Rica(534)
- 41Ghana(534)
- 43Albania(533)
- 44Russia(532)
- 45Paraguay(531)
- 46Italy(528)
- 47Bolivia(525)
- 47Chile(525)
- 49France(524)
- 50South Korea(523)
- 51Israel(522)
- 52Cuba(520)
- 53Peru(519)
- 54Uganda(518)
- 55El Salvador(513)
- 62Iran(499)
- 63Ethiopia(498)
- 63Vietnam(498)
- 65Türkiye(497)
- 66Tunisia(496)
- 67Pakistan(493)
- 68Lebanon(492)
- 69India(490)
- 70U.A.E.(489)
- 71Panama(488)
- 72Tanzania(487)
- 73Sri Lanka(486)
- 74Colombia(485)
- 75Qatar(480)
- 76Morocco(479)
- 77Syria(473)
- 78Algeria(471)
- 79Mozambique(469)
- 80Indonesia(468)
- 81Brazil(466)
- 82Ecuador(465)
- 82Egypt(465)
- 84Mongolia(464)
- 85Madagascar(463)
- 93Myanmar(449)
- 94Palestine(448)
- 95Afghanistan(447)
- 95Malawi(447)
- 97Cameroon(445)
- 98Uzbekistan(439)
- 99Sudan(432)
- 99Haiti(432)
- 101Jordan(431)
- 102Senegal(429)
- 103Kazakhstan(427)
- 104Oman(421)
- 105Saudi Arabia(417)
- 106Thailand(415)
- 107Iraq(414)
- 108Benin(413)
- 109Tajikistan(412)
- 110Angola(409)
- 111Cambodia(408)
- 112Libya(405)
- 113Rwanda(401)
- 114Côte d'Ivoire(399)
- 114Somalia(399)
- 116Yemen(394)
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