Europe's Second Most Useful Foreign Languages

There are 23 officially recognised languages within the European Union while there are more than 60 indigenous regional and minority languages. 54 percent of Europeans are able to have a conversation in one additional language while 25 percent can converse in two.

While Europeans overwhelmingly consider English the most useful foreign language to learn, what comes second? Unsurprisingly, Russian is dominant in Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. German is very well represented, considered the most most useful second language by people in no fewer than eleven countries.

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This chart shows the second foreign language people consider the most useful for personal development.

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Share of students in lower secondary education in European Union member states learning a foreign language in 2022, by language
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Share of students in upper secondary education in European Union member states learning a foreign language in 2023, by language
Share of students in primary education in European Union member states learning a foreign language in 2024, by language
Share of citizens in European countries self-reporting that they speak a foreign language in 2022, by country
Percentage of students in secondary education learning a second foreign language in France at the beginning of the 2024 school year, by language learned
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Share of languages most useful and beneficial for work and professional development among Filipinos in 2020

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