Share of students in upper secondary education in European Union member states learning a foreign language in 2023, by language

As of 2023, English was by far the most studied foreign language at the upper secondary level in European Union countries, with **** percent of all students studying the language. The number of English-learning students was greater than all other languages combined in 2023, with German, French, and Spanish being the next most studied languages in European secondary schools. Russian was the most-learned non-EU language in that year, with  ***  percent of students learning the eastern Slavic language.