Global ranking:
#4

Germany

EF EPI score:615
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Global average score:488

Scores by skill

Reading score: 623
Listening score:609
Writing score:564
Speaking score:521
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Proficiency Trends

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Age Trends

  • 18-20 yrs
  • 21-25 yrs
  • 26-30 yrs
  • 31-40 yrs
  • 41+ yrs

Scores by job function

Accounting & Finance:604
Admin & Clerical:629
Customer Service:589
Human Resources:574
IT:646
Legal:622
Marketing:621
Operations:625
R&D:682
Sales:627
Strategy & Project Management:700
Student:655
Teacher:648
Technicians & Maintenance:623
Unspecified / unemployed:580

Geographic Scores

Regions

  • Bavaria624
  • North Rhine-Westphalia621
  • Baden-Württemberg613
  • Rhineland-Palatinate613
  • Saxony613
  • Bremen610
  • Saarland605
  • Lower Saxony604
  • Hesse604
  • Thuringia603
  • Brandenburg598
  • Saxony Anhalt597
  • Schleswig-Holstein595
  • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern585

Cities

  • Karlsruhe673
  • Aachen672
  • Bonn662
  • Cologne649
  • Münster646
  • Heidelberg645
  • Stuttgart642
  • Munich641
  • Braunschweig639
  • Mainz634
  • Leipzig631
  • Hanover630
  • Dresden628
  • Düsseldorf625
  • Berlin625
  • Dortmund624
  • Frankfurt624
  • Hamburg622
  • Essen620
  • Nuremberg618
  • Bremen613
  • Mannheim602

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