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EF EPI EF English Proficiency Index www.ef.com/epi 2014 www.ef.edu/epi

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04 06 08 10 14 18 22 26 30 32 34 36 37 38 40 42 A: 43 B: 44 C: 46 D: 3

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The EF EPI fourth edition ranks 63 countries and territories by adult English proficiency. 6 www.ef.com/epi

01 69.30 02 68.99 03 67.80 04 64.40 05 64.33 06 64.26 07 63.21 08 61.39 09 61.21 10 60.89 11 60.60 12 59.73 13 59.58 14 59.43 15 59.02 16 58.63 17 58.55 18 58.29 19 57.42 20 57.18 21 56.83 22 55.96 23 53.66 24 53.62 25 53.54 26 52.88 27 52.80 28 52.74 29 52.69 30 52.56 31 52.50 32 51.80 33 51.57 34 51.46 35 51.05 36 50.44 37 50.15 38 49.96 39 49.83 40 49.61 41 48.75 42 48.54 43 48.53 44 48.50 45 47.82 46 47.81 47 47.80 48 47.79 49 46.37 50 46.12 51 45.77 52 43.70 53 43.46 54 42.97 55 42.43 56 42.13 57 41.83 58 41.80 59 39.48 60 38.51 61 38.25 62 38.19 63 38.02 8 www.ef.com/epi

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50.44 EF EPI #25 #36 #37 #38 49.96 53.54 50.15 +6.19 +4.65 +2.69 +2.53 12

60 56 52 48 44 40 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-55 55 + 53.53 52.24 50.75 49.56 13

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+11.23 +6.19 +7.25 +7.96 +8.38-5.10-1.94-1.29-0.57 +0.93 +2.53 +3.63 +4.19 16

60 56 52 48 44 40 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-55 55 + 53.53 51.58 50.75 50.67 17

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+4.63 +3.98 +6.11 +2.72 +3.15-0.47-4.76 +0.41 +4.25 +7.75 +3.75 +1.06 +9.64 +3.21 +5.32 +8.17 +1.54 +3.69-4.59 +10.14 +1.77-4.16 20

60 56 52 48 44 40 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-55 55 + 57.83 55.55 53.53 50.75 21

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+8.75-4.19 +3.81-2.02-1.65-0.62 +0.08 +1.69 +2.69 +4.12 +5.53 +5.77 +6.51 +6.75 24

60 56 52 48 44 40 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-55 55 + 53.53 50.75 48.75 47.41 25

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+6.27-11.09-8.62-8.57-6.97-5.21-4.34-3.79-0.98-0.14 +1.38 28

55 51 47 43 39 35 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-55 55 + 53.53 50.75 44.76 41.62 29

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$80,000 $60,000 $40,000 $20,000 $0 R=0.64 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 31

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R=0.63 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 33

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1 0.875 0.75 0.625 0.5 R=0.67 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 R=0.73 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 35

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100 75 50 25 0 R=0.70 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 37

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47.13* 38.51-8.62 53.49 59.02 +5.53 58.58 63.21 +4.63 57.23 61.21 +3.98 47.27 49.96 +2.69 38.25 new 44.63 48.75 +4.12 47.62 50.15 +2.53 42.77 48.54 +5.77 49.15 48.53-0.62 51.31 57.42 +6.11 66.58 69.30 +2.72 44.91 53.66 +8.75 44.54 51.05 +6.51 45.92* 42.13-3.79 47.65 43.46-4.19 65.55 # 61.39-4.16 61.25 64.40 +3.15 53.16 52.69-0.47 56.64 60.89 +4.25 47.80 45.77-2.03 54.44 52.50-1.94 50.80 58.55 +7.75 47.35 53.54 +6.19 44.78 52.74 +7.96 52.92* 41.83-11.09 38.16 # 38.02-0.14 49.05 52.80 +3.75 54.17 52.88-1.29 46.44 # 47.82 +1.38 31.74 42.97 +11.23 47.01* 41.80-5.21 44 www.ef.com/epi

C 57.66 # 59.43 +1.77 42.53* 38.19-4.34 55.54 59.73 +4.19 51.48 49.83-1.65 49.40* 42.43-6.97 67.93 68.99 +1.06 69.09 64.33-4.76 43.62 43.70 +0.08 44.71 51.46 +6.75 54.62 64.26 +9.64 53.62 56.83 +3.21 48.79* 47.81-0.98 58.63 new 45.79 50.44 +4.65 48.05 39.48-8.57 58.65* 59.58 +0.93 50.64 55.96 +5.32 60.19 # 60.60 +0.41 54.19 53.62-0.57 49.01 57.18 +8.17 51.47 # 46.37-5.10 66.26 67.80 +1.54 54.60 58.29 +3.69 48.93 52.56 +3.63 39.41 47.79 +8.38 37.66 47.80 +10.14 53.09 # 48.50-4.59 45.53* 51.80 +6.27 53.42* 49.61-3.81 44.43 46.12 +1.69 44.32 51.57 +7.25 45

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