Top 5 English-Speaking African Countries has been released.
NaijaOnPoint Nigeria reports that the 2023 English Proficiency Index (EPI), released by EF Education First, examined the English-speaking abilities of nations worldwide.
This Nigeria news platform understands that the assessment, based on data from 2.1 million adults across 113 countries, categorized countries into five proficiency levels: very high, high, moderate, low, and very low.
Out of the 113 countries surveyed, only 22 African countries participated in the study. South Africa emerged as the top English proficient country in Africa, ranking in the ‘Very high proficiency’ category at 9th place globally, alongside nations like the Netherlands and Singapore.
Following South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria secured positions in the ‘High proficiency’ category at 19th and 27th place, respectively. Ghana and Uganda ranked in the ‘Moderate proficiency’ category at 34th and 47th place, respectively.
See the table of top 5 English Proficient countries in Africa:
South Africa – Very high proficiency (Ranked 9th globally)
Kenya – High proficiency (Ranked 19th globally)
Nigeria – High proficiency (Ranked 27th globally)
Ghana – Moderate proficiency (Ranked 34th globally)
Uganda – Moderate proficiency (Ranked 47th globally)
Other African nations included in the English Proficiency Index (EPI) across various proficiency levels are:
Tunisia
Tanzania
Ethiopia
Morocco
Algeria
Madagascar
Egypt
Malawi
Cameroon
Senegal
Angola
Benin
Somalia
Côte d’Ivoire
Rwanda
Libya
Democratic Republic of Congo
NaijaOnPoint Nigeria reports that these countries have a range of English proficiency levels from ”moderate” to ”very low” proficiency, as indicated by the EF Education First index.