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Countries where over 90% of the population can speak English (i.redd.it)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

Sweden is one of the non-obvious countries (that being places that aren't like... UK, USA, Australia, etc) that I would have expected to be on this map. So that makes sense that that they're close, just not 90% or higher.

Although I've never been to Sweden, so admittedly my assumption wasn't based on anything.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    honestly it still feels a bit wrong that we don't reach 90%, even my grandma could understand and probably stammer out the odd sentence if she had to, and everyone is exposed to english all the time.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I could imagine immigrant communities being a factor as well. I think there's a wide range of English proficiency among people who are born abroad (at least that's my impression from speaking to people studying Swedish). Given that we have a bit more immigration than Norway, that could definitely be a deciding factor.

    (Maybe I'm just grasping at straws. Don't wanna be losing to Norway, right?)

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