Nigerians have been ranked lower and are third-best in English proficiency in Africa. Nigerians came behind South Africans and Kenyans who were rated first and second respectively
At the global level, South Africa was ranked 6th in the World. They were followed by Kenyans which ranked 18th in the World for very high proficiency in English.
Nigerians with 3rd place in African came 29th in the global index of English proficiency.
In terms of cities, Nairobi was ranked number one in Africa followed by Lagos- The ranking was based on English proficiency tests done by a sample of adults in countries that participated.
Nigerians are third-best in English language proficiency in Africa according to the latest report by a global private language tutor, Education First (EF). The country was ranked number 29 in the world with South Africa being ranked number six globally and best in the continent.
The English Proficiency Index (EPI) by the Switzerland-based company ranked Nigeria behind South Africa and Kenya.
African countries that appeared in the top 100 list included Ethiopia (63), Tunisia (65), Egypt (77), Cameroon (83), Sudan (87), Algeria (90), Ivory Coast (96) and Libya (100).
The top country in the world was the Netherlands followed by Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Singapore finishing the list of the top five. Nigeria had a high proficiency EF EPI score of 58.26 with the Netherlands leading with 70.27%.
