Estonia is one of Europe's leaders in foreign language fluency

Estonia scored highly in a recent survey of linguistic skills across the European Union. Among the 29 countries surveyed (the EU 27 plus Croatia and Norway), Estonia placed 6th in the percentage of the population speaking two or more foreign languages, and 7th in the proportion of secondary students who study two or more foreign languages.

The percentage of Estonian adults speaking two or more foreign languages was 55.9%, which positioned Estonia above other acknowledged polyglot nations...