Spanish Fluency Statistics

Statistic 1

"Approximately 460 million people in the world speak Spanish as their first language."

Statistic 2

"The United States is home to roughly 41 million native Spanish speakers"

Statistic 3

"74% of North American travelers want to learn Spanish fluently."

Statistic 4

"74.6% of students in US secondary schools are enrolled in Spanish-language courses."

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"About 13.4% of secondary school learners who learn Spanish reach an intermediate level of fluency."

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"There has been an 88% increase in children learning Spanish in primary schools in the UK since 2002."

Statistic 7

"19% of U.S employers require Spanish fluency."

Statistic 8

"46.6% of U.S adults claim to speak a language other than English at home, with Spanish being the most common."

Statistic 9

"Nearly 60% of Latino children in the US are not proficient in English when they start kindergarten, however, by the eighth grade, 78% of Latinos speak English fluently."

Statistic 10

"The demand for learning Spanish has grown by 34% worldwide from 2019 to 2020."

Statistic 11

"83% of Hispanic adults say that they are fluent in Spanish."

Statistic 12

"According to the British Council, Spanish is the first foreign language taught in primary schools in England."

Statistic 13

"Approximately 21 million students study Spanish as a foreign language."

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"By 2050, the U.S. will be the largest Spanish-speaking country, according to Instituto Cervantes."

Statistic 15

"The U.S has more Spanish speakers than Spain, making it the second largest Spanish speaking country after Mexico."

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"Duolingo has reported that Spanish is the language most studied on their platform worldwide."

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"In Canada, Spanish is the third most studied language after English and French."

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"As of 2018, Spanish fluency has tripled in Northern Ireland schools with nearly 10,000 students studying it at GCSE level."