Source: Eurobarometer, Eurostats
Percentage of population able to hold a conversation in English Europe
Percentage of population able to hold a conversation in French in Europe
| Country | Percentage of French speaking population |
| Luxembourg | 96% |
| France | >90% |
| Belgium | 86% |
| Netherlands | 29% |
| United Kingdom | 19% |
| Ireland | 17% |
| Romania | 17% |
| Italy | 16% |
| Portugal | 15% |
| Germany | 14% |
| Austria | 11% |
| Malta | 11% |
| Denmark | 9% |
| Greece | 9% |
| Spain | 9% |
| Sweden | 9% |
| Finland | 5% |
| Poland | 4% |
| Hungary | 3% |
| Lithuania | 3% |
| Slovenia | 3% |
| Bulgaria | 2% |
| Slovakia | 2% |
| Czechia | 1% |
| Estonia | 1% |
| Latvia | 1% |
Percentage of population able to hold a conversation in German in Europe
| Country | Percentage of German speaking population |
| Austria | >95% |
| Germany | >95% |
| Netherlands | 71% |
| Luxembourg | 69% |
| Denmark | 47% |
| Slovenia | 42% |
| Sweden | 26% |
| Belgium | 22% |
| Slovakia | 22% |
| Poland | 19% |
| Finland | 18% |
| Hungary | 18% |
| Czechia | 15% |
| Estonia | 15% |
| Lithuania | 15% |
| Latvia | 14% |
| Bulgaria | 8% |
| France | 6% |
| Ireland | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 6% |
| Greece | 5% |
| Italy | 5% |
| Romania | 5% |
| Malta | 3% |
| Spain | 2% |
| Portugal | 1% |
Percentage of population able to hold a conversation in Spanish in Europe
| Country | Percentage of Spanish speaking population |
| Spain | 99% |
| France | 14% |
| Italy | 11% |
| Portugal | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 6% |
| Belgium | 5% |
| Luxembourg | 5% |
| Netherlands | 5% |
| Romania | 5% |
| Sweden | 5% |
| Austria | 4% |
| Denmark | 4% |
| Germany | 4% |
| Ireland | 4% |
| Finland | 3% |
| Slovenia | 3% |
| Bulgaria | 2% |
| Czechia | 1% |
| Estonia | 1% |
| Greece | 1% |
| Hungary | 1% |
| Latvia | 1% |
| Lithuania | 1% |
| Malta | 1% |
| Poland | 1% |
| Slovakia | 1% |
Percentage of population able to hold a conversation in Italian in Europe
| Country | Percentage of Italian speaking population |
| Italy | >95% |
| Malta | 56% |
| Slovenia | 12% |
| Austria | 9% |
| Romania | 7% |
| Luxembourg | 6% |
| France | 5% |
| Belgium | 4% |
| Germany | 3% |
| Netherlands | 2% |
| Poland | 2% |
| Spain | 2% |
| Sweden | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2% |
| Bulgaria | 1% |
| Czechia | 1% |
| Denmark | 1% |
| Finland | 1% |
| Greece | 1% |
| Hungary | 1% |
| Ireland | 1% |
| Lithuania | 1% |
| Portugal | 1% |
| Slovakia | 1% |
| Estonia | 0% |
| Latvia | 0% |
Percentage of population able to hold a conversation in Russian in Europe
| Country | Percentage of Russian speaking population |
| Lithuania | 81% |
| Latvia | 76% |
| Estonia | 67% |
| Poland | 28% |
| Bulgaria | 23% |
| Slovakia | 17% |
| Czechia | 13% |
| Germany | 6% |
| Finland | 3% |
| Hungary | 3% |
| Romania | 3% |
| Slovenia | 3% |
| Austria | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2% |
| Belgium | 1% |
| Greece | 1% |
| Ireland | 1% |
| Denmark | 0% |
| France | 0% |
| Italy | 0% |
| Luxembourg | 0% |
| Malta | 0% |
| Netherlands | 0% |
| Portugal | 0% |
| Spain | 0% |
| Sweden | 0% |
Source: Eurobarometer, Eurostats, Maps created by Forummapping based on Jakub Marian‘s visualizations