This map seeks to show the level of English language proficiency in countries around the world in five proficiency categories represented by different colours.
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<div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background:#4c00bd;color:#202122;text-align:center;"> </div> High Proficiency</div>
<div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background:#9400d4;color:#202122;text-align:center;"> </div> Moderate Proficiency</div>
<div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background:#d400bd;color:#202122;text-align:center;"> </div> Low Proficiency</div>
<div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background:#d40078;color:#202122;text-align:center;"> </div> Very Low Proficiency</div>
<div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background:#b9b9b9;color:#202122;text-align:center;"> </div> Not included in the report</div>
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<li><b>EF English Proficiency Index Ranking:</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ef.com/epi/">EF EPI 2021 - EF English Proficiency Index</a> (2021).</li></ul>