French language skills of Germans 2021

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In 2021, around 6.05 million people in Germany estimated they had very good French skills. 62.87 million people said they had poor or no French skills. This survey asked respondents in Germany how good they were at French.

Population in Germany based on the estimation of their French language skills from 2017 to 2021 (in millions)

Characteristic	Very good skills	Quite good skills	Poor skills or no knowlegde
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Release date

June 2021

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2017 to 2021

Age group

14 years and older

Special properties

German-speaking population

Method of interview

Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI)

Supplementary notes

Information about the population:
German-speaking population aged 14 years and older in private households at main place of residence in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Information on total sample:
2017: 23,356 respondents, representing 70.09 million people
2018: 23,389 respondents, representing 70.45 million people
2019: 23,318 respondents, representing 70.60 million people
2020: 23,191 respondents, representing 70.64 million people
2021: 22,563 respondents, representing 70.54 million people
2022: 23,015 respondents, representing 70.6 million people

Further information on methodology available here.

This question was phrased by the source as follows: “And how well would you say you understand French?"

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