Global ranking:
#96

Japan

EF EPI score:446
-8
Global average score:488

Scores by skill

Reading score: 454
Listening score:437
Writing score:394
Speaking score:393
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Proficiency Trends

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Age Trends

  • 18-20 yrs
  • 21-25 yrs
  • 26-30 yrs
  • 31-40 yrs
  • 41+ yrs

Scores by job function

Accounting & Finance:538
Admin & Clerical:530
Customer Service:505
Human Resources:510
IT:502
Marketing:551
R&D:519
Sales:516
Strategy & Project Management:578
Student:477
Teacher:561
Technicians & Maintenance:493
Unspecified / unemployed:399

Geographic Scores

Regions

  • Kanto478
  • Kansai468
  • Hokkaido456
  • Kyushu & Okinawa448
  • Shikoku447
  • Tohoku443
  • Chubu442
  • Chugoku436

Cities

  • Kawasaki489
  • Yokohama483
  • Tokyo480
  • Kobe462
  • Kyoto461
  • Osaka460
  • Sapporo457
  • Nagoya457
  • Chiba449
  • Fukuoka445
  • Nara445
  • Saitama444
  • Shizuoka427
  • Hiroshima421

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