M’sia Ranked 3rd In Asia For English Proficiency

M’sia Ranked 3rd In Asia For English Proficiency, Study Finds

S'pore and the Philippines took 1st and 2nd place.

SARAH YEOHNOVEMBER 28, 2023

Being a multicultural country, Malaysia is a place where people from different racial and cultural background live alongside each other peaceably and speak their own mother tongue.

That being said, a recent study found that Malaysians generally are highly proficient when it comes to speaking English, where it was ranked third in the whole of Asia.

M’sia ranked 3rd in Asia for English proficiency

According to a EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) survey, Malaysia is in the upper echelons when it comes to speaking English.

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Across 113 non-native English-speaking countries and five proficiency bands ranging from ‘Very High’ to ‘Very Low’, Malaysia is at third place in Asia and in the second highest band of ‘High Proficiency’ with a score of 568.

Photo via EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI)

However, Malaysia lost out to Singapore (631 marks) and the Philippines (578 marks), who took first and second place in Asia respectively. 

As for the global ranking, Malaysia came in at 25th place, with the capital city of Kuala Lumpur being the only location to make it into the EF EPI 2023 City list with a score of 564 and at the ‘High Proficiency’ category.

In the survey, it was found that the region with the highest level of English proficiency was the state of Perak (587), while Kuantan was the top city with 603 marks.

As for the age group that was most proficient in the language, it was the 26-30 age group with an average score of 582.

後話

香港排29 位，而馬來西亞是在第25 位。新加坡在等2位。