Local Language Barrier

This ranking compares how large the everyday language barrier is for foreigners. The raw value is a 0-100 point value for practical language accessibility; higher values mean less friction with administration, housing, work, school and everyday routines.
1 Anguilla100 pts 100 pts 100
1 Australia100 pts 100 pts 100
1 Bermuda100 pts 100 pts 100
1 British Virgin Islands100 pts 100 pts 100
1 Cayman Islands100 pts 100 pts 100
1 Gibraltar100 pts 100 pts 100
1 Guam100 pts 100 pts 100
1 Ireland100 pts 100 pts 100
1 Montserrat100 pts 100 pts 100
1 New Zealand100 pts 100 pts 100
1 Turks and Caicos Islands100 pts 100 pts 100
1 United Kingdom100 pts 100 pts 100
1 United States100 pts 100 pts 100
14 U.S. Virgin Islands99 pts 99 pts 99
15 Bahamas98 pts 98 pts 98
15 Barbados98 pts 98 pts 98
17 Antigua and Barbuda97 pts 97 pts 97
17 Saint Kitts and Nevis97 pts 97 pts 97
19 Dominica96 pts 96 pts 96
19 Saint Lucia96 pts 96 pts 96
21 Belize95 pts 95 pts 95
21 Grenada95 pts 95 pts 95
21 Jamaica95 pts 95 pts 95
21 Trinidad and Tobago95 pts 95 pts 95
25 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines94 pts 94 pts 94
26 Guyana92 pts 92 pts 92
27 Canada88 pts 88 pts 88
27 Singapore88 pts 88 pts 88
29 Hong Kong86 pts 86 pts 86
30 Malta85 pts 85 pts 85
31 Northern Mariana Islands83 pts 83 pts 83
32 American Samoa80 pts 80 pts 80
33 Malaysia76 pts 76 pts 76
34 Brunei75 pts 75 pts 75
34 Luxembourg75 pts 75 pts 75
36 Palau74 pts 74 pts 74
36 Seychelles74 pts 74 pts 74
38 South Africa73 pts 73 pts 73
38 Switzerland73 pts 73 pts 73
40 Fiji72 pts 72 pts 72
40 Monaco72 pts 72 pts 72
40 Nauru72 pts 72 pts 72
40 Netherlands72 pts 72 pts 72
40 Philippines72 pts 72 pts 72
45 Denmark71 pts 71 pts 71
45 Liechtenstein71 pts 71 pts 71
45 Mauritius71 pts 71 pts 71
45 Micronesia71 pts 71 pts 71
45 Samoa71 pts 71 pts 71
50 Austria70 pts 70 pts 70
50 Iceland70 pts 70 pts 70
50 Namibia70 pts 70 pts 70
50 Norway70 pts 70 pts 70
50 Sint Maarten70 pts 70 pts 70
50 Sweden70 pts 70 pts 70
56 Estonia69 pts 69 pts 69
56 Finland69 pts 69 pts 69
56 Ghana69 pts 69 pts 69
56 India69 pts 69 pts 69
56 Liberia69 pts 69 pts 69
61 Andorra68 pts 68 pts 68
61 Cyprus68 pts 68 pts 68
61 Germany68 pts 68 pts 68
61 Kenya68 pts 68 pts 68
61 Tonga68 pts 68 pts 68
66 Belgium67 pts 67 pts 67
66 Botswana67 pts 67 pts 67
66 Cook Islands67 pts 67 pts 67
66 Gambia67 pts 67 pts 67
66 Niue67 pts 67 pts 67
66 Puerto Rico67 pts 67 pts 67
66 Rwanda67 pts 67 pts 67
66 Tuvalu67 pts 67 pts 67
66 Vanuatu67 pts 67 pts 67
75 Aruba66 pts 66 pts 66
75 Faroe Islands66 pts 66 pts 66
75 Nigeria66 pts 66 pts 66
75 Uganda66 pts 66 pts 66
75 Zimbabwe66 pts 66 pts 66
80 Latvia65 pts 65 pts 65
80 Malawi65 pts 65 pts 65
80 Saint-Martin65 pts 65 pts 65
80 Swaziland65 pts 65 pts 65
80 Zambia65 pts 65 pts 65
85 Lesotho64 pts 64 pts 64
85 Papua New Guinea64 pts 64 pts 64
85 San Marino64 pts 64 pts 64
85 Sierra Leone64 pts 64 pts 64
85 Slovenia64 pts 64 pts 64
85 Solomon Islands64 pts 64 pts 64
85 Sri Lanka64 pts 64 pts 64
85 United Arab Emirates64 pts 64 pts 64
93 Croatia63 pts 63 pts 63
93 Curacao63 pts 63 pts 63
93 Czech Republic63 pts 63 pts 63
93 Kiribati63 pts 63 pts 63
93 Lithuania63 pts 63 pts 63
93 Tanzania63 pts 63 pts 63
99 Poland62 pts 62 pts 62
99 Portugal62 pts 62 pts 62
101 France61 pts 61 pts 61
101 Pakistan61 pts 61 pts 61
101 Slovakia61 pts 61 pts 61
104 Hungary60 pts 60 pts 60
104 Macau60 pts 60 pts 60
104 Montenegro60 pts 60 pts 60
104 Spain60 pts 60 pts 60
108 Albania59 pts 59 pts 59
108 Marshall Islands59 pts 59 pts 59
108 Qatar59 pts 59 pts 59
108 Romania59 pts 59 pts 59
112 Greece58 pts 58 pts 58
112 Israel58 pts 58 pts 58
112 Italy58 pts 58 pts 58
112 Serbia58 pts 58 pts 58
116 Bosnia and Herzegovina57 pts 57 pts 57
116 North Macedonia57 pts 57 pts 57
118 Argentina56 pts 56 pts 56
118 Costa Rica56 pts 56 pts 56
120 Bahrain55 pts 55 pts 55
120 Bulgaria55 pts 55 pts 55
120 Chile55 pts 55 pts 55
120 Moldova55 pts 55 pts 55
124 Brazil54 pts 54 pts 54
124 Greenland54 pts 54 pts 54
124 Kosovo54 pts 54 pts 54
124 Panama54 pts 54 pts 54
124 Uruguay54 pts 54 pts 54
129 Colombia53 pts 53 pts 53
129 Georgia53 pts 53 pts 53
129 Kuwait53 pts 53 pts 53
132 Armenia52 pts 52 pts 52
132 Mexico52 pts 52 pts 52
132 Turkey52 pts 52 pts 52
132 Ukraine52 pts 52 pts 52
136 Maldives51 pts 51 pts 51
137 Chinese Taipei50 pts 50 pts 50
137 Lebanon50 pts 50 pts 50
137 Oman50 pts 50 pts 50
137 Peru50 pts 50 pts 50
137 Suriname50 pts 50 pts 50
142 Azerbaijan49 pts 49 pts 49
142 Belarus49 pts 49 pts 49
142 Korea Republic49 pts 49 pts 49
142 New Caledonia49 pts 49 pts 49
146 Ecuador48 pts 48 pts 48
146 French Guiana48 pts 48 pts 48
146 Jordan48 pts 48 pts 48
149 Thailand47 pts 47 pts 47
150 Dominican Republic46 pts 46 pts 46
150 Kazakhstan46 pts 46 pts 46
150 Paraguay46 pts 46 pts 46
150 Saint Pierre and Miquelon46 pts 46 pts 46
154 Guadeloupe45 pts 45 pts 45
154 Tahiti45 pts 45 pts 45
156 Indonesia44 pts 44 pts 44
156 Martinique44 pts 44 pts 44
156 Morocco44 pts 44 pts 44
156 South Sudan44 pts 44 pts 44
160 Bolivia43 pts 43 pts 43
160 Réunion43 pts 43 pts 43
160 Vietnam43 pts 43 pts 43
160 Zanzibar43 pts 43 pts 43
164 Cameroon42 pts 42 pts 42
164 Cape Verde42 pts 42 pts 42
164 Egypt42 pts 42 pts 42
164 Tunisia42 pts 42 pts 42
168 Cambodia41 pts 41 pts 41
168 Equatorial Guinea41 pts 41 pts 41
168 Mayotte41 pts 41 pts 41
168 Venezuela41 pts 41 pts 41
172 Bhutan40 pts 40 pts 40
172 El Salvador40 pts 40 pts 40
172 Guatemala40 pts 40 pts 40
175 Bangladesh39 pts 39 pts 39
175 Mongolia39 pts 39 pts 39
175 Nepal39 pts 39 pts 39
175 Nicaragua39 pts 39 pts 39
179 Honduras38 pts 38 pts 38
179 Kyrgyzstan38 pts 38 pts 38
181 Gabon37 pts 37 pts 37
181 Senegal37 pts 37 pts 37
181 Uzbekistan37 pts 37 pts 37
184 Algeria36 pts 36 pts 36
184 Benin36 pts 36 pts 36
184 Cuba36 pts 36 pts 36
184 Ivory Coast36 pts 36 pts 36
184 Mozambique36 pts 36 pts 36
184 Timor-Leste36 pts 36 pts 36
184 Wallis and Futuna36 pts 36 pts 36
191 Ethiopia35 pts 35 pts 35
191 Palestine35 pts 35 pts 35
193 Myanmar34 pts 34 pts 34
193 São Tomé and Príncipe34 pts 34 pts 34
195 Laos33 pts 33 pts 33
195 Madagascar33 pts 33 pts 33
195 Tajikistan33 pts 33 pts 33
195 Togo33 pts 33 pts 33
199 Burkina Faso32 pts 32 pts 32
199 Congo32 pts 32 pts 32
201 Angola31 pts 31 pts 31
201 Djibouti31 pts 31 pts 31
201 Saudi Arabia31 pts 31 pts 31
204 Haiti30 pts 30 pts 30
204 Japan30 pts 30 pts 30
206 China28 pts 28 pts 28
206 Congo DR28 pts 28 pts 28
206 Guinea28 pts 28 pts 28
206 Libya28 pts 28 pts 28
206 Western Sahara28 pts 28 pts 28
211 Burundi27 pts 27 pts 27
211 Comoros27 pts 27 pts 27
211 Mali27 pts 27 pts 27
214 Guinea-Bissau26 pts 26 pts 26
214 Mauritania26 pts 26 pts 26
214 Russia26 pts 26 pts 26
217 Chad25 pts 25 pts 25
217 Eritrea25 pts 25 pts 25
217 Niger25 pts 25 pts 25
217 Sudan25 pts 25 pts 25
221 Central African Republic22 pts 22 pts 22
222 Somalia19 pts 19 pts 19
223 Iran13 pts 13 pts 13
224 Iraq11 pts 11 pts 11
225 Syria8 pts 8 pts 8
226 Turkmenistan6 pts 6 pts 6
227 Yemen4 pts 4 pts 4
228 Afghanistan0 pts 0 pts 0
228 Korea DPR0 pts 0 pts 0

Last rating: June 22nd, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is a 0-100 point value for practical language accessibility. 100 means foreigners can manage comparatively well without perfect local-language fluency; 0 means a very high language barrier.

The calculation includes English usability, official language data, script and language distance, international infrastructure, digital government, existing expat communities and maintained replacements for small countries and territories.

Latin-script, internationally compatible language environments are rated more accessible than countries where script, administrative language and everyday language are especially hard for newcomers. Tourism alone is not enough for a high value.

Values are stretched to the current Nomadino country comparison. The rating equals the rounded raw value; higher values improve the ranking.