In the latest update of the EF English Proficiency Index ranking, Nigeria has secured the position of the third-best English-speaking African country. This ranking places Nigeria behind South Africa, which emerged first, and Kenya in second place.
Also, Nigeria, the most populous black nation makes the number 28 on the global chart in the EF English Proficiency Index ranking, in the latest update.
The countries considered for the ranking are categorised as non-native English speaking, based on test results of 2.1 million adults in 111 countries and regions as published on the EF EPI website.
Meanwhile, the rankings are further classified into five categories as very high proficiency, high proficiency, moderate proficiency, low proficiency, and very low proficiency.
South Africa, however, is the only African nation that breaks into a very high proficiency category, with the like of the Netherlands, Singapore, Austria, Norway, Denmark, and seven others.
In the same vein, Nigeria and Kenya are two African countries that make high proficiency alongside 16 others.
Interestingly, the Netherlands makes the number one global spot while Singapore takes the second position and Austria picks the third place.
Twenty African countries appear on the log which reveals that South Africa and Kenya made 12th and 20th globally respectively.
Others on the list in Africa are Ghana (41st globally and 4th in Africa), Uganda (55th globally and 5th in Africa) amongst others.
The Education First English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) attempts to rank countries by the equity of English language skills amongst those adults who took the EF test.
