Japan
Global ranking:
#86

Japan

EF EPI score:450
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Global average score:485

Scores by skill

Reading score:475
Listening score:434
Writing score:416
Speaking score:425
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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

Gender Trends

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Scores by job function

Accounting & Finance:528
Admin & Clerical:498
Customer Service:491
Human Resources:499
IT:486
Marketing:522
Operations:481
R&D:494
Sales:488
Strategy & Project management:551
Student:457
Teacher:548
Technicians/Maintenance:463
Unspecified/unemployed:428

Geographic Scores

Regions

  • Kanto473
  • Kansai468
  • Shikoku458
  • Hokkaido456
  • Kyushu & Okinawa450
  • Chubu446
  • Tohoku440
  • Chugoku434

Cities

  • Yokohama489
  • Tokyo482
  • Kyoto471
  • Osaka470
  • Kobe465
  • Sapporo464
  • Chiba452
  • Nagoya452
  • Nara452
  • Fukuoka445
  • Saitama437
  • Kochi436
  • Shizuoka425
  • Hiroshima417

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