Languages & Education

Map of languages in Europe by linguistic groups

Percentage of people who cannot speak more than one language

This map is based on the data from Eurostat for 2016 for the EU. Other sources were used for non-EU countries.

Percentage of people who cannot speak three languages of more

This map is based on the data from Eurostat for 2016 for the EU. Other sources were used for non-EU countries.

Percentage of English speakers

This map is based on the data from Wikipedia.

Percentage of adults aged 25 to 64 who completed tertiary education (2019)

This map is based on the data from OECD for 2019 (Eurostat for Cyprus).

Percentage of adults aged 25 to 64 who participated in lifelong learning (2019)

This map is based on the data from Eurostat for 2019.

Beliefs & Values

Map of traditional religious majorities by region in Europe

Percentage of Atheists, Agnostics and non-religious people (2015-17)

This map is based on the data from the WIN-Gallup Poll for 2017 and the Pew Research Survey for Central and Eastern Europe for 2015, as well as additional data from Wikipedia for a few missing countries.

Percentage of people who do not believe in evolution (creationsim).

The percentages of believers used for this map were calculated based on the averages of five different surveys:

LGBT Global Acceptance Index (2017)

This map is based on the data from the UCLA global report.

World Giving Index (2018)

This map is based on the data from CAF World Giving Index for 2018. It takes into account the percentage of people who donated money to a charity, volunteered your time to an organisation, and helped a stranger, or someone they didnt know who needed help. It can be seen as a measure of generosity toward strangers.

Lifestyle

Percentage of people who read at least 10 books over the last 12 months

This map is based on data from Eurostat for 2011 for most countries except for Northwest Europe. Individual sources were used for the United Kingdom (2014), Ireland (2010), France (2018), Switzerland (2017), Belgium (2013), the Netherlands (2018), Denmark (2020) and Norway (2016).

Percentage of people who did not read any book over the last year

This map is based on data from Eurostat for 2011 for most countries except for Northwest Europe. Individual sources were used for the United Kingdom (2014), Ireland (2010), France (2018), Switzerland (2017), Belgium (2013), the Netherlands (2018), Denmark (2020) and Norway (2016), Russia (2019), Ukraine (2018) and Morocco (2014).

Average time (in minutes) spent watching television daily (2016)

The data for this map comes from Statista (for Europe), Zenith OptiMedia (for the Middle East) and Ipsos (for Lebanon only).

Daily Internet usage for young people in hours and minutes per person (2016)

This map is based on the data from Our World in Data for users aged 16 to 24 years old.

Daily Internet usage in hours and minutes per person (January 2020)

This map is based on the data from Data Reportal for users aged 16 to 64 years old.

Daily social media usage in hours and minutes per person (January 2020)

This map is based on the data from Data Reportal for users aged 16 to 64 years old.

Average age for leaving the parental home (2019)

This map is based on the data from Eurostat for 2019.

Percentage of people aged 25 to 29 years old living with their parents (2018)

This map is based on the data from Eurostat for Europe. Other sources were used for the USA, India and China and Japan.

Individualism (2014)

This map is based on the data from Hofstede Centre using Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory. See also Individualism vs Collectivism.

Percentage of marriages ending in divorce (2016)

This map is based on the data from Wikipedia (for Europe).

Percentage of households owning a dog (2019)

This map is based on the data from FEDIAF for Europe. Other sources were used for Iceland, Ukraine, the USA, India, China and Japan. Note that pet dogs are very rare in Muslim countries for religious reasons.

Percentage of households owning a cat (2019)

This map is based on the data from FEDIAF for Europe. Other sources were used for Iceland, Ukraine, Arabic countries, the USA, China and Japan.

Freedom & Politics

Democracy Score (2019)

This map is based on the data from Democracy Index by The Economist for 2019.

Fragile State Index (2014)

This map is based on the Fragile State Index published by the think tank Fund for Peace and the American magazine Foreign Policy. The index aims to assess states' vulnerability to conflict or collapse.

Perception of corruption (2019)

This map is based on the data from Transparency International for 2019.

Freedom of Press (2019)

This map is based on the data from Reporters Without Borders for 2019.

Global Slavery Index (2018)

This map is based on the scoring system of the Global Slavery Index for 2018. The index includes data on three key variables: the prevalence in each country, vulnerability and government responses.

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