Study on the use of subtitling

L 2 / Mother tongue
12 – 18
L 2 / Mother tongue
18-25
L 2 / Mother tongue
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+ 25
Denmark 53/58 32/46 48/48
Finland 32/50 44/44 42/44
Netherlands 46/52 45/46 52/61
Sweden 30/60 60/60 63/61
Norway 29/54 50/51 55/55
Figure 1 – Table of second language volume by age group, taking the mother tongue as the standard of
comparison for the five 'top scoring' countries, by way of example
In the following tables, it is possible to compare by age group the countries whose population,
according to the survey, masters the mother tongue (L1) + one foreign language (L2) and those
where the population has additional language skills, i.e. a second foreign language.
The over-25 age group
The table below shows that at Europe 33 level, out of a sample of 2 277 subjects aged over 25
years, an average of 37 out of 54 subjects per country master a second language.