°Pupils' languages





























Local languages by group of cantons, in %








German French Italian Rhaeto-Romanic




purely German-speaking cantons 79.1 0.5 2.7 0.0




purely French-speaking cantons 1.8 70.1 2.1 0.0




purely Italian-speaking cantons 3.7 1.1 80.9 0.0




Majority: German, Minority: French (BE) 80.1 6.6 1.4 0.0




Majority: French, Minority: German (FR/VS) 23.7 60.2 1.0 0.0




Majority: German, Minority: Italian/Rhaeto-Rom. (GR) 69.8 0.2 6.7 14.3













































Non-local languages by language region and school level, in %









German French Italian Spanish South Slavonic Turkish Portugese Others
purely German-speaking cantons Primary level
0.5 2.7 0.9 5.6 2.4 1.4 9.0
purely German-speaking cantons Secondary level I
0.4 2.6 0.8 4.7 2.5 1.0 7.4
purely French-speaking cantons Primary level 1.7
2.0 3.6 1.6 0.8 9.0 13.1
purely French-speaking cantons Secondary level I 1.7
1.9 2.7 1.5 0.6 6.9 9.8









































Non-local languages Geneva by language and school type, in %








Albanian Arabic English Italian Portugese Spanish Others

Primary level 9.5 4.4 13.1 5.3 27.3 13.9 26.4

Sec. Level I: Basic standard 8.5 4.3 5.7 8.6 32.0 17.5 23.4

Sec. Level I: Advanced standard 15.8 4.4 1.7 7.2 39.3 15.7 15.9

"Matura" classes (6th Form) 3.1 4.0 23.0 6.2 13.9 13.6 36.1










































Non-local languages Basel (city) by language and school type, in %








Italian Spanish Portugese Albanian South Slavonic Turkish Others

Primary level 9.48 5.81 6.03 16.60 15.81 25.81 20.46

Sec. Level I: Basic standard 9.18 5.16 4.02 21.61 13.58 37.28 9.18

Sec. Level I: Advanced standard 9.53 5.99 4.88 15.52 17.74 30.38 15.96

"Matura" classes (6th Form) 6.52 7.97 3.80 7.97 15.22 17.21 41.30