°Competence in foreign languages
	Good knowledge of foreign languages (CH 2006, EU 2000)
	By education and country, in %				By age and country, in %
	Low education	Intermediate	High education			15–24 years	25–39 years	40–54 years	55 years and over
SE	56.3	83.8	88.6		SE	94.7	93.8	85.1	63.1
German-speaking part of Switzerland	44.7	70.6	94.1		German-speaking part of Switzerland	80.8	72.7	74.9	67.4
French-speaking part of Switzerland	49.1	64.6	87.0		French-speaking part of Switzerland	66.7	73.3	69.7	52.6
BE	28.1	43.7	59.1		BE	63.9	54.1	52.7	30.4
DE	18.5	35.0	55.0		DE	57.8	43.3	37.9	21.5
FR	7.8	17.8	52.9		FR	46.2	36.4	23.3	14.9
ES	8.1	20.9	51.0		ES	32.6	32.2	20.3	10.7
UK	7.0	13.0	33.3		UK	17.7	14.5	12.5	11.1
	Good knowledge of English (CH 2006, EU 2000)
	By education and country, in %				By age and country, in %
	Low education	Intermediate	High education			15–24 years	25–39 years	40–54 years	55 years and over
SE	48.4	78.7	85.3		SE	92.7	90.6	78.1	58.6
German-speaking part of Switzerland	13.2	43.1	77.0		German-speaking part of Switzerland	58.9	51.7	49.1	37.2
French-speaking part of Switzerland	8.6	27.9	59.5		French-speaking part of Switzerland	35.4	42.6	27.4	15.3
DE	13.3*	30.8	52.7		DE	54.0	41.2	34.2	17.5
BE	7.8*	25.6	46.2		BE	51.9	41.6	29.7	13.0
FR	1.9*	11.7	46.8		FR	39.8	30.7	18.3	7.4
ES	2.0*	13.1	38.5		ES	28.0	23.7	9.3	3.9*
*10–30 people					*10–30 people