Sex	Country of birth	Data type	Depending on their current knowledge of spoken Spanish	Total
Both sexes	Total	Absolute values	Total	6.239,1
Both sexes	Total	Absolute values	Mother tongue (*)	2.972,4
Both sexes	Total	Absolute values	Advanced (proficient user)	1.759,2
Both sexes	Total	Absolute values	Intermediate (independent user)	913,1
Both sexes	Total	Absolute values	Beginner (basic user)	423,5
Both sexes	Total	Absolute values	Hardly any or no language skills	118,7
Both sexes	Total	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	52,3
Both sexes	Total	Percentage	Total	100
Both sexes	Total	Percentage	Mother tongue (*)	47,64
Both sexes	Total	Percentage	Advanced (proficient user)	28,2
Both sexes	Total	Percentage	Intermediate (independent user)	14,64
Both sexes	Total	Percentage	Beginner (basic user)	6,79
Both sexes	Total	Percentage	Hardly any or no language skills	1,9
Both sexes	Total	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	0,84
Both sexes	Europe	Absolute values	Total	2.036,3
Both sexes	Europe	Absolute values	Mother tongue (*)	252,6
Both sexes	Europe	Absolute values	Advanced (proficient user)	1.140,1
Both sexes	Europe	Absolute values	Intermediate (independent user)	432,9
Both sexes	Europe	Absolute values	Beginner (basic user)	156,5
Both sexes	Europe	Absolute values	Hardly any or no language skills	43,2
Both sexes	Europe	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	11
Both sexes	Europe	Percentage	Total	100
Both sexes	Europe	Percentage	Mother tongue (*)	12,4
Both sexes	Europe	Percentage	Advanced (proficient user)	55,99
Both sexes	Europe	Percentage	Intermediate (independent user)	21,26
Both sexes	Europe	Percentage	Beginner (basic user)	7,68
Both sexes	Europe	Percentage	Hardly any or no language skills	2,12
Both sexes	Europe	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	0,54
Both sexes	Latin America	Absolute values	Total	2.812,4
Both sexes	Latin America	Absolute values	Mother tongue (*)	2.622,6
Both sexes	Latin America	Absolute values	Advanced (proficient user)	134,8
Both sexes	Latin America	Absolute values	Intermediate (independent user)	35,2
Both sexes	Latin America	Absolute values	Beginner (basic user)	7,7
Both sexes	Latin America	Absolute values	Hardly any or no language skills	1,7
Both sexes	Latin America	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	10,5
Both sexes	Latin America	Percentage	Total	100
Both sexes	Latin America	Percentage	Mother tongue (*)	93,25
Both sexes	Latin America	Percentage	Advanced (proficient user)	4,79
Both sexes	Latin America	Percentage	Intermediate (independent user)	1,25
Both sexes	Latin America	Percentage	Beginner (basic user)	0,27
Both sexes	Latin America	Percentage	Hardly any or no language skills	0,06
Both sexes	Latin America	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	0,37
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Total	1.390,4
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Mother tongue (*)	97,2
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Advanced (proficient user)	484,2
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Intermediate (independent user)	445,1
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Beginner (basic user)	259,3
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Hardly any or no language skills	73,8
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	30,7
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Percentage	Total	100
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Percentage	Mother tongue (*)	6,99
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Percentage	Advanced (proficient user)	34,83
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Percentage	Intermediate (independent user)	32,01
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Percentage	Beginner (basic user)	18,65
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Percentage	Hardly any or no language skills	5,31
Both sexes	Rest of the world	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	2,21
Males	Total	Absolute values	Total	2.910,4
Males	Total	Absolute values	Mother tongue (*)	1.289,6
Males	Total	Absolute values	Advanced (proficient user)	852,8
Males	Total	Absolute values	Intermediate (independent user)	476,9
Males	Total	Absolute values	Beginner (basic user)	207,2
Males	Total	Absolute values	Hardly any or no language skills	51,9
Males	Total	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	32
Males	Total	Percentage	Total	100
Males	Total	Percentage	Mother tongue (*)	44,31
Males	Total	Percentage	Advanced (proficient user)	29,3
Males	Total	Percentage	Intermediate (independent user)	16,39
Males	Total	Percentage	Beginner (basic user)	7,12
Males	Total	Percentage	Hardly any or no language skills	1,78
Males	Total	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	1,1
Males	Europe	Absolute values	Total	938,1
Males	Europe	Absolute values	Mother tongue (*)	122,9
Males	Europe	Absolute values	Advanced (proficient user)	499,9
Males	Europe	Absolute values	Intermediate (independent user)	201,5
Males	Europe	Absolute values	Beginner (basic user)	80,8
Males	Europe	Absolute values	Hardly any or no language skills	26,4
Males	Europe	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	6,5
Males	Europe	Percentage	Total	100
Males	Europe	Percentage	Mother tongue (*)	13,11
Males	Europe	Percentage	Advanced (proficient user)	53,29
Males	Europe	Percentage	Intermediate (independent user)	21,48
Males	Europe	Percentage	Beginner (basic user)	8,62
Males	Europe	Percentage	Hardly any or no language skills	2,81
Males	Europe	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	0,69
Males	Latin America	Absolute values	Total	1.208,6
Males	Latin America	Absolute values	Mother tongue (*)	1.127
Males	Latin America	Absolute values	Advanced (proficient user)	50,8
Males	Latin America	Absolute values	Intermediate (independent user)	21,3
Males	Latin America	Absolute values	Beginner (basic user)	2,9
Males	Latin America	Absolute values	Hardly any or no language skills	0,3
Males	Latin America	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	6,3
Males	Latin America	Percentage	Total	100
Males	Latin America	Percentage	Mother tongue (*)	93,25
Males	Latin America	Percentage	Advanced (proficient user)	4,2
Males	Latin America	Percentage	Intermediate (independent user)	1,76
Males	Latin America	Percentage	Beginner (basic user)	0,24
Males	Latin America	Percentage	Hardly any or no language skills	0,02
Males	Latin America	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	0,52
Males	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Total	763,7
Males	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Mother tongue (*)	39,7
Males	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Advanced (proficient user)	302
Males	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Intermediate (independent user)	254,2
Males	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Beginner (basic user)	123,5
Males	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Hardly any or no language skills	25,2
Males	Rest of the world	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	19,2
Males	Rest of the world	Percentage	Total	100
Males	Rest of the world	Percentage	Mother tongue (*)	5,19
Males	Rest of the world	Percentage	Advanced (proficient user)	39,54
Males	Rest of the world	Percentage	Intermediate (independent user)	33,28
Males	Rest of the world	Percentage	Beginner (basic user)	16,17
Males	Rest of the world	Percentage	Hardly any or no language skills	3,3
Males	Rest of the world	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	2,51
Females	Total	Absolute values	Total	3.328,8
Females	Total	Absolute values	Mother tongue (*)	1.682,8
Females	Total	Absolute values	Advanced (proficient user)	906,4
Females	Total	Absolute values	Intermediate (independent user)	436,2
Females	Total	Absolute values	Beginner (basic user)	216,3
Females	Total	Absolute values	Hardly any or no language skills	66,8
Females	Total	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	20,2
Females	Total	Percentage	Total	100
Females	Total	Percentage	Mother tongue (*)	50,55
Females	Total	Percentage	Advanced (proficient user)	27,23
Females	Total	Percentage	Intermediate (independent user)	13,1
Females	Total	Percentage	Beginner (basic user)	6,5
Females	Total	Percentage	Hardly any or no language skills	2,01
Females	Total	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	0,61
Females	Europe	Absolute values	Total	1.098,2
Females	Europe	Absolute values	Mother tongue (*)	129,6
Females	Europe	Absolute values	Advanced (proficient user)	640,2
Females	Europe	Absolute values	Intermediate (independent user)	231,4
Females	Europe	Absolute values	Beginner (basic user)	75,6
Females	Europe	Absolute values	Hardly any or no language skills	16,8
Females	Europe	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	4,6
Females	Europe	Percentage	Total	100
Females	Europe	Percentage	Mother tongue (*)	11,8
Females	Europe	Percentage	Advanced (proficient user)	58,29
Females	Europe	Percentage	Intermediate (independent user)	21,07
Females	Europe	Percentage	Beginner (basic user)	6,89
Females	Europe	Percentage	Hardly any or no language skills	1,53
Females	Europe	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	0,42
Females	Latin America	Absolute values	Total	1.603,9
Females	Latin America	Absolute values	Mother tongue (*)	1.495,6
Females	Latin America	Absolute values	Advanced (proficient user)	84
Females	Latin America	Absolute values	Intermediate (independent user)	13,9
Females	Latin America	Absolute values	Beginner (basic user)	4,8
Females	Latin America	Absolute values	Hardly any or no language skills	1,4
Females	Latin America	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	4,1
Females	Latin America	Percentage	Total	100
Females	Latin America	Percentage	Mother tongue (*)	93,25
Females	Latin America	Percentage	Advanced (proficient user)	5,24
Females	Latin America	Percentage	Intermediate (independent user)	0,87
Females	Latin America	Percentage	Beginner (basic user)	0,3
Females	Latin America	Percentage	Hardly any or no language skills	0,09
Females	Latin America	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	0,26
Females	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Total	626,7
Females	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Mother tongue (*)	57,6
Females	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Advanced (proficient user)	182,2
Females	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Intermediate (independent user)	190,9
Females	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Beginner (basic user)	135,8
Females	Rest of the world	Absolute values	Hardly any or no language skills	48,6
Females	Rest of the world	Absolute values	No answer/Don't know	11,5
Females	Rest of the world	Percentage	Total	100
Females	Rest of the world	Percentage	Mother tongue (*)	9,19
Females	Rest of the world	Percentage	Advanced (proficient user)	29,08
Females	Rest of the world	Percentage	Intermediate (independent user)	30,46
Females	Rest of the world	Percentage	Beginner (basic user)	21,68
Females	Rest of the world	Percentage	Hardly any or no language skills	7,76
Females	Rest of the world	Percentage	No answer/Don't know	1,84