French Polynesia (France)

Australia & Oceania

Haiti

Martinique (France)

Seychelles

St. Barthélemy (France)

St. Martin (France)

Caribbean

Belgium

France

Luxembourg

Monaco

Switzerland

Europe

French Guiana (France)

Latin America

Guadeloupe (France)

Mayotte (France)

New Caledonia (France)

Réunion (France)

St. Pierre and Miquelon (France)

Vanuatu

Wallis and Futuna Is. (France)

None

Canada

North America

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Guinea

Madagascar

Mali

Niger

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Senegal

Togo

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map shows countries where French is an official or de facto language. The countries are highlighted in blue and include France, Canada, Mali, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Guinea, Senegal, Congo, Gabon, and Madagascar.

Countries where French is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Countries

World

Ethnologue

French as Official or de facto Language

Austria

Cyprus

Estonia

Finland

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Netherlands

Portugal

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

A world map highlights (blue) the members of the European Monetary Union: Ireland, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Greece, and Cyprus.

Current members of the European Monetary Union

European Union

European Monetary Union (“Euroland”)

Australia

Fiji

Marshall Is.

New Zealand

Palau

Samoa

Bahamas

Bermuda (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominican Republic

St. Lucia

Trinidad and Tobago

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

South Korea

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Andorra

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czechia

Denmark

Hungary

Iceland

Moldova

Montenegro

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Sweden

United Kingdom

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Curaçao (Neth.)

Greenland (Denmark)

Mauritania

Mauritius

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

Mexico

United States

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Tunisia

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Ethiopia

Ghana

Kenya

Mozambique

South Africa

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

A map shows adult females with up to an upper secondary education. Dark red shows higher percentages, like in North America and Australia. Red to orange shows medium percentages, such as Brazil and Saudi Arabia. Light orange indicates lower percentages, such as in most of Asia, and Russia.

The percentage of the female population ages 25 and older that attained or completed upper secondary education as the highest level of education

French as Official or de facto Language	European Monetary Union (“Euroland”)	Adult Females with only up to an Upper Secondary Education
Value	Value	Class	Rank	Percent