City English
City English Score 🇻🇳🇰🇷
City English Score 🇻🇳🇰🇷
| # | Country | EF EPI city English proficiency score (EPI score) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇰🇷 Seoul | 550 | 2025 |
| 2 | 🇮🇹 Rome | 538 | |
| 3 | 🇻🇳 Hanoi | 532 | |
| 4 | 🇨🇳 Beijing | 514 | |
| 5 | 🇮🇱 Jerusalem | 498 | |
| 6 | 🇯🇵 Tokyo | 480 |
Seoul leads this card at 550, with Tokyo at 480. The gap is 70 EPI score. Seoul is 1.15 times Tokyo.
Seoul beats Tokyo because Korean adults get far more spoken-English practice in private academies, while Japan's schooling stays grammar-heavy. Note: EF test-takers choose the test. They are not a random sample.
Source: EF English Proficiency Index 2025 (via Wikipedia) See the source.
The Top Slice
🇺🇸 The United States' richest 1% hold 34.78% of private wealth. What share does 🇷🇺 Russia's richest 1% hold?
| Country | Top 1% wealth share (% of private wealth) |
|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 United States | 34.78 |
| 🇷🇺 Russia | 48.99 |
Russia's richest 1% hold 48.99% of private wealth, above the United States at 34.78% and second only to South Africa. Novokmet, Piketty and Zucman find inequality rose more in Russia than in other ex-communist countries and tie that to shock therapy, but their paper runs through 2016, so it explains the pattern rather than this 2024 figure. World Inequality Database, equal-split adults, net personal wealth in 2024, via Our World in Data. This is a share of private wealth, not income. Some country-years are modeled.
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) via Our World in Data: wealth share of the richest 1%, equal-split adults, net personal wealth, 2024. Not income. Some country-years are modeled. See the source.
Eastern Scores
Life satisfaction 🇹🇼🇰🇷
| # | Country | Life satisfaction (Cantril ladder) (/10) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 6.71 |
| 2 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 6.7 |
| 3 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 6.63 |
| 4 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 6.57 |
| 5 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 6.04 |
| 6 | 🇮🇳 India | 4.54 |
Taiwan scores 6.71 and Lithuania 6.70, both above Italy at 6.57 and South Korea at 6.04. Brazil, at 6.63, is also above Italy. The ladder is where people place their own life from 0 to 10, averaged over three Gallup years. It is not income.
Source: World Happiness Report 2025, Gallup Cantril ladder, via Our World in Data. A three-year average. See the source.