language knowledge /eu publishes the latest language knowledge statistics for galician in the European Union using European Commission data published in 2024. Explore which countries galician is most spoken in, compare native with foreign speakers, and compare age groups to see where galician is gaining or losing popularity.
According to European Commission Eurobarometer survey data (2024), the European countries with the highest proportion of Galician speakers are Spain (5.8%), Croatia (0.2%), and Germany (0.2%).
0.7% of the European Union population speaks Galician (0.4% as a native language and 0.2% as a foreign language).
In the European Union, 0.4% of 15–34 year olds speak Galician, compared to 0.9% of people aged 55 and over.