language knowledge /eu publishes the latest language knowledge statistics for kurdish in the European Union using European Commission data published in 2024. Explore which countries kurdish is most spoken in, compare native with foreign speakers, and compare age groups to see where kurdish is gaining or losing popularity.
According to European Commission Eurobarometer survey data (2024), the European countries with the highest proportion of Kurdish speakers are Italy (0.3%), Sweden (0.3%), and Germany (0.3%).
0.1% of the European Union population speaks Kurdish (0.1% as a native language and 0.0% as a foreign language).
In the European Union, 0.2% of 15–34 year olds speak Kurdish, compared to 0.0% of people aged 55 and over.