language knowledge /eu publishes the latest language knowledge statistics for ukrainian in the European Union using European Commission data published in 2024. Explore which countries ukrainian is most spoken in, compare native with foreign speakers, and compare age groups to see where ukrainian is gaining or losing popularity.
According to European Commission Eurobarometer survey data (2024), the European countries with the highest proportion of Ukrainian speakers are Latvia (2.5%), Estonia (1.3%), and Lithuania (0.6%).
0.2% of the European Union population speaks Ukrainian (0.1% as a native language and 0.1% as a foreign language).
In the European Union, 0.3% of 15–34 year olds speak Ukrainian, compared to 0.1% of people aged 55 and over.