Adult literacy rate in Germany is 99%. Government expenditure on education is 4.5% of GDP. The education index of Germany is 0.884 - formal education levels are high, secondary education is a standard for most of the population; higher education is highly available and widespread due to the fact that graduates are economically demanded, and in many such countries having a higher education is also becoming a default option. People in Germany speak the German language.
English language
In Germany, around 1% of the population or 51,584,000 people speak English. 272,504 of Germany's population call English their first language. 51,311,496 of Germany's population use English as either foreign or second language.