Foreigners´ reading difficulty by mother tongue 2011-2012 I Italy | Statista

The statistic presents the percentage of reading difficulty for foreign citizens in Italy between 2011 and 2012, by mothertongue. 78 percent of individuals having some difficulties reading in Italian were Chinese native speakers.

Share of reading difficulty for foreign citizens in Italy from 2011 to 2012, by mother tongue

Characteristic	No difficulties	Some difficulties
Rumanian	58.8%	41.2%
Arabic	39.5%	60.5%
Albanian	55.4%	44.6%
Spanish	58.6%	41.4%
Italian	84.5%	15.5%
Chinese	21.2%	78.8%
Russian	51.7%	48.3%
Ukrainian	40.3%	59.7%
French	57.7%	42.3%
Serbian, Croatian	57.3%	42.7%
Other languages	42.3%	57.7%

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2013

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Italy

Survey time period

2011 to 2012

Age group

6 years and older

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