Region EF EPI n Rio de Janeiro 50.35 n Paraná 49.71 n Sergipe 48.91 n São Paulo 48.85 n Rio Grande do Sul 48.80 n Paraíba 48.67 n Distrito Federal 48.56 n Santa Catarina 48.45 n Minas Gerais 47.78 n Ceará 47.71 n Espírito Santo 46.82 n Rio Grande do Norte 46.64 n Pernambuco 46.58 n Mato Grosso do Sul 45.32 n Piauí 46.48 n Acre 44.78 n Amazonas 44.66 n Goiás 44.25 n Bahia 44.22 n Maranhão 43.42 n Pará 42.53 n Tocantins 42.53 n Mato Grosso 40.90 n Rondônia 40.47 n Amapá 40.45 City EF EPI n Rio de Janeiro 50.53 n São Paulo 50.03 n Brasília 49.64 n Belo Horizonte 49.29 n Salvador 44.50 2012 EF EPI Score for Brazil overall: 46.86 Overall proficiency: Very Low Rank: 46th of 54 countries worldwide 18-19 40 60 20-22 23-25 26-29 30-35 36-40 41-50 >50 EPI Score Age Brazil Latin America World www.ef.com/epi English Proficiency in Brazil EF EPI 2012 60 40 45 50 55 Source: EF Education First English Proficiency Index, 2012 Female 46.75 Male 46.97 Brazil Latin America EPI Score 47.48 48.93 English by Gender English by Age Low Proficiency Very Low Proficiency 50 Note 1: Where data is available, major cities have been ranked separate to the regions they belong to. Note 2: Regions in grey have insufficient data to be ranked. Belo Horizonte Brasilia Salvador São Paulo Rio de Janeiro