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Uruguay did not have enough data to be listed, but the years I took the Cambridge and Oxford language tests (FCE, Proficiency, etc.), Uruguayans were in the top spots (the #1 overall got a scholarship to Oxford, and she was Uruguayan).

Of course, the demographics very much the same as Argentina's so it wouldn't be a big difference (we're not an Argentinian province by political accident and meddling by Britain - not that we mind :) ).



I believe it. I know quite a few developers from there and aside from being quite talented at what they do, their English is excellent. But having spent little more than a weekend in the country I didn't want to assume they were a representative sample. :)


Uruguay is a great little country. In the Education Index, it's in a very nice neighbourhood:

30) United Kingdom 0.957, 31) Uruguay 0.955, 32) Germany 0.954, 33) Poland 0.952, 34) Japan 0.949...

Uruguayan French teachers are excellent too.




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