The pie charts illustrate the percentages of students speaking other languages than English in Britain in 2000 and 2010.
Overall, it is noticeable that the proportion of students who could speak Spanish was the highest in both years. While the percentage of students speaking another language and two other language increased significantly, that for no other language reduced dramatically.
Looking at the data in more detail, in 2000, 30% of British students were able to speak Spanish only, which was the highest figure. Followed by the proportion of students who could not speak other language allocated 20%, while the figure for speaking French or another language students accounted for similar figures, at 15%. In addition, the rate for the students who spoke two other languages was allocated 10%, which was three times lower than that of figure for Spanish only, but was the same with German only.
Regarding the year 2010, the percentage of students who were able to speak Spanish only increased to 35%, that was the highest figure. While the figures for another language and two other languages showed a slight growth of 5%, the proportions of French only and no other languages halved at 10%. Finally, the statistic for German only remained the same at 10% over the ten-year period.