A survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed that 96 percent of Filipinos can read in Filipino, 93 percent can understand spoken Filipino, 93 percent can write in Filipino, 87 percent speak Filipino, 75 percent think in Filipino, and one percent do not use these skills.
The SWS likewise revealed that 80 percent of Filipino adults can read the English language and can understand the English spoken language. At least 69 percent write in English, 55 percent speak the language, 47 percent think in the language, and nine percent do not apply these skills.
The survey was conducted from March 23 to March 29, 2023. The survey also reported the highest usage of both languages since September 2000, with 53 percent for Filipino and 9 percent for English.
A total of 1,200 adults were asked about their competence and usage of both languages in its survey conducted in March, with a margin of
error of more or less 2.8%.
