Statistical summary

Official Languages by Method of Composition of Lower House

Official Languages and Majoritarian System
62 Majoritarian System States have 30 languages, including English (28 States, 44%), followed by French (10 States, 16%) and Arabic (9 States, 15%).

Official Languages and Proportional System
71 Proportional System States have 45 languages, including Spanish (13 States, 18%)., followed by French (9 States, 12.5%), English (7 States, 10%), Portuguese (8 States, 11%), Arabic (6 States, 8%) and German (4 States, 5.5%).

Official Languages and Mixed System (Majoritarian and Proportional)
44 Mixed System States have 27 languages, including French (11 States, 25%), followed by English (7 States, 16%), Spanish (6 States, 14%) and Arabic (4 States, 9%).

Official Languages and Majoritarian and Nomination System States
12 Majoritarian and Nomination System States have 9 languages, including English (11 States, 92%).

Official Languages and Proportional and Nomination System States
English (1 State)

Official Languages and Nomination and Mixed System States
No State

Official Languages and Nominated Lower House
English and Malay (1 State)

Official Languages and States without an Lower House
Arabic (2 States), and Italian and Latin (1 State)

States and Method of Composition of Lower House by their Linguistic Status

Unilingual States and Method of Composition of Lower House
Out of 143 Unilingual States with a Lower House, 49 have a Majoritarian System (36%), 52 have a Proportional System (36%), 35 have a Mixed System (24.5%), 6 have a Majoritarian and Nomination System (4%) and 1 has a Proportional and Nomination System.

Plurilingual States and Method of Composition of Lower House
Out of 48 Plurilingual States with a Lower House, 13 have a Majoritarian System (27%), 20 have a Proportional System (42%), 8 have a Mixed System (17%), 6 have a Majoritarian and Nomination System (12.5%) and 1 has a Nomination System.