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branches of the Goethe-Institut are active in 98 countries around the world.
12
of the institutes are in Germany.
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the first Goethe-Institut opened in Athens.
4,396
employees are at work worldwide.
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15.5 million
people learn German worldwide. 9.4 million of them in Europe.
927,000
German exams were taken at the Goethe-Institut exam centres in 2023.
7,100
teachers of German as a foreign language took part in our certification programmes within one year.
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20,000
cultural events delighted 5,3 million people worldwide within one year.
120
artists took part in the residency programmes worldwide
313
book translations into 38 languages were funded in 2023.