I guess its a little more difficult to be multilingual in primarily english speaking countries. But in countries like India (where I'm from) anybody who has gon

I guess its a little more difficult to be multilingual in primarily english speaking countries. But in countries like India (where I'm from) anybody who has gone to school can speak and write at least two languages, in most cases, 3 or more. This is possible because, every state in India has its own language, then there is a national language, and then there is English. So it becomes English + Hindi (national lang) + mother tongue (Tamil, Telugu, Marathi etc). That said, those languages all have very limited scope, just within India. Not much useful for a career abroad. It does help in becoming a better language learner though.