Appendix table 2. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2012, girls
| Compulsory language A1 | Optional language A2 | Compulsory language B1 | Elective language B2 | Girls total | Share of girls in grades 1-6 % | Share of girls in grades 7-9 % | ||
| Grades | Studied language | |||||||
| Grades 1-6 | English | 105 113 | 7 198 | - | - | 112 311 | 66.2 | - |
| Swedish | 1 596 | 7 141 | - | - | 8 737 | 5.1 | - | |
| Finnish | 6 870 | 470 | - | - | 7 340 | 4.3 | - | |
| French | 1 435 | 2 815 | - | - | 4 250 | 2.5 | - | |
| German | 1 648 | 5 304 | - | - | 6 952 | 4.1 | - | |
| Russian | 548 | 742 | - | - | 1 290 | 0.8 | - | |
| Spanish | 136 | 551 | - | - | 687 | 0.4 | - | |
| Italian | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0.0 | - | |
| Sami | 0 | 109 | - | - | 109 | 0.1 | - | |
| Other | 132 | 10 | - | - | 142 | 0.1 | - | |
| Grades 7-9 | English | 80 247 | 6 339 | 118 | 23 | 86 727 | - | 99.5 |
| Swedish | 870 | 6 417 | 73 388 | 1 | 80 676 | - | 92.6 | |
| Finnish | 4 497 | 536 | 116 | 3 | 5 152 | - | 5.9 | |
| French | 701 | 2 204 | 119 | 4 117 | 7 141 | - | 8.2 | |
| German | 858 | 4 336 | 213 | 5 395 | 10 802 | - | 12.4 | |
| Russian | 316 | 384 | - | 1 407 | 2 107 | - | 2.4 | |
| Spanish | 0 | 237 | - | 1 824 | 2 061 | - | 2.4 | |
| Italian | 0 | 0 | - | 46 | 46 | - | 0.1 | |
| Sami | 0 | 18 | - | 10 | 28 | - | 0.0 | |
| Latin | 0 | 0 | - | 288 | 288 | - | 0.3 | |
| Other | 23 | 3 | - | 46 | 72 | - | 0.1 | |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
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Updated 24.5.2013
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Appendix table 2. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2012, girls
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