Appendix table 1. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2015, boys

		Compulsory language A1	Optional language A2	Compulsory language B1	Elective language B2	Boys total	Share of boys in grades 1-6 %	Share of boys in grades 7-9 %
Grades	Studied language
Grades 1-6	English	114 262	6 937	.	.	121 199	65.9	.
	Swedish	1 317	5 965	.	.	7 282	4.0	.
	Finnish	7 428	468	.	.	7 896	4.3	.
	French	1 169	1 607	.	.	2 776	1.5	.
	German	1 443	4 815	.	.	6 258	3.4	.
	Russian	496	816	.	.	1 312	0.7	.
	Spanish	185	629	.	.	814	0.4	.
	Italian	0	0	.	.	0	0.0	.
	Sami	2	99	.	.	101	0.1	.
	Other	192	29	.	.	221	0.1	.
Grades 7-9	English	82 790	6 218	94	11	89 113	.	99.4
	Swedish	685	5 004	76 795	81	82 565	.	92.1
	Finnish	4 494	557	100	0	5 151	.	5.7
	French	562	1 266	54	1 291	3 173	.	3.5
	German	801	3 188	185	3 646	7 820	.	8.7
	Russian	252	432	.	1 279	1 963	.	2.2
	Spanish	38	406	.	973	1 417	.	1.6
	Italian	0	0	.	37	37	.	0.0
	Sami	0	24	.	4	28	.	0.0
	Latin	0	0	.	163	163	.	0.2
	Other	63	4	.	15	82	.	0.1

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

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Updated 24.5.2016

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Subject choices of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-1056. Subject choices of comprehensive school pupils 2015, Appendix table 1. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2015, boys . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.12.2024].
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