Appendix table 2. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2016, girls (Corrected on 28 June 2017)

Corrected on 28 June 2017. The corrected numbers are indicated in red.
		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	117 192	7 930	29	.	125 151	70,6	.
	Swedish	1 658	7 199	24 037	.	32 894	18,5	.
	Finnish	8 465	582	3	.	9 050	5,1	.
	French	1 792	2 915	11	.	4 718	2,7	.
	German	1 583	5 848	11	.	7 442	4,2	.
	Russian	620	946	.	.	1 566	0,9	.
	Spanish	324	1 474	.	.	1 798	1,0	.
	Italian	0	0	.	.	0	0,0	.
	Sami	4	133	.	.	137	0,1	.
	Other	233	41	.	.	274	0,2	.
Grades 7-9	English	78 309	6 779	88	18	85 194	.	99,4
	Swedish	877	6 230	72 166	8	79 281	.	92,5
	Finnish	4 500	493	110	33	5 136	.	6,0
	French	884	2 416	93	3 423	6 816	.	8,0
	German	887	4 225	128	5 430	10 670	.	12,5
	Russian	306	872	.	1 337	2 515	.	2,9
	Spanish	64	646	.	2 095	2 805	.	3,3
	Italian	0	0	.	76	76	.	0,1
	Sami	0	34	.	5	39	.	0,0
	Latin	0	0	.	228	228	.	0,3
	Other	75	7	23	27	132	.	0,2

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

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Updated 24.5.2017

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Subject choices of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-1056. Subject choices of comprehensive school pupils 2016, Appendix table 2. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2016, girls (Corrected on 28 June 2017) . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.11.2024].
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