Appendix table 2. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2019, 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 | 141 115 | 9 301 | 14 | . | 150 430 | 83.1 | . |
Swedish | 1 970 | 6 454 | 24 989 | . | 33 413 | 18.4 | . | |
Finnish | 9 932 | 643 | 1 | . | 10 576 | 5.8 | . | |
French | 2 271 | 2 375 | 12 | . | 4 658 | 2.6 | . | |
German | 1 955 | 5 593 | 11 | . | 7 559 | 4.2 | . | |
Russian | 614 | 561 | . | . | 1 175 | 0.6 | . | |
Spanish | 591 | 3 757 | . | . | 4 348 | 2.4 | . | |
Italian | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0.0 | . | |
Sami | 3 | 119 | . | . | 122 | 0.1 | . | |
Other | 209 | 52 | 0 | . | 261 | 0.1 | . | |
Grades 7-9 | English | 82 291 | 6 728 | 36 | 32 | 89 087 | . | 99.7 |
Swedish | 1 077 | 6 154 | 75 654 | 1 | 82 886 | . | 92.7 | |
Finnish | 4 507 | 707 | 102 | 1 | 5 317 | . | 5.9 | |
French | 1 028 | 2 150 | 49 | 2 509 | 5 736 | . | 6.4 | |
German | 919 | 4 178 | 182 | 4 414 | 9 693 | . | 10.8 | |
Russian | 286 | 633 | . | 850 | 1 769 | . | 2.0 | |
Spanish | 121 | 1 255 | . | 3 042 | 4 418 | . | 4.9 | |
Italian | 0 | 0 | . | 43 | 43 | . | 0.0 | |
Sami | 1 | 31 | . | 1 | 33 | . | 0.0 | |
Latin | 0 | 7 | . | 247 | 254 | . | 0.3 | |
Other | 95 | 23 | 1 | 39 | 158 | . | 0.2 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
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Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 20.5.2020
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