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Appendix table 1. Employment of students aged at least 18 years in 2015 and the share of employed students of all students in 2005-2015
Sector of education | Students total 2015 | Employed students 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Upper secondary general education | 44 013 | 11 448 | 26,0 | 100,0 | 27,4 | 28,4 | 30,1 | 29,1 | 27,6 | 32,3 | 31,6 | 29,8 | 30,0 |
Vocational education | 234 764 | 112 261 | 47,8 | 100,0 | 49,8 | 53,2 | 57,4 | 56,3 | 56,6 | 62,0 | 62,1 | 58,6 | 56,2 |
Polytechnic education | 139 670 | 75 853 | 54,3 | 100,0 | 56,3 | 57,1 | 59,4 | 58,9 | 56,8 | 59,5 | 58,5 | 55,8 | 53,6 |
University education | 157 429 | 86 518 | 55,0 | 100,0 | 57,9 | 58,4 | 61,2 | 61,2 | 59,6 | 61,4 | 60,9 | 59,1 | 57,5 |
Total | 575 876 | 286 080 | 49,7 | 100,0 | 52,0 | 53,7 | 56,9 | 56,1 | 55,2 | 58,7 | 58,3 | 55,6 | 53,6 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Vesa Hämäläinen 029 551 2594, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 17.3.2017
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Employment of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0017. 2015,
Appendix table 1. Employment of students aged at least 18 years in 2015 and the share of employed students of all students in 2005-2015
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 23.11.2024].
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