Entrance to education 2025
Ninety-two per cent of completers of the 9th grade of comprehensive school continued in upper secondary education in 2025
releaseAccording to Statistics Finland, there were 62,200 completers of comprehensive school in 2025. Forty per cent of them continued in vocational education and training and 53 per cent in general upper secondary education. Seven per cent continued in preparatory education. Less than one per cent of completers of comprehensive school did not continue in the above-mentioned education.
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- Almost 100 per cent of completers of comprehensive school applied to education in 2025.
- The share of those continuing in general upper secondary education and in vocational education and training was the same as in 2024.
- The share of students continuing in general upper secondary education was highest in Uusimaa, 61 per cent, and the share continuing in vocational education and training was highest in Lapland and Kainuu, 51 per cent.
- The share continuing in education leading to a qualification or degree or in transition point education was on level with the year before.
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Entrance to education [online publication].
Reference period: 2025. ISSN=1799-4527. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 12.11.2026].
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