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Students and qualifications

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF)
Statistics on students and qualifications contain data on pupils in pre-primary and comprehensive education and students and qualifications in post-comprehensive education leading to a qualification or degree. The data derive mainly from the KOSKI and VIRTA databases. The data are published several times a year.

Producer:

Statistics Finland

Key figures

Students in education leading to a qualification or degree

1,397,733
2022
Students and qualifications
Updated: 25/10/2023

Releases

release | Students and qualifications 2023, pre-primary and basic education
database release | Students and qualifications 2022, students in instruction preparing for upper secondary education and completers of education
release | Students and qualifications 2022, general upper secondary education
release | Students and qualifications 2022, vocational education and training
release | Students and qualifications 2022, university education

Future releases

Figures

See key statistical data in the figures.

Students and qualifications by sex, level of education and field of education by year

New students and qualifications in education leading to a qualification or degree by sex, nationality and sector of education

Foreign-language speaking and foreign students in education leading to a qualification or degree by municipality and year

Foreign-language speaking and foreign students in education leading to a qualification or degree by sector of education and municipality in 2013 to 2022

Pupils in grades 1 to 9 in comprehensive schools 2023

Students at universities of applied sciences 2022

Students in university of applied sciences education by sex and field of education by region 2022

University students by university 2022

Statistical experts

Inquiries primarily
Heli Hiltunen
Senior Statistician
029 551 3314
Other experts

Referencing instructions

Referencing instructions

The statistical data released before 5.4.2022 can be found on the archive pages of the statistics.

Go to the archive page