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Publication and database table 14rw - Students and qualifications in vocational education by mode of competence acquisitioni has been corrected on 28 May 2026.
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Education and researchStudents and qualifications
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.
Key figures
Students in education leading to a qualification or degree
1,421,934 1,421,934
2024
Students and qualifications
Updated: 08/10/2025
Figures
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Students and qualifications by gender, level of education and field of education by year
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New students and qualifications by gender, sector of education and nationality by year
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 2024
Pupils in grades 1 to 9 in comprehensive schools 2025
Students at universities of applied sciences 2025
Students in university of applied sciences education by sex and field of education by region 2025
University students by university 2025
Tables
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Students by sector of education and origin in 2022 to 2024
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Detailed tables of the statistics are available in the StatFin database
You can find updated tables in the StatFin database. Extract the data you need into tables, view the data as charts or download the data for your use.Go to the databaseReleases
Students in general upper secondary education numbered 114,700 in 2025
Students and qualifications 2025, general upper secondary education
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Number of students in vocational education and training decreased in 2025
Students and qualifications 2025, vocational education and training
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Number of degrees completed at universities grew in 2025
Students and qualifications 2025, university education
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Documentation
Description of the production, used methods and quality of the statistics.
Go to documentation of the statisticsReferencing instructions
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Students and qualifications [online publication].
ISSN=1798-7679. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 2.6.2026].
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