Appendix table 1. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2011, boys
| Compulsory language A1 | Optional language A2 | Compulsory language B1 | Elective language B2 | Boys total | Share of boys in grades 1-6 % | Share of boys in grades 7-9 % | ||
| Grades | Studied language | |||||||
| Grades 1-6 | English | 110 977 | 6 882 | - | - | 117 859 | 66.1 | - |
| Swedish | 1 302 | 6 096 | - | - | 7 398 | 4.2 | - | |
| Finnish | 7 227 | 532 | - | - | 7 759 | 4.4 | - | |
| French | 918 | 1 974 | - | - | 2 892 | 1.6 | - | |
| German | 1 343 | 4 843 | - | - | 6 186 | 3.5 | - | |
| Russian | 386 | 469 | - | - | 855 | 0.5 | - | |
| Spanish | 82 | 325 | - | - | 407 | 0.2 | - | |
| Italian | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0.0 | - | |
| Sami | 0 | 77 | - | - | 77 | 0.0 | - | |
| Other | 98 | 20 | - | - | 118 | 0.1 | - | |
| Grades 7-9 | English | 84 980 | 6 421 | 109 | 41 | 91 551 | - | 99.2 |
| Swedish | 1 368 | 5 236 | 78 044 | 6 | 84 654 | - | 91.8 | |
| Finnish | 4 868 | 604 | 110 | 0 | 5 582 | - | 6.1 | |
| French | 456 | 1 309 | 66 | 1 684 | 3 515 | - | 3.8 | |
| German | 724 | 3 477 | 146 | 3 761 | 8 108 | - | 8.8 | |
| Russian | 206 | 175 | - | 793 | 1 174 | - | 1.3 | |
| Spanish | 0 | 127 | - | 779 | 906 | - | 1.0 | |
| Italian | 0 | 0 | - | 18 | 18 | - | 0.0 | |
| Sami | 0 | 17 | - | 2 | 19 | - | 0.0 | |
| Latin | 0 | 0 | - | 195 | 195 | - | 0.2 | |
| Other | 22 | 0 | - | 19 | 41 | - | 0.0 | |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
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Updated 25.5.2012
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Subject choices of students [e-publication].
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Appendix table 1. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2011, boys
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