Appendix table 1. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2013, 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	111 729	6 596	.	.	118 325	65.7	.
	Swedish	1 361	5 719	.	.	7 080	3.9	.
	Finnish	7 118	457	.	.	7 575	4.2	.
	French	1 092	1 697	.	.	2 789	1.5	.
	German	1 420	4 664	.	.	6 084	3.4	.
	Russian	443	817	.	.	1 260	0.7	.
	Spanish	169	439	.	.	608	0.3	.
	Italian	0	0	.	.	0	0.0	.
	Sami	1	92	.	.	93	0.1	.
	Other	138	74	.	.	212	0.1	.
Grades 7-9	English	83 057	6 450	101	36	89 644	.	99.3
	Swedish	733	4 787	77 499	2	83 021	.	92.0
	Finnish	4 768	522	83	10	5 383	.	6.0
	French	474	1 300	77	1 380	3 231	.	3.6
	German	693	3 081	233	3 435	7 442	.	8.2
	Russian	225	278	.	1 204	1 707	.	1.9
	Spanish	7	272	.	869	1 148	.	1.3
	Italian	0	0	.	29	29	.	0.0
	Sami	1	18	.	4	23	.	0.0
	Latin	0	0	.	163	163	.	0.2
	Other	26	25	.	7	58	.	0.1

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

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Updated 23.5.2014

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Subject choices of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-1056. Subject choices of comprehensive school pupils 2013, Appendix table 1. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2013, boys . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.11.2024].
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