Appendix table 1. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2014, 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 | 112 517 | 6 822 | . | . | 119 339 | 65.6 | . |
Swedish | 1 377 | 5 985 | . | . | 7 362 | 4.0 | . | |
Finnish | 7 339 | 441 | . | . | 7 780 | 4.3 | . | |
French | 1 201 | 1 596 | . | . | 2 797 | 1.5 | . | |
German | 1 455 | 4 607 | . | . | 6 062 | 3.3 | . | |
Russian | 492 | 991 | . | . | 1 483 | 0.8 | . | |
Spanish | 177 | 550 | . | . | 727 | 0.4 | . | |
Italian | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0.0 | . | |
Sami | 2 | 91 | . | . | 93 | 0.1 | . | |
Other | 158 | 66 | . | . | 224 | 0.1 | . | |
Grades 7-9 | English | 83 016 | 6 252 | 101 | 26 | 89 395 | . | 99.3 |
Swedish | 977 | 4 673 | 76 950 | 202 | 82 802 | . | 92.0 | |
Finnish | 4 458 | 686 | 83 | 1 | 5 228 | . | 5.8 | |
French | 553 | 1 330 | 64 | 1 321 | 3 268 | . | 3.6 | |
German | 717 | 3 400 | 232 | 3 314 | 7 663 | . | 8.5 | |
Russian | 238 | 346 | . | 1 564 | 2 148 | . | 2.4 | |
Spanish | 17 | 317 | . | 915 | 1 249 | . | 1.4 | |
Italian | 0 | 0 | . | 58 | 58 | . | 0.1 | |
Sami | 0 | 22 | . | 0 | 22 | . | 0.0 | |
Latin | 0 | 0 | . | 132 | 132 | . | 0.1 | |
Other | 48 | 2 | . | 6 | 56 | . | 0.1 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
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Director in charge: Riitta Harala
Updated 22.5.2015
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