Appendix table 2. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2014, girls
Compulsory language A1 | Optional language A2 | Compulsory language B1 | Elective language B2 | Girls total | Share of girls in grades 1-6 % | Share of girls in grades 7-9 % | ||
Grades | Studied language | |||||||
Grades 1-6 | English | 107 715 | 7 288 | . | . | 115 003 | 66.4 | . |
Swedish | 1 641 | 7 392 | . | . | 9 033 | 5.2 | . | |
Finnish | 7 091 | 427 | . | . | 7 518 | 4.3 | . | |
French | 1 701 | 2 744 | . | . | 4 445 | 2.6 | . | |
German | 1 729 | 5 375 | . | . | 7 104 | 4.1 | . | |
Russian | 632 | 1 372 | . | . | 2 004 | 1.2 | . | |
Spanish | 224 | 693 | . | . | 917 | 0.5 | . | |
Italian | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0.0 | . | |
Sami | 1 | 119 | . | . | 120 | 0.1 | . | |
Other | 234 | 41 | . | . | 275 | 0.2 | . | |
Grades 7-9 | English | 78 601 | 6 536 | 80 | 35 | 85 252 | . | 99.5 |
Swedish | 1 062 | 6 297 | 71 727 | 143 | 79 229 | . | 92.5 | |
Finnish | 4 275 | 740 | 72 | 3 | 5 090 | . | 5.9 | |
French | 843 | 2 402 | 102 | 3 772 | 7 119 | . | 8.3 | |
German | 903 | 4 259 | 251 | 4 610 | 10 023 | . | 11.7 | |
Russian | 305 | 597 | . | 2 351 | 3 253 | . | 3.8 | |
Spanish | 20 | 512 | . | 1 785 | 2 317 | . | 2.7 | |
Italian | 0 | 0 | . | 136 | 136 | . | 0.2 | |
Sami | 0 | 30 | . | 1 | 31 | . | 0.0 | |
Latin | 0 | 0 | . | 251 | 251 | . | 0.3 | |
Other | 65 | 2 | . | 22 | 89 | . | 0.1 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Vesa Hämäläinen 029 551 2594, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Riitta Harala
Updated 22.5.2015
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