Appendix table 2. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2015, 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 | 109 330 | 7 515 | . | . | 116 845 | 66.6 | . |
Swedish | 1 543 | 7 266 | . | . | 8 809 | 5.0 | . | |
Finnish | 7 062 | 468 | . | . | 7 530 | 4.3 | . | |
French | 1 773 | 2 842 | . | . | 4 615 | 2.6 | . | |
German | 1 720 | 5 453 | . | . | 7 173 | 4.1 | . | |
Russian | 617 | 1 268 | . | . | 1 885 | 1.1 | . | |
Spanish | 257 | 821 | . | . | 1 078 | 0.6 | . | |
Italian | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0.0 | . | |
Sami | 1 | 122 | . | . | 123 | 0.1 | . | |
Other | 216 | 23 | . | . | 239 | 0.1 | . | |
Grades 7-9 | English | 77 805 | 6 752 | 87 | 23 | 84 667 | . | 99.5 |
Swedish | 834 | 6 551 | 71 168 | 63 | 78 616 | . | 92.4 | |
Finnish | 4 460 | 580 | 95 | 0 | 5 135 | . | 6.0 | |
French | 899 | 2 367 | 92 | 3 612 | 6 970 | . | 8.2 | |
German | 887 | 4 045 | 221 | 4 857 | 10 010 | . | 11.8 | |
Russian | 319 | 636 | . | 2 038 | 2 993 | . | 3.5 | |
Spanish | 38 | 628 | . | 1 808 | 2 474 | . | 2.9 | |
Italian | 0 | 0 | . | 98 | 98 | . | 0.1 | |
Sami | 0 | 39 | . | 3 | 42 | . | 0.0 | |
Latin | 0 | 0 | . | 237 | 237 | . | 0.3 | |
Other | 65 | 1 | . | 28 | 94 | . | 0.1 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
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Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 24.5.2016
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