Appendix table 1. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2016, boys (Corrected on 28 June 2017)

Corrected on 28 June 2017. The corrected numbers are indicated in red.
		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	123 477	7 716	19	.	131 212	70,5	.
	Swedish	1 607	6 069	26 172	.	33 848	18,2	.
	Finnish	8 936	530	9	.	9 475	5,1	.
	French	1 157	1 726	6	.	2 889	1,6	.
	German	1 368	5 350	7	.	6 725	3,6	.
	Russian	460	642	.	.	1 102	0,6	.
	Spanish	252	1 153	.	.	1 405	0,8	.
	Italian	0	0	.	.	0	0,0	.
	Sami	1	105	.	.	106	0,1	.
	Other	196	37	.	.	233	0,1	.
Grades 7-9	English	82 742	6 190	73	9	89 014	.	99,3
	Swedish	679	4 741	77 235	9	82 664	.	92,2
	Finnish	4 527	532	90	30	5 179	.	5,8
	French	558	1 267	53	1 340	3 218	.	3,6
	German	702	3 471	151	3 862	8 186	.	9,1
	Russian	226	595	.	856	1 677	.	1,9
	Spanish	53	404	.	1 060	1 517	.	1,7
	Italian	0	0	.	38	38	.	0,0
	Sami	0	13	.	4	17	.	0,0
	Latin	0	0	.	162	162	.	0,2
	Other	62	7	15	8	92	.	0,1

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

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Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

Updated 24.5.2017

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Subject choices of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-1056. Subject choices of comprehensive school pupils 2016, Appendix table 1. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2016, boys (Corrected on 28 June 2017) . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 25.11.2024].
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