Appendix table 3. Languages studied by students in upper secondary general education in 2014 to 2018
Language studied | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||
Students | Share of students, % | Students | Share of students, % | Students | Share of students, % | Students | Share of students, % | Students | Share of students, % | |
English | 104 314 | 99,9 | 104 693 | 99,9 | 103 751 | 99,9 | 103 731 | 99,8 | 103 442 | 99,6 |
Swedish | 95 868 | 91,8 | 96 537 | 92,1 | 94 994 | 91,5 | 95 476 | 91,8 | 95 046 | 91,5 |
Finnish | 6 701 | 6,4 | 6 493 | 6,2 | 6 578 | 6,3 | 6 598 | 6,3 | 6 703 | 6,5 |
French | 11 253 | 10,8 | 10 774 | 10,3 | 10 229 | 9,9 | 10 130 | 9,7 | 9 792 | 9,4 |
German | 17 440 | 16,7 | 17 007 | 16,2 | 16 351 | 15,7 | 16 924 | 16,3 | 16 239 | 15,6 |
Russian | 7 913 | 7,6 | 7 664 | 7,3 | 6 819 | 6,6 | 5 962 | 5,7 | 5 535 | 5,3 |
Spanish | 13 838 | 13,2 | 13 309 | 12,7 | 12 913 | 12,4 | 13 499 | 13,0 | 14 113 | 13,6 |
Italian | 1 309 | 1,3 | 1 178 | 1,1 | 1 055 | 1,0 | 997 | 1,0 | 867 | 0,8 |
Sami | 27 | 0,0 | 24 | 0,0 | 40 | 0,0 | 31 | 0,0 | 32 | 0,0 |
Latin | 755 | 0,7 | 614 | 0,6 | 596 | 0,6 | 554 | 0,5 | 631 | 0,6 |
Other | 849 | 0,8 | 607 | 0,6 | 591 | 0,6 | 716 | 0,7 | 976 | 0,9 |
Students total | 104 449 | . | 104 785 | . | 103 837 | . | 103 985 | . | 103 820 | . |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Vesa Hämäläinen 029 551 2594, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 18.12.2019
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Appendix table 3. Languages studied by students in upper secondary general education in 2014 to 2018
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