Appendix table 4. Languages studied by students in vocational education in 2014 to 2018
Language studied | Year | 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 | 119 833 | 95,5 | 111 722 | 92,5 | 111 672 | 95,6 | 107 134 | 96,1 | 120 814 | 93,6 |
Swedish | 108 614 | 86,6 | 99 069 | 82,0 | 102 109 | 87,4 | 97 245 | 87,2 | 111 491 | 86,4 |
Finnish | 4 909 | 3,9 | 4 767 | 3,9 | 7 865 | 6,7 | 5 949 | 5,3 | 5 983 | 4,6 |
French | 1 904 | 1,5 | 1 589 | 1,3 | 1 796 | 1,5 | 1 534 | 1,4 | 778 | 0,6 |
German | 2 077 | 1,7 | 1 201 | 1,0 | 1 594 | 1,4 | 1 357 | 1,2 | 717 | 0,6 |
Russian | 3 342 | 2,7 | 2 616 | 2,2 | 2 212 | 1,9 | 2 035 | 1,8 | 1 524 | 1,2 |
Spanish | 1 968 | 1,6 | 1 721 | 1,4 | 1 526 | 1,3 | 1 429 | 1,3 | 1 314 | 1,0 |
Italian | 110 | 0,1 | 84 | 0,1 | 67 | 0,1 | 44 | 0,0 | 29 | 0,0 |
Sami | 140 | 0,1 | 2 | 0,0 | 109 | 0,1 | 148 | 0,1 | 3 | 0,0 |
Latin | 19 | 0,0 | 12 | 0,0 | 13 | 0,0 | 6 | 0,0 | 4 | 0,0 |
Other | 469 | 0,4 | 508 | 0,4 | 379 | 0,3 | 298 | 0,3 | 277 | 0,2 |
Students total | 125 447 | . | 120 824 | . | 116 808 | . | 111 485 | . | 129 006 | . |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Vesa Hämäläinen 029 551 2594, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 18.12.2019
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Subject choices of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-1056. Subject choices of students in upper secondary level education 2018,
Appendix table 4. Languages studied by students in vocational education in 2014 to 2018
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