Appendix table 1. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2018, boys

		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	131 835	8 207	9	.	140 051	73.9	.
	Swedish	1 736	5 617	27 636	.	34 989	18.5	.
	Finnish	9 650	544	4	.	10 198	5.4	.
	French	1 390	1 589	8	.	2 987	1.6	.
	German	1 577	5 523	7	.	7 107	3.7	.
	Russian	486	448	0	.	934	0.5	.
	Spanish	341	2 680	0	.	3 021	1.6	.
	Italian	0	0	0	.	0	0.0	.
	Sami	6	125	0	.	131	0.1	.
	Other	207	78	5	.	290	0.2	.
Grades 7-9	English	85 262	6 139	86	40	91 527	.	99.4
	Swedish	750	4 905	79 300	2	84 957	.	92.2
	Finnish	4 650	618	97	1	5 366	.	5.8
	French	604	1 195	77	1 012	2 888	.	3.1
	German	761	3 528	106	3 457	7 852	.	8.5
	Russian	235	528	0	746	1 509	.	1.6
	Spanish	92	525	0	1 222	1 839	.	2.0
	Italian	0	0	0	28	28	.	0.0
	Sami	2	14	0	1	17	.	0.0
	Latin	0	0	0	147	147	.	0.2
	Other	77	10	13	21	121	.	0.1

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

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Updated 23.5.2019

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Subject choices of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-1056. Subject choices of comprehensive school pupils 2018, Appendix table 1. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2018, boys . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.12.2024].
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