Appendix table 2. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2018, 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 | 124 948 | 8 691 | 5 | . | 133 644 | 74.1 | . |
Swedish | 1 587 | 6 689 | 25 648 | . | 33 924 | 18.8 | . | |
Finnish | 9 365 | 607 | 7 | . | 9 979 | 5.5 | . | |
French | 2 012 | 2 602 | 9 | . | 4 623 | 2.6 | . | |
German | 1 705 | 5 790 | 9 | . | 7 504 | 4.2 | . | |
Russian | 631 | 654 | 0 | . | 1 285 | 0.7 | . | |
Spanish | 491 | 3 252 | 0 | . | 3 743 | 2.1 | . | |
Italian | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0.0 | . | |
Sami | 3 | 111 | 0 | . | 114 | 0.1 | . | |
Other | 235 | 71 | 8 | . | 314 | 0.2 | . | |
Grades 7-9 | English | 80 798 | 6 646 | 120 | 40 | 87 604 | . | 99.6 |
Swedish | 901 | 6 527 | 74 100 | 0 | 81 528 | . | 92.7 | |
Finnish | 4 445 | 682 | 114 | 1 | 5 242 | . | 6.0 | |
French | 1 010 | 2 295 | 116 | 2 641 | 6 062 | . | 6.9 | |
German | 919 | 4 258 | 136 | 5 257 | 10 570 | . | 12.0 | |
Russian | 277 | 899 | 0 | 980 | 2 156 | . | 2.5 | |
Spanish | 119 | 745 | 0 | 2 571 | 3 435 | . | 3.9 | |
Italian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 47 | . | 0.1 | |
Sami | 1 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 38 | . | 0.0 | |
Latin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 282 | 282 | . | 0.3 | |
Other | 90 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 131 | . | 0.1 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
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Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 23.5.2019
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