Appendix table 1. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2019, 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	148 877	8 712	24	.	157 613	83.0	.
	Swedish	1 805	5 473	27 532	.	34 810	18.3	.
	Finnish	10 073	540	0	.	10 613	5.6	.
	French	1 694	1 519	8	.	3 221	1.7	.
	German	1 694	5 207	7	.	6 908	3.6	.
	Russian	486	455	.	.	941	0.5	.
	Spanish	440	3 005	.	.	3 445	1.8	.
	Italian	0	0	.	.	0	0.0	.
	Sami	1	101	.	.	102	0.1	.
	Other	173	80	0	.	253	0.1	.
Grades 7-9	English	86 631	6 430	49	37	93 147	.	99.4
	Swedish	946	4 725	80 725	2	86 398	.	92.2
	Finnish	4 759	634	111	1	5 505	.	5.9
	French	615	1 171	48	919	2 753	.	2.9
	German	855	3 430	119	2 932	7 336	.	7.8
	Russian	248	350	.	598	1 196	.	1.3
	Spanish	109	882	.	1 284	2 275	.	2.4
	Italian	0	0	.	32	32	.	0.0
	Sami	1	20	.	0	21	.	0.0
	Latin	0	0	.	126	126	.	0.1
	Other	83	24	5	24	136	.	0.1

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

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Updated 20.5.2020

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Subject choices of students [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-1056. Subject choices of comprehensive school pupils 2019, Appendix table 1. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2019, boys . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.12.2024].
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