Appendix table 2. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2019, 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	141 115	9 301	14	.	150 430	83.1	.
	Swedish	1 970	6 454	24 989	.	33 413	18.4	.
	Finnish	9 932	643	1	.	10 576	5.8	.
	French	2 271	2 375	12	.	4 658	2.6	.
	German	1 955	5 593	11	.	7 559	4.2	.
	Russian	614	561	.	.	1 175	0.6	.
	Spanish	591	3 757	.	.	4 348	2.4	.
	Italian	0	0	.	.	0	0.0	.
	Sami	3	119	.	.	122	0.1	.
	Other	209	52	0	.	261	0.1	.
Grades 7-9	English	82 291	6 728	36	32	89 087	.	99.7
	Swedish	1 077	6 154	75 654	1	82 886	.	92.7
	Finnish	4 507	707	102	1	5 317	.	5.9
	French	1 028	2 150	49	2 509	5 736	.	6.4
	German	919	4 178	182	4 414	9 693	.	10.8
	Russian	286	633	.	850	1 769	.	2.0
	Spanish	121	1 255	.	3 042	4 418	.	4.9
	Italian	0	0	.	43	43	.	0.0
	Sami	1	31	.	1	33	.	0.0
	Latin	0	7	.	247	254	.	0.3
	Other	95	23	1	39	158	.	0.2

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 2. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2019, girls . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 19.4.2024].
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