Students and qualifications of educational institutions by Year, Field of education, Type of Education and Information

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Students and qualifications of educational institutions by Year, Type of Education, Field of education and Information
	Qualifications total
2023
Total
Total	226,545
Basic programmes and qualifications	93,700
Education	4,625
Arts	5,855
Humanities (except languages)	1,277
Languages	1,949
Social and behavioural sciences	3,929
Journalism and information	536
Business and administration	27,125
Law	1,459
Broad programmes and qualifications involving natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	73
Biological and related sciences	921
Environment	982
Physical sciences	1,036
Mathematics and statistics	460
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	7,769
Engineering and engineering trades	16,529
Manufacturing and processing	3,465
Architecture and construction	7,375
Broad programmes and qualifications involving agriculture, forestry,fisheries and vetrinary	12
Agriculture	2,973
Forestry	1,205
Fisheries	65
Veterinary	166
Broad programmes and qualifications involving health and welfare	0
Health	20,823
Welfare	7,234
Personal services	10,058
Security services	2,346
Transport services	2,598
Unknown	0

12dc -- Students and qualifications in education leading to a qualification by location of education and field of education (National classification of education), 2000-2023

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: Data on pre-primary education pupils for 2023 has been corrected on 3 April 2025 as concerns pre-primary education provided in connection with early childhood education and care in Åland. The corrected figure is 299 (previously published 598). The correction of the figures also had an effect on the total number of pupils in pre-primary education in 2023. The number of pupils was 52,271 (previously published 52,570).

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Data on pre-primary education pupils for 2023 has been corrected on 3 April 2025 as concerns pre-primary education provided in connection with early childhood education and care in Åland. The corrected figure is 299 (previously published 598). The correction of the figures also had an effect on the total number of pupils in pre-primary education in 2023. The number of pupils was 52,271 (previously published 52,570).

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Documentation of statistics Data on pre-primary education in early childhood education are included from 2013 onwards. Data for 2020 have been corrected as concerns WinNova educational institution (6,768 persons added). Data on pre-primary education pupils for 2021 has been corrected on 25 April 2023. The figures published previously on 25 October 2022 were a total of 58,570 in pre-primary education, 48,907 in connection with early childhood education and 9,663 in connection with comprehensive education. Data on general upper secondary education for 2021 has been corrected on 25 April 2023. The figures published previously on 25 October 2022 were: number of students 107,247 and number of new students 36,900. The figures for those having completed comprehensive education do not include data on Åland from 2020 onwards. The data for 2022 do not include data on comprehensive education in the International School of Helsinki. The numbers of completers of the international matriculation examination, Deutsche Internationale Abitur; Reifeprufung (Dia) were corrected for the years 2021 and 2022 on 20 September 2024. The erroneous figures were 57 qualifications (in 2021) and 58 qualifications (in 2022). The correct figures are 26 qualifications (in 2021) and 29 qualifications (in 2022). Data on pre-primary education pupils for 2023 has been corrected on 3 April 2025 as concerns pre-primary education provided in connection with early childhood education and care in Åland. The corrected figure is 299 (previously published 598). The correction of the figures also had an effect on the total number of pupils in pre-primary education in 2023. The number of pupils was 52,271 (previously published 52,570). When using regional divisions, it should be noted that the total figure does not include pupils of educational institutions located abroad.

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