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Number of foreign languages selected by upper secondary level students by Year, Area, Gender, Number of foreign languages, Level of education and Information

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Number of foreign languages selected by upper secondary level students by Year, Area, Gender, Number of foreign languages, Level of education and Information
 Students
2024 
WHOLE COUNTRY 
Total 
0 
Total3,552
31 General upper secondary education620
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training2,932
1 
Total21,099
31 General upper secondary education2,632
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training18,467
2 
Total222,684
31 General upper secondary education69,950
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training152,734
Males 
0 
Total2,178
31 General upper secondary education273
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training1,905
1 
Total11,461
31 General upper secondary education1,178
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training10,283
2 
Total109,687
31 General upper secondary education32,361
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training77,326
Females 
0 
Total1,374
31 General upper secondary education347
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training1,027
1 
Total9,636
31 General upper secondary education1,454
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training8,182
2 
Total112,997
31 General upper secondary education37,589
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training75,408
MK01 Uusimaa 
Total 
0 
Total1,576
31 General upper secondary education332
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training1,244
1 
Total6,867
31 General upper secondary education894
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training5,973
2 
Total69,797
31 General upper secondary education22,053
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training47,744
Males 
0 
Total906
31 General upper secondary education147
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training759
1 
Total3,621
31 General upper secondary education422
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training3,199
2 
Total33,815
31 General upper secondary education11,018
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training22,797
Females 
0 
Total670
31 General upper secondary education185
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training485
1 
Total3,246
31 General upper secondary education472
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training2,774
2 
Total35,982
31 General upper secondary education11,035
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training24,947
MK02 Southwest Finland 
Total 
0 
Total126
31 General upper secondary education84
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training42
1 
Total1,037
31 General upper secondary education156
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training881
2 
Total18,025
31 General upper secondary education5,284
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training12,741
Males 
0 
Total77
31 General upper secondary education42
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training35
1 
Total498
31 General upper secondary education66
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training432
2 
Total8,724
31 General upper secondary education2,407
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training6,317
Females 
0 
Total49
31 General upper secondary education42
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training7
1 
Total539
31 General upper secondary education90
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training449
2 
Total9,301
31 General upper secondary education2,877
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training6,424
Documentation of statistics The shares of estimated students of English and Swedish among all students in the field of education in the year in question. In parentheses, the statistical reference year and the ability of the model to predict data on language studies correctly:
General upper secondary education:
English 3.1% (2020, 98.0%), 4.4% (2021, 94.5%), 4.0 % (2022, 99.1% ), 3.3 % (2023, 98.8 %), 4,3 % (2024, 98,8 %).
Swedish 3.2% (2020, 98.5%), 10.0% (2021, 97.8%), 12 % (2022, 97.5%), 11,8 % (2023, 97,5 %), 3,7 % (2024, 97,9 %).
Initial vocational education:
English 23.8% (2020, 73.7%), 31.7% (2021, 64.9%), 31.7% (2022, 73.9%), 30.7% (2023, 77.3 %), 34,5% (2024, 82,3 %).
Swedish 22.6% (2020, 89%), 30.3% (2021, 77.8%), 30.3% (2022, 75.7%), 23.5% (2023, 81.6 %), 30,2 % (2024, 87,9 %).
The second national language, Finnish, is included in those studying Finnish. Those studying the syllabus of Finnish as a second language and literature (S2) are not included in those studying Finnish. The second national language, Swedish, is included in those studying Swedish. Those studying the syllabus of Swedish as a second language and literature (R2) are not included in those studying Swedish. In addition to studying Finnish as the second national language, studying the Finnish language in general upper secondary school includes studying Finnish, native-level syllabus starting from data for 2024.

The figures for the Finnish language are not fully comparable to the data preceding 2022.

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