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

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Shares of number of foreign languages selected by upper secondary level students by Year, Area, Gender, Level of education and Information
 Students
2024 
WHOLE COUNTRY 
Total 
Total288,692
31 General upper secondary education112,817
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training175,875
Males 
Total137,340
31 General upper secondary education47,261
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training90,079
Females 
Total151,350
31 General upper secondary education65,556
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training85,794
MK01 Uusimaa 
Total 
Total97,082
31 General upper secondary education41,114
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training55,968
Males 
Total45,238
31 General upper secondary education18,162
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training27,076
Females 
Total51,844
31 General upper secondary education22,952
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training28,892
MK02 Southwest Finland 
Total 
Total22,389
31 General upper secondary education8,651
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training13,738
Males 
Total10,397
31 General upper secondary education3,575
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training6,822
Females 
Total11,992
31 General upper secondary education5,076
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training6,916
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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