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Foreign languages selected by upper secondary level students by Year, Area, Gender, Level of education, Studied language and Information

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Foreign languages selected by upper secondary level students by Year, Area, Gender, Level of education, Studied language and Information
 Upper secondary students
2024 
WHOLE COUNTRY 
Total 
Total 
Finnish288,692
Swedish288,692
Sami288,692
31 General upper secondary education 
Finnish112,817
Swedish112,817
Sami112,817
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training 
Finnish175,875
Swedish175,875
Sami175,875
Males 
Total 
Finnish137,340
Swedish137,340
Sami137,340
31 General upper secondary education 
Finnish47,261
Swedish47,261
Sami47,261
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training 
Finnish90,079
Swedish90,079
Sami90,079
Females 
Total 
Finnish151,350
Swedish151,350
Sami151,350
31 General upper secondary education 
Finnish65,556
Swedish65,556
Sami65,556
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training 
Finnish85,794
Swedish85,794
Sami85,794
MK01 Uusimaa 
Total 
Total 
Finnish97,082
Swedish97,082
Sami97,082
31 General upper secondary education 
Finnish41,114
Swedish41,114
Sami41,114
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training 
Finnish55,968
Swedish55,968
Sami55,968
Males 
Total 
Finnish45,238
Swedish45,238
Sami45,238
31 General upper secondary education 
Finnish18,162
Swedish18,162
Sami18,162
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training 
Finnish27,076
Swedish27,076
Sami27,076
Females 
Total 
Finnish51,844
Swedish51,844
Sami51,844
31 General upper secondary education 
Finnish22,952
Swedish22,952
Sami22,952
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training 
Finnish28,892
Swedish28,892
Sami28,892
MK02 Southwest Finland 
Total 
Total 
Finnish22,389
Swedish22,389
Sami22,389
31 General upper secondary education 
Finnish8,651
Swedish8,651
Sami8,651
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training 
Finnish13,738
Swedish13,738
Sami13,738
Males 
Total 
Finnish10,397
Swedish10,397
Sami10,397
31 General upper secondary education 
Finnish3,575
Swedish3,575
Sami3,575
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training 
Finnish6,822
Swedish6,822
Sami6,822
Females 
Total 
Finnish11,992
Swedish11,992
Sami11,992
31 General upper secondary education 
Finnish5,076
Swedish5,076
Sami5,076
32 Vocational upper secondary education and training 
Finnish6,916
Swedish6,916
Sami6,916
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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