Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2009, boys
| Compulsory language A1 | Optional language A2 | Compulsory language B1 | Elective language B2 | Boys total | Share of boys in grades 1-6 % | Share of boys in grades 7-9 % | ||
| Grades | Studied language | |||||||
| Grades 1-6 | English | 113 039 | 6 520 | . | . | 119 559 | 67.2 | . |
| Swedish | 1 383 | 5 768 | . | . | 7 151 | 4.0 | . | |
| Finnish | 7 292 | 593 | . | . | 7 885 | 4.4 | . | |
| French | 816 | 1 698 | . | . | 2 514 | 1.4 | . | |
| German | 1 475 | 4 284 | . | . | 5 759 | 3.2 | . | |
| Russian | 322 | 354 | . | . | 676 | 0.4 | . | |
| Sami | 1 | 116 | . | . | 117 | 0.1 | . | |
| Other | 123 | 192 | . | . | 315 | 0.2 | . | |
| Grades 7-9 | English | 89 316 | 7 562 | 160 | 40 | 97 078 | . | 99.1 |
| Swedish | 1 024 | 5 493 | 83 310 | 4 | 89 831 | . | 91.7 | |
| Finnish | 5 345 | 453 | 113 | 1 | 5 912 | . | 6.0 | |
| French | 551 | 1 393 | 99 | 1 463 | 3 506 | . | 3.6 | |
| German | 938 | 4 502 | 149 | 3 418 | 9 007 | . | 9.2 | |
| Russian | 176 | 109 | . | 538 | 823 | . | 0.8 | |
| Sami | 2 | 14 | . | 2 | 18 | . | 0.0 | |
| Latin | 0 | 0 | . | 265 | 265 | . | 0.3 | |
| Other | 18 | 151 | . | 537 | 706 | . | 0.7 | |
Source: Education 2009. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Irma Suovirta (09) 1734 3280, Maija Sikanen (09) 1734 2292, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 25.5.2010
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Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2009, boys
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