Appendix table 1. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2012, 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 | 111 868 | 6 667 | - | - | 118 535 | 66.3 | - |
| Swedish | 1 379 | 5 803 | - | - | 7 182 | 4.0 | - | |
| Finnish | 7 204 | 521 | - | - | 7 725 | 4.3 | - | |
| French | 958 | 1 750 | - | - | 2 708 | 1.5 | - | |
| German | 1 378 | 4 623 | - | - | 6 001 | 3.4 | - | |
| Russian | 416 | 518 | - | - | 934 | 0.5 | - | |
| Spanish | 119 | 393 | - | - | 512 | 0.3 | - | |
| Italian | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0.0 | - | |
| Sami | 1 | 75 | - | - | 76 | 0.0 | - | |
| Other | 120 | 24 | - | - | 144 | 0.1 | - | |
| Grades 7-9 | English | 83 631 | 6 165 | 99 | 26 | 89 921 | - | 99.2 |
| Swedish | 733 | 4 829 | 77 644 | 1 | 83 207 | - | 91.8 | |
| Finnish | 4 827 | 526 | 89 | 5 | 5 447 | - | 6.0 | |
| French | 438 | 1 268 | 69 | 1 631 | 3 406 | - | 3.8 | |
| German | 658 | 3 224 | 211 | 3 753 | 7 846 | - | 8.7 | |
| Russian | 216 | 216 | - | 895 | 1 327 | - | 1.5 | |
| Spanish | 0 | 190 | - | 761 | 951 | - | 1.0 | |
| Italian | 0 | 0 | - | 21 | 21 | - | 0.0 | |
| Sami | 1 | 15 | - | 3 | 19 | - | 0.0 | |
| Latin | 0 | 0 | - | 186 | 186 | - | 0.2 | |
| Other | 17 | 1 | - | 36 | 54 | - | 0.1 | |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
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Updated 24.5.2013
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Appendix table 1. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2012, boys
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