Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2009, girls
| Compulsory language A1 | Optional language A2 | Compulsory language B1 | Elective language B2 | Girls total | Share of girls in grades 1-6 % | Share of girls in grades 7-9 % | ||
| Grades | Studied language | |||||||
| Grades 1-6 | English | 108 434 | 6 694 | . | . | 115 128 | 68.1 | . |
| Swedish | 1 524 | 7 153 | . | . | 8 677 | 5.1 | . | |
| Finnish | 6 872 | 534 | . | . | 7 406 | 4.4 | . | |
| French | 1 259 | 2 600 | . | . | 3 859 | 2.3 | . | |
| German | 1 638 | 5 349 | . | . | 6 987 | 4.1 | . | |
| Russian | 433 | 474 | . | . | 907 | 0.5 | . | |
| Sami | 0 | 119 | . | . | 119 | 0.1 | . | |
| Other | 129 | 244 | . | . | 373 | 0.2 | . | |
| Grades 7-9 | English | 84 936 | 8 007 | 173 | 35 | 93 151 | . | 99.4 |
| Swedish | 1 215 | 6 900 | 78 240 | 4 | 86 359 | . | 92.1 | |
| Finnish | 5 102 | 579 | 87 | 1 | 5 769 | . | 6.2 | |
| French | 850 | 2 588 | 178 | 4 293 | 7 909 | . | 8.4 | |
| German | 1 165 | 5 802 | 201 | 5 342 | 12 510 | . | 13.3 | |
| Russian | 314 | 149 | . | 977 | 1 440 | . | 1.5 | |
| Sami | 2 | 21 | . | 10 | 33 | . | 0.0 | |
| Latin | 0 | 0 | . | 366 | 366 | . | 0.4 | |
| Other | 12 | 209 | . | 1 320 | 1 541 | . | 1.6 | |
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, girls
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