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15as -- Foreign languages selected by upper secondary level students, 2020-2024

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Statistics Finland, subject choices of students
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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.