Providers of education and educational institutions

Latest release:
Number of comprehensive schools 81 lower than one year before, highest number of closures in the Region of Uusimaa
19 Feb 2013
According to Statistics Finland's Register of Providers of Education and Register of Educational Institutions, there were 783 active providers of education and 3,838 educational institutions in which 1.92 million students pursued studies at the end of 2012. The number of all educational institutions has fallen by 14 per cent in five years. In 2007, the number of comprehensive schools was nearly 3,300, whereas at the end of 2012 their number was only just under 2,800.

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Statistical releases will not be issued in English from these statistics in 2013.