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Subject choices of students

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF)

The statistics on subject choices of students contain data on the subject choices in comprehensive school and upper secondary education. The data are mainly obtained from the KOSKI database and they are produced annually.

Figures

See key statistical data in the figures.

Foreign language studying by comprehensive education pupils of grades 1 to 9 by grade and academic year

Pupils studying English in grades 1 to 9 of comprehensive education by grade, region and academic year

Foreign language studying by upper secondary level students by sex and region in 2024

Detailed tables of the statistics are available in the StatFin database

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Releases

Studying two languages most common in upper secondary education in 2024

Subject choices of students 2024, upper secondary level education

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Studying English remained unchanged in comprehensive school education in 2024

Subject choices of students 2024, basic education

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Studying two languages most common among students in upper secondary education in 2023

Subject choices of students 2023, upper secondary level education

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Future releases

Documentation

Description of the production, used methods and quality of the statistics.

Go to documentation of the statistics

Referencing instructions

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Subject choices of students [online publication].
ISSN=1799-1056. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 3.3.2026].
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Contact information

Inquiries primarily

Vesa Hämäläinen
Senior Statistician
029 551 2594

Other experts

Anna Loukkola
Senior Statistician
029 551 3678