Providers of education and educational institutions

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF)

The statistics on providers of education and educational institutions describe the network of providers of education and educational institutions supervised by a public authority, changes in it, address data and numbers of students. The data are collected with an inquiry and published once a year.

Key figures

Figures

See key statistical data in the figures.

Educational institutions by type of educational institution in 2005 to 2025

Comprehensive schools by grade in 2005 to 2025

Comprehensive school pupils by municipality in 2005 to 2025

Comprehensive schools by number of pupils in 2005 to 2025

Closed down, merged and new comprehensive schools in 2005 to 2025

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Releases

Number of comprehensive schools continued declining in 2025

Providers of education and educational institutions 2025

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Number of comprehensive schools under 2,000 in 2024

Providers of education and educational institutions 2024

release

Number of comprehensive schools decreased further in 2023

Providers of education and educational institutions 2023

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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): Providers of education and educational institutions [online publication].
ISSN=1799-5825. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 7.3.2026].
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Contact information

Inquiries primarily

Mika Witting
Senior Statistician
029 551 3032