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Liberal adult education

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF)

The statistics on liberal adult education describe the liberal adult education and training arranged by liberal adult educational institutions, such as adult education centres, folk high schools, summer universities, study centres and sports institutes. Data are collected from organisers of education and published annually.

Change

New database tables are published and old database tables are archived in the statistics on liberal adult education.

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Detailed tables of the statistics are available in the StatFin database

You can find updated tables in the StatFin database. Extract the data you need into tables, view the data as charts or download the data for your use.Go to the database

Releases

Number of students in liberal adult education 1,776,000 in 2024

Liberal adult education 2024

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Volume of adult education of educational institutions remained unchanged in 2021

Adult education of educational institutions 2021

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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): Liberal adult education [online publication].
ISSN=1799-4551. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 3.3.2026].
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Contact information

Inquiries primarily

Helena Wilskman
Senior Statistician
029 551 2697