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Published: 30 August 2010
Completers of curriculum-based basic vocational education numbered 33,600 in 2009
According to Statistics Finland, completers of curriculum-based vocational education provided by educational institutions numbered 33,600 in 2009. The number of students was around three per cent up on the previous year. Fifty-three per cent of the qualifiers were men. The largest number, or 42 per cent, of the qualifications were attained in the field of technology and transport. The next largests numbers were attained in the fields of welfare, health and physical exercise (15 per cent) tourism, catering and economics (13 per cent) and business economics and administration (10 per cent). The shares of other fields of education were below 10 per cent.
Completers of curriculum-based basic vocational education by region in 2009 1)
Region of education | Completers of education, total | Completers of education, men | Completers of education, women |
Whole country, total | 33 566 | 17 803 | 15 763 |
Mainland Finland | 33 351 | 17 701 | 15 650 |
Uusimaa | 6 273 | 3 234 | 3 039 |
Itä-Uusimaa | 456 | 300 | 156 |
Varsinais-Suomi | 2 542 | 1 284 | 1 258 |
Satakunta | 1 666 | 945 | 721 |
Kanta-Häme | 1 347 | 738 | 609 |
Pirkanmaa | 3 001 | 1 689 | 1 312 |
Päijät-Häme | 1 409 | 672 | 737 |
Kymenlaakso | 1 132 | 602 | 530 |
South Karelia | 818 | 425 | 393 |
Etelä-Savo | 1 073 | 581 | 492 |
Pohjois-Savo | 1 951 | 1 061 | 890 |
North Karelia | 1 325 | 735 | 590 |
Central Finland | 1 868 | 909 | 959 |
South Ostrobotnia | 1 608 | 870 | 738 |
Ostrobotnia | 1 277 | 685 | 592 |
Central Ostrobotnia | 665 | 338 | 327 |
North Ostrobotnia | 2 867 | 1 492 | 1 375 |
Kainuu | 558 | 341 | 217 |
Lappi | 1 515 | 800 | 715 |
Ahvenanmaa | 215 | 102 | 113 |
Ahvenanmaa | 215 | 102 | 113 |
Source: Education 2009. Statistics Finland
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Vocational education [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-1986. Completers of curriculum-based vocational qualifications in the calendar year 2009. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 18.8.2024].
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