Year Students graduated from 8th grade Students having passed vocational examinationa Students having passed final examination at upper secondary level Students having passed final examination at upper secondary level in full-time education as a % of the 18 year-old population, % Students having graduated in BA/BSc, MA/MSc or undivided trainingb Students having graduated in full-time tertiary education as a % of the 22 year-old population, %
in full-time education in adult education total in full-time education in adult education total in full-time education in adult education total in full-time form in part-time forms total
in secondary general schools in technicums, upper secondary vocational schoolsc in vocational training schoolsd total in secondary general schools in technicums, upper secondary vocational schoolsc in vocational training schoolsd total in secondary general schools in technicums, upper secondary vocational schoolsc in vocational training schoolsd total
1990 169,059 3,649 172,708 61,099 – 61,099 24,136 28,903 – 53,039 3,105 11,730 – 14,835 27,241 40,633 – 67,874 36.1 15,963 8,140 24,103 11.0
1991 163,212 3,568 166,780 66,793 – 66,793 24,599 29,649 – 54,248 2,942 11,349 – 14,291 27,541 40,998 – 68,539 36.1 16,458 7,190 23,648 11.4
1992 155,444 3,540 158,984 74,599 – 74,599 26,685 32,961 – 59,646 2,580 9,234 – 11,814 29,265 42,195 – 71,460 33.2 16,201 6,183 22,384 11.2
1993 148,123 3,613 151,736 73,311 – 73,311 31,051 37,556 – 68,607 3,166 8,744 – 11,910 34,217 46,300 – 80,517 36.7 16,223 7,392 23,615 11.4
1994 140,727 2,942 143,669 71,981 – 71,981 31,029 37,575 – 68,604 3,384 8,213 – 11,597 34,413 45,788 – 80,201 38.8 18,041 6,501 24,542 12.4
1995 126,066 2,281 128,347 67,234 – 67,234 31,202 39,063 – 70,265 3,418 10,496 – 13,914 34,620 49,559 – 84,179 41.4 20,024 6,213 26,237 13.5
1996 124,115 1,905 126,020 65,022 – 65,022 32,133 41,280 – 73,413 3,773 10,972 – 14,745 35,906 52,252 – 88,158 45.2 22,147 9,163 31,310 12.6
1997 120,378 1,390 121,768 56,994 – 56,994 32,651 42,913 – 75,564 3,776 10,909 – 14,685 36,427 53,822 – 90,249 48.3 24,411 12,379 36,790 13.3
1998 117,190 1,187 118,377 54,115 – 54,115 33,730 43,930 – 77,660 4,019 10,419 – 14,438 37,749 54,349 – 92,098 52.2 25,338 13,271 38,609 14.5
1999 117,334 1,116 118,450 50,247 – 50,247 32,029 41,936 – 73,965 4,238 11,425 – 15,663 36,267 53,361 – 89,628 51.8 27,049 15,302 42,351 16.1
2000e 121,100 1,200 122,300 .. .. .. 32,200 40,000 – 72,200 4,900 12,100 – 17,000 37,100 52,100 – 89,200 53.7 29,843 17,135 46,978 18.4
2001
118,200f
1,200f
119,400f
 48,828 7,960 56,788 32,496 37,945 – 70,441 5,493 12,974 – 18,467 37,989 50,919 – 88,908 55 29,746 17,690 47,436 18.9
2002 118,038 802 118,840 56,235 7,742 63,977 33,550 36,062 – 69,612 6,689 14,108 – 20,797 40,239 50,170 – 90,409 54 30,785 19,720 50,505 20.5
2003 115,863 765 116,628 53,056 7,869 60,925 34,998 36,946 – 71,944 7,741 9,542 – 17,283 42,739 46,488 – 89,227 54 31,929 20,883 52,812 22.2
2004 117,093 922 118,015 54,912 10,457 65,369 37,052 39,617 – 76,669 11,207 5,078 – 16,285 48,259 44,695 – 92,954 59 31,633 21,881 53,514 23.4
2005 119,561 708 120,269 53,704 9,460 63,164 38,169 38,856 – 77,025 6,982 4,531 – 11,513 45,151 43,387 – 88,538 62 32,732 24,430 57,162 25.1
2006 118,223 540 118,763 51,040 9,073 60,113 38,219 38,676 – 76,895 8,628 5,263 – 13,891 46,847 43,939 – 90,786 62 29,871 23,243 53,114 23.1
2007 112,351 576 112,927 44,754 10,450 55,204 38,900 38,627 – 77,527 8,522 4,980 – 13,502 47,422 43,607 – 91,029 63 29,059 22,399 51,458 21.5
2008 109,680 378 110,058 44,831 10,443 55,274 33,851 34,602 – 68,453 8,502 4,228 – 12,730 42,353 38,830 – 81,183 54 28,957 20,233 49,190 22
2009 105,811 438 106,249 43,999 7,086 51,085 40,068 37,969 – 78,037 9,210 3,203 – 12,413 49,278 41,172 – 90,450 62 36,064 17,237 53,301 28.2
2010 106,626 479 107,105 45,437 7,160 52,597 39,830 38,127 – 77,957 6,938 2,349 – 9,287 46,768 40,476 – 87,244 64 38,456 14,927 53,383 30.3
2011 99,632 473 100,105 48,316 7,572 55,888 39,168 37,273 – 76,441 7,393 2,091 – 9,484 46,561 39,364 – 85,925 63 35,433 14,133 49,566 28.6
2012 94,852 327 95,179 56,404 8,435 64,839 38,190 35,655 – 73,845 7,645 1,958 – 9,603 45,835 37,613 – 83,448 62 36,262 14,439 50,701 28.4
2013 91,277 426 91,703 46,512 11,897 58,409 36,136 32,300 – 68,436 7,162 1,109 – 8,271 43,298 33,409 – 76,707 59 37,089 14,579 51,668 28.6
2014 89,176 527 89,703 43,498 11,855 55,353 36,648 32,528 – 69,176 6,546 1,580 – 8,126 43,194 34,108 – 77,302 63 39,226 14,454 53,680 31.3
2015 91,164 521 91,685 41,411 7,229 48,640 35,975 29,388 – 65,363 5,717 1,387 – 7,104 41,692 30,775 – 72,467 64 41,083 15,040 56,123 33.7
2016 89,786 367 90,153 40,772 8,850 49,622 34,359 27,740 – 62,099 5,174 1,274 – 6,448 39,533 29,014 – 68,547 63 39,962 15,554 55,516 33.1
2017 89,480 392 89,872 36,323 14,107 50,430 34,347 25,364 1,314 61,025 5,382 732 1,116 7,230 39,729 26,096 2,430 68,255 63 37,771 12,679 50,450 31.9
2018 88,719 400 89,119 38,117 17,167 55,284 34,321 25,459 2,035 61,815 4,904 231 1,845 6,980 39,225 25,690 3,880 68,795 62 37,878 13,009 50,887 33.4
2019 89,821 453 90,274 32,387 16,803 49,190 35,564 23,858 1,743 61,165 4,289 142 1,476 5,907 39,853 24,000 3,219 67,072 62 36,285 12,847 49132 34.3
2020 92,409 668 93,077 32,862 17,004 49,866 35,321 25,058 1,906 62,285 3,673 241 1,617 5,531 38,994 25,299 3,523 67,816 63.4 85,565 76,902 162,467 ..
2021 98,914 698 99,612 37,570 17,089 54,659
36,273g
22,507g
1,694g
60,474g
5,838g
257g
1,340g
7,435g
42,111g
22,764g
3,034g
67,909g
63g
 39720 17524 57244 ..
2022 93,805 604 94,409 40,367 17,400 57,767
35858g
23450g
1931g
61239g
5294g
707g
740g
6741g
41152g
24157g
2671g
67980g
63g
 34422 10635 45057 ..

Footnotes

aBefore 2000 including students having passed final skilled worker's examination.
bFrom 2020 changes in methodology. See Methodology.
cBefore 2017 in secondary vocational schools, from 2017 to 2020 in vocational grammar schools.
dFrom 2017 to 2020 in secondary vocational schools.
eEstimated data except data of tertiary level education.
fEstimated data.
gIncluding also the number of student without student legal status and those graduated in the government offices. Data of the May-June exam period.
Source: Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Culture and Innovation

Explanation of symbols

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Non-occurrence.
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Break in series (limited comparability).
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Preliminary datum.
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