This section provides the most recent data available on the number of educational institutions from pre-primary, primary to secondary education level (ISCED levels 0-3). Statistics on the numbers and characteristics of higher education institutions can be found in the European Tertiary Education Register. A general overview of institutions providing adult education, funded by public sources, can be found in the chapter on adult education. The notes below the tables provide methodological explanations necessary for a good interpretation of the data.
Statistics on educational institutions providing regular education
| Type of educational institution in English (and in national language) | ISCED levels provided | Main orientation of the programmes provided | Number of educational institutions | |||
| Total | Public | Government-dependent private | Private independent | |||
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Pre-primary education (esiopetus) |
0 | - | 2 808 | 2 769 | 39 | (-) |
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Primary and lower secondary education (perusopetus) |
1, 2 | G | 2 010 | 1 975 | 35 | (-) |
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Primary, lower secondary and general upper secondary education (perus- ja lukioasteen opetus) |
1, 2, 3 | G | 40 | 14 | 26 | (-) |
| General upper secondary education for adolescents and adults (lukio) | 3 | G | 377 | 341 | 36 | (-) |
| Vocational upper secondary education and training (VET) (toisen asteen ammatillinen koulutus) | 3 | V | 146 | 55 | 91 | (-) |
| Source: Vipunen, Education Statistics Finland (last accessed 3.1.2025) ISCED= International Standard Classification of Education |
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| G= General | V= Vocational | |||||
| (:) Data not available | (-) Not applicable | |||||
| Terminology The 2018 version of the Unesco/OECD/Eurostat Manual on concepts, definitions and classification can be consulted for the definitions of regular education (p.10); general and vocational programmes of education (p.19); as well as public institution, government-dependent private institution and private independent institution (pp. 24-26) |
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Notes
The statistic is based on the legal entity approach; a school is one administrative entity and may operate on several institution sites. There are no private independent schools in Finland.
Statistics on separate educational institutions providing special needs education
| Type of educational institution in English and (in national language) | ISCED levels provided | Main orientation of the programmes provided | Number of educational institutions | |||
| Total | Public | Government-dependent private | Private independent | |||
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Special education school (Erityiskoulu) |
1, 2 | G | 52 | 46 | 6 | |
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Vocational special education institution (Ammatillinen erityisoppilaitos) |
3 | V | 5 | 5 | ||
| Source: Vipunen, Education Statistics Finland (last accessed 3.1.2025) ISCED= International Standard Classification of Education |
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| G= General | V= Vocational | |||||
| (:) Data not available | (-) Not applicable | |||||
| Terminology The 2018 version of the Unesco/OECD/Eurostat Manual on concepts, definitions and classification can be consulted for the definitions of regular education (p.10); general and vocational programmes of education (p.19); as well as public institution, government-dependent private institution and private independent institution (pp. 24-26). |
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Notes
The statistic is based on the legal entity approach; a school is one administrative entity and may operate on several institution sites. Data on the number of institutions providing special needs pre-primary education is not available. There are no private independent special needs schools in Finland.
Sources:
European Tertiary Education Register, https://www.eter-project.com/#/home
ISCED, International Standard Classification of Education, https://uis.unesco.org/en/topic/international-standard-classification-education-isced
Unesco/OECD/Eurostat Manual on concepts, definitions and classification, https://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/uoe2016manual_11072016_0.pdf