Table

Pupils who started a basic course for the first time in the relevant autumn , by completed upper secondary education within five years, lower secondary school points and areas of study. Per cent¹
	2009-2014
	Total	Completed according to nominal length of study study		Did not complete general or vocational education
	Total	Completed according to nominal length of study	Completed beyond nominal length of study	Still in upper secondary education 1.10 five years later	Enrolled in final year but failed examinations	Dropped out before or within final year
¹Pupils in alternative education program are included.
²Definition of lower secondary school points was changed in 2007, see About the statistics.
Education programmes and lower secondary school points²
Total	62 787	56	14	6	8	16
General studies¹
Total	32 130	73	10	2	7	7
< 25	335	2	7	15	8	67
25 - 29	580	13	11	14	22	40
30 - 34	1 890	30	17	7	27	19
30 - 39	4 527	57	16	4	16	7
40 -44	8 134	76	12	2	7	3
40 - 49	8 886	88	7	1	3	1
50 - 54	5 485	93	5	0	1	1
55 >	1 057	94	5	0	0	0
Marks are not known	1 236	21	6	5	6	62

Vocational studies
Total	30 657	39	19	9	8	25
< 25	2 385	7	8	15	6	64
25 - 29	4 838	17	15	14	10	42
30 - 34	7 707	31	22	11	11	25
30 - 39	6 862	46	25	8	8	14
40 -44	4 813	62	21	4	4	8
40 - 49	2 199	75	16	2	2	4
50 - 54	548	84	12	2	1	2
55 >	57	88	4	2	4	4
Marks are not known	1 248	12	10	10	7	61