Completion rates of pupils in upper secondary education, 2007-2012

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
	2007
	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	62 932	56	13	6	7	17
General studies¹
Total	31 889	74	9	2	7	8
< 25	273	2	3	15	7	73
25 - 29	539	9	11	13	21	46
30 - 34	1 739	28	15	10	27	21
30 - 39	4 234	57	15	4	16	9
40 -44	8 325	77	10	2	7	4
40 - 49	9 224	88	7	1	3	2
50 - 54	5 436	93	5	0	1	1
55 >	815	96	3	0	0	0
Marks are not known	1 304	25	5	4	6	60

Vocational studies
Total	31 043	38	17	10	8	27
< 25	2 238	6	7	14	5	68
25 - 29	4 743	15	13	15	11	46
30 - 34	7 746	30	19	12	11	29
30 - 39	7 227	46	21	8	8	16
40 -44	5 098	62	20	5	4	8
40 - 49	2 163	75	16	2	2	4
50 - 54	538	77	18	1	0	4
55 >	36	72	19	3	0	6
Marks are not known	1 254	12	8	9	7	64

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