Financial aid to students in Finland
Finland: Financial aid to students was 6.5 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Latest (2011)
6.5
Change on year
down 5.8%
World rank
12th
of 32 countries
All-time high
8.1
in 2001
All-time low
6.5
in 2011
Years of data
13
1999–2011
Financial aid to students in Finland, 1999–2011
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Finland recorded 6.5 for financial aid to students in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and down 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, financial aid to students in Finland peaked at 8.1 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 6.5, in 2011.
Finland ranks 12th of 32 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 1 |
| 2000s | 7.32 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 30,824 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.29 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is financial aid to students in Finland?
- Financial aid to students in Finland was 6.5 in 2011, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest financial aid to students recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1 in 2001.
- What is the lowest financial aid to students recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.5 in 2011.
- How does Finland rank for financial aid to students?
- Finland ranks 12th out of 32 countries with data for 2011.
- Is financial aid to students rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Financial aid to students (1995-2011). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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