Table

Primary and lower secondary schools and pupils by ownership. Absolute figures and change in per cent
	2016	Per cent change	Per cent change
	2016	2015 - 2016	2006 - 2016
Primary and lower secondary schools, total	2 858	-0.3	-11.0
Private schools	238	6.3	51.6
Public schools	2 620	-0.6	-14.3

Pupils, total	629 275	0.9	1.3
Pupils in private schools	22 721	5.0	52.2
Pupils in public schools	606 554	0.7	0.1