Table

Primary and lower secondary schools and pupils by ownership. Absolute figures and change in per cent
	2018	Per cent change	Per cent change
	2018	2017 - 2018	2008 - 2018
Primary and lower secondary schools, total	2 830	-0.6	-9.6
Private schools	252	3.3	57.5
Public schools	2 578	-0.7	-13.4

Pupils, total	636 350	0.5	3.3
Pupils in private schools	25 370	6.5	63.5
Pupils in public schools	610 980	0.3	1.7