Korea vs WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd): Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number)

Korea
1.23 million
in 2024
WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd)
42.58 million
in 2024
Korea rank
24th
WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) rank
26th

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) over time

  • Korea
  • WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd)
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M197119972024

How they compare

WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) currently reports 42.58 million against 1.23 million in Korea, a difference of 41.35 million.

That makes WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd)'s figure about 34.6 times Korea's.

Across all 52 years both countries report, WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) has been ahead every year.

Korea ranks 24th and WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) ranks 26th of 195 countries.

WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Korea WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) Difference Ahead
1970s 80,812 867,865 787,053 WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd)
1980s 333,959 2.55 million 2.22 million WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd)
1990s 743,747 4.89 million 4.14 million WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd)
2000s 1.18 million 14.36 million 13.17 million WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd)
2010s 1.32 million 29.38 million 28.06 million WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd)
2020s 1.26 million 39.73 million 38.47 million WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number), Korea or WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd)?
WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd), at 42.58 million against 1.23 million in Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) between Korea and WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd)?
41.35 million, with WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd)?
52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
How do Korea and WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) rank globally for enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number)?
Korea ranks 24th and WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) ranks 26th of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number), gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number), gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
416 places, 17,894 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) with 647 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.