Estonia vs South Korea: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from

Estonia
7.3%
in 2018
South Korea
7.2%
in 2017
Estonia rank
65th
South Korea rank
66th

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from over time

  • Estonia
  • South Korea
02.557.51012.5199820082018

How they compare

Estonia currently reports 7.3% against 7.2% in South Korea, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 15 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Estonia ahead.

Estonia ranks 65th and South Korea ranks 66th of 98 countries.

Estonia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Estonia South Korea Difference Ahead
1990s 9.3% 7.1% 2.2% Estonia
2000s 10.1% 7.6% 2.5% Estonia
2010s 7.6% 7.4% 0.2% Estonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from, Estonia or South Korea?
Estonia, at 7.3% against 7.2% in South Korea as of 2018.
What is the difference in percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from between Estonia and South Korea?
0.1%, with Estonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and South Korea?
15 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2017.
How do Estonia and South Korea rank globally for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
Estonia ranks 65th and South Korea ranks 66th of 98 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Estonia vs South Korea: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/percentage-of-graduates-from-tertiary-education-graduating-from-education-programmes-both/estonia/korea-rep/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/percentage-of-graduates-from-tertiary-education-graduating-from-education-programmes-both/estonia/korea-rep/">Estonia vs South Korea: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
98 places, 1,156 data points, 1998–2020
Last refreshed

Share of all tertiary graduates who completed education programmes in the reference year.