South Korea vs Lower middle income: Progression to secondary school
Progression to secondary school over time
- South Korea
- Lower middle income
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 99.6% against 89.2% in Lower middle income, a difference of 10.4%.
That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, South Korea has been ahead every year.
South Korea ranks 27th and Lower middle income ranks 30th of 167 countries.
South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Korea | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 98.6% | 77.1% | 21.6% | South Korea |
| 1990s | 99.7% | 82.4% | 17.2% | South Korea |
| 2000s | 99.3% | 86.1% | 13.1% | South Korea |
| 2010s | 99.7% | 88.1% | 11.6% | South Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher progression to secondary school, South Korea or Lower middle income?
- South Korea, at 99.6% against 89.2% in Lower middle income as of 2016.
- What is the difference in progression to secondary school between South Korea and Lower middle income?
- 10.4%, with South Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Lower middle income?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2016.
- How do South Korea and Lower middle income rank globally for progression to secondary school?
- South Korea ranks 27th and Lower middle income ranks 30th of 167 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Progression to secondary school (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).