Korea vs World: Progression to secondary school
Korea
99.6%
in 2016
World
91.3%
in 2017
Korea rank
27th
World rank
26th
Progression to secondary school over time
- Korea
- World
How they compare
Korea currently reports 99.6% against 91.3% in World, a difference of 8.3%.
That makes Korea's figure about 1.1 times World's.
Across all 22 years both countries report, Korea has been ahead every year.
Korea ranks 27th and World ranks 26th of 167 countries.
Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 98.9% | 78.0% | 20.9% | Korea |
| 1990s | 99.7% | 86.3% | 13.4% | Korea |
| 2000s | 99.3% | 90.0% | 9.2% | Korea |
| 2010s | 99.7% | 90.9% | 8.8% | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher progression to secondary school, Korea or World?
- Korea, at 99.6% against 91.3% in World as of 2016.
- What is the difference in progression to secondary school between Korea and World?
- 8.3%, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and World?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2016.
- How do Korea and World rank globally for progression to secondary school?
- Korea ranks 27th and World ranks 26th 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).