Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in South Korea
South Korea: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total was 4.85 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in South Korea, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in South Korea is 4.85, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in South Korea peaked at 4.85 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.95, in 1960.
That places South Korea 22nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in South Korea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.95 | — |
| 1965 | 1.31 | +37.9% |
| 1970 | 1.51 | +15.3% |
| 1975 | 1.99 | +31.8% |
| 1980 | 2.66 | +33.7% |
| 1985 | 3.26 | +22.6% |
| 1990 | 3.82 | +17.2% |
| 1995 | 4.21 | +10.2% |
| 2000 | 4.45 | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 4.73 | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 4.85 | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.13 | 0.95 | 1.31 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.75 | 1.51 | 1.99 | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.96 | 2.66 | 3.26 | 2 |
| 1990s | 4.01 | 3.82 | 4.21 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.59 | 4.45 | 4.73 | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.85 | 4.85 | 4.85 | 1 |
Countries ranked near South Korea
More education data for South Korea
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 132,721 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 40,412 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -0.0122 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in South Korea?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in South Korea was 4.85 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 4.85 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.95 in 1960.
- How does South Korea rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total?
- South Korea ranks 22nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 15+, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people over age 15.