Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.4152 LPIA in 2024. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Korea, 2010β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Korea recorded 0.4152 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2024.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Korea peaked at 0.4533 LPIA in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.2238 LPIA, in 2018.
Korea ranks 14th of 39 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3137 LPIA | 0.2238 LPIA | 0.4533 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.3276 LPIA | 0.2487 LPIA | 0.4152 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Korea
More education data for Korea
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 173,133 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 10.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0033 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Korea?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Korea was 0.4152 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4533 LPIA in 2014.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2238 LPIA in 2018.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Korea ranks 14th out of 39 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Korea data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release