Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.3534 LPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Korea, 2010β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Korea recorded 0.3534 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2024.
The figure is up 27.4% on the previous year and up 67.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Korea peaked at 0.367 LPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2107 LPIA, in 2014.
That places Korea 16th out of 35 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2827 LPIA | 0.2107 LPIA | 0.3549 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.3339 LPIA | 0.2773 LPIA | 0.367 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 0.3534 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 0.367 LPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2107 LPIA in 2014.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Korea ranks 16th out of 35 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 up 67.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release