Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 1.4% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Korea, 2009β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Korea is 1.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 7.3% on the previous year and up 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Korea peaked at 1.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2009.
Korea ranks 18th of 64 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Korea
- 15 Denmark 1.5% compare
- 16 Jordan 1.4% compare
- 17 United Kingdom 1.4% compare
- 19 Netherlands 1.3% compare
- 20 Brunei Darussalam 1.3% compare
- 21 Belgium 1.2% compare
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 1.4% 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 1.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2009.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Korea ranks 18th out of 64 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 29.6%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release