Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Korea, Republic of
Korea, Republic of: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.4% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Korea, Republic of, 2010β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Korea, Republic of is 0.4%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 34.5% on the previous year and up 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Korea, Republic of peaked at 0.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2010.
That places Korea, Republic of 20th out of 40 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 4 |
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More education data for Korea, Republic of
- 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, Republic of?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Korea, Republic of was 0.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Korea, Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Korea, Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2010.
- How does Korea, Republic of rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Korea, Republic of ranks 20th out of 40 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Korea, Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Korea, Republic of 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, rural, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release