Educational attainment rate … Educational lower location LPIA in South Korea
South Korea: Educational attainment rate … Educational lower location LPIA was 0.8734 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in South Korea, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in South Korea is 0.8734 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in South Korea peaked at 0.8734 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2886 LPIA, in 1970.
That places South Korea 44th out of 95 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate … Educational lower location LPIA in South Korea, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2886 LPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.6628 LPIA | +129.7% |
| 2005 | 0.6993 LPIA | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 0.6896 LPIA | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.7547 LPIA | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 0.7927 LPIA | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8054 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.8153 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8246 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.8268 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.8313 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.8366 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.8391 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8458 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.8547 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.8632 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.8734 LPIA | +1.2% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 0.8734 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9794 LPIA, 89% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 0.8734 LPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.7846 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate … Educational lower location LPIA in South Korea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +129.7% | 0.2886 LPIA | 0.6628 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2886 LPIA | 0.2886 LPIA | 0.2886 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6839 LPIA | 0.6628 LPIA | 0.6993 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.8109 LPIA | 0.7547 LPIA | 0.8366 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.8552 LPIA | 0.8391 LPIA | 0.8734 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Korea
More education data for South Korea
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.79 (2022)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.94 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 233,046 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 76 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 434,627 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 412,067 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.66 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.51 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -4.15 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in South Korea?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in South Korea was 0.8734 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8734 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2886 LPIA in 1970.
- How does South Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- South Korea ranks 44th out of 95 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Korea data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release