Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.8734 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Republic of 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 Republic of 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 Republic of Korea peaked at 0.8734 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2886 LPIA, in 1970.
That places Republic of 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, completed lower secondary education or in Republic of 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% |
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 Republic of Korea
More education data for Republic of 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 100.87 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 100.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Republic of Korea?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Republic of 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 Republic of 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 Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2886 LPIA in 1970.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Republic of Korea ranks 44th out of 95 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Republic of 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