Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.8059 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Korea, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Korea is 0.8059 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Korea peaked at 0.8059 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2457 GPIA, in 1970.
Korea ranks 69th of 94 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2457 GPIA | 0.2457 GPIA | 0.2457 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6787 GPIA | 0.6632 GPIA | 0.6952 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.7537 GPIA | 0.7276 GPIA | 0.7702 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.789 GPIA | 0.7739 GPIA | 0.8059 GPIA | 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)
- 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 Korea?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Korea was 0.8059 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8059 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2457 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Korea ranks 69th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. 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 lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release