Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower rural gender in South Korea
South Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower rural gender was 0.8059 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in South 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 South 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 South Korea peaked at 0.8059 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2457 GPIA, in 1970.
South 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.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower rural gender in South Korea, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2457 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.6632 GPIA | +169.9% |
| 2005 | 0.6952 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 0.6778 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 0.7276 GPIA | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 0.7325 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7462 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.761 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7606 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.7652 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.7662 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.7702 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.7739 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.7834 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.7843 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.7972 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 0.8059 GPIA | +1.1% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 0.8059 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9904 GPIA, 81% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 0.8059 GPIA is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9505 GPIA, 85% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower rural gender 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 | +169.9% | 0.2457 GPIA | 0.6632 GPIA |
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 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 0.8059 GPIA 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 0.8059 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2457 GPIA in 1970.
- How does South Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- South Korea ranks 69th out of 94 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 8.0%. 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, 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