Educational attainment rate, completed … male lower location LPIA in South Korea
South Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed … male lower location LPIA was 0.9282 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
South Korea recorded 0.9282 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in South Korea peaked at 0.9282 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3475 LPIA, in 1970.
That places South Korea 40th 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 … male lower location LPIA in South Korea, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.3475 LPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.7444 LPIA | +114.2% |
| 2005 | 0.7804 LPIA | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 0.7784 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8295 LPIA | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 0.8657 LPIA | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8744 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8812 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8914 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8928 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8972 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9011 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9027 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9063 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9162 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.921 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.9282 LPIA | +0.8% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 0.9282 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9848 LPIA, 94% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 0.9282 LPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.791 LPIA, 1.2× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … male 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 | +114.2% | 0.3475 LPIA | 0.7444 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3475 LPIA | 0.3475 LPIA | 0.3475 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7677 LPIA | 0.7444 LPIA | 0.7804 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.8792 LPIA | 0.8295 LPIA | 0.9011 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9149 LPIA | 0.9027 LPIA | 0.9282 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 0.9282 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 0.9282 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3475 LPIA in 1970.
- How does South Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- South Korea ranks 40th 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 6.2%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release