Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.8091 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
Republic of Korea recorded 0.8091 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Republic of Korea peaked at 0.8091 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1814 LPIA, in 1970.
Republic of Korea ranks 46th of 95 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 secondary education or in Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.1814 LPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.5775 LPIA | +218.3% |
| 2005 | 0.6179 LPIA | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 0.6058 LPIA | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.6768 LPIA | +11.7% |
| 2013 | 0.7096 LPIA | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 0.7271 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.7421 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7485 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.7515 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.7556 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.7619 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.7652 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.7752 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.7829 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.7962 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 0.8091 LPIA | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1814 LPIA | 0.1814 LPIA | 0.1814 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6004 LPIA | 0.5775 LPIA | 0.6179 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.7341 LPIA | 0.6768 LPIA | 0.7619 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.7857 LPIA | 0.7652 LPIA | 0.8091 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 0.8091 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 0.8091 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 0.1814 LPIA in 1970.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Republic of Korea ranks 46th 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 11.3%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release