Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA in South Korea
South Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA was 0.8091 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 0.8091 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 South Korea peaked at 0.8091 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1814 LPIA, in 1970.
South 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 … female lower location LPIA in South 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% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 0.8091 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9786 LPIA, 83% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 0.8091 LPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.779 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … female 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 | +218.3% | 0.1814 LPIA | 0.5775 LPIA |
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 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 0.8091 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 0.8091 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1814 LPIA in 1970.
- How does South Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- South Korea ranks 46th 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 11.3%. 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, 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