Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master rural gender in South Korea
South Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master rural gender was 0.6753 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in South Korea, 2010–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
South Korea recorded 0.6753 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 69.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in South Korea peaked at 0.6753 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3836 GPIA, in 2010.
That places South Korea 48th out of 56 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master rural gender in South Korea, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.3836 GPIA | — |
| 2013 | 0.4586 GPIA | +19.5% |
| 2014 | 0.3974 GPIA | -13.3% |
| 2015 | 0.4991 GPIA | +25.6% |
| 2016 | 0.4469 GPIA | -10.5% |
| 2017 | 0.532 GPIA | +19.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5528 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 0.6305 GPIA | +14.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5988 GPIA | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 0.6493 GPIA | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 0.584 GPIA | -10.1% |
| 2023 | 0.6603 GPIA | +13.1% |
| 2024 | 0.6753 GPIA | +2.3% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 0.6753 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.2 GPIA, 56% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 0.6753 GPIA is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.06 GPIA, 63% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4876 GPIA | 0.3836 GPIA | 0.6305 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.6335 GPIA | 0.584 GPIA | 0.6753 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Korea
- 45 Luxembourg 0.8365 GPIA compare
- 46 Netherlands 0.8337 GPIA compare
- 47 Sri Lanka 0.8325 GPIA compare
- 49 Vietnam 0.6743 GPIA compare
- 50 Switzerland 0.601 GPIA compare
- 51 Jordan 0.5906 GPIA compare
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 master's or equivalent in South Korea?
- Educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in South Korea was 0.6753 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6753 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3836 GPIA in 2010.
- How does South Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- South Korea ranks 48th out of 56 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.9%. 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 Master's or equivalent 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