Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent was 0.6753 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Korea, 2010β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
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 Korea peaked at 0.6753 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3836 GPIA, in 2010.
That places 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.
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 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 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)
- School enrollment, primary 100.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0033 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Korea?
- Educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in 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 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 Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3836 GPIA in 2010.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Korea ranks 48th out of 56 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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