Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master urban gender in South Korea
South Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master urban gender was 0.7075 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
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in South Korea stood at 0.7075 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in South Korea peaked at 0.7075 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5105 GPIA, in 2010.
South Korea ranks 54th of 63 countries on this measure, 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 urban gender in South Korea, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.5105 GPIA | — |
| 2013 | 0.5473 GPIA | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 0.5865 GPIA | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 0.5974 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 0.5956 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.5983 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.6225 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6631 GPIA | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 0.6775 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.6691 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.6865 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.6983 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 0.7075 GPIA | +1.3% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 0.7075 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.03 GPIA, 69% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 0.7075 GPIA is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.03 GPIA, 69% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5901 GPIA | 0.5105 GPIA | 0.6631 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.6878 GPIA | 0.6691 GPIA | 0.7075 GPIA | 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 master's or equivalent in South Korea?
- Educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in South Korea was 0.7075 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 0.7075 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5105 GPIA in 2010.
- How does South Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- South Korea ranks 54th out of 63 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 20.6%. 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, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release