Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent was 2.4% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Korea, 2010β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Korea stood at 2.4%. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Korea peaked at 2.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2010.
That places Korea 35th out of 60 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 8 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Korea
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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 2.4% 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 2.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2010.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Korea ranks 35th out of 60 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 32.2%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release