Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary was 28.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Korea, 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Korea recorded 28.3% for educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.0% on the previous year and up 40.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Korea peaked at 28.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19.9%, in 2013.
That places Korea 30th out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 21.6% | 19.9% | 23.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 26.1% | 24.4% | 28.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Korea
- 27 Switzerland 29.4% compare
- 28 Palestine, State of 28.5% compare
- 29 Netherlands 28.4% compare
- 31 Spain 28.2% compare
- 32 Malta 27.4% compare
- 33 Austria 25.7% 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 100.87 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 100.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Korea?
- Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Korea was 28.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 28.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.9% in 2013.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary?
- Korea ranks 30th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.3%. 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 post-secondary non-tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release