Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9238 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Korea, 2000β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Korea recorded 0.9238 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Korea peaked at 0.9238 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.786 GPIA, in 2009.
That places Korea 66th out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8049 GPIA | 0.786 GPIA | 0.8253 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.8782 GPIA | 0.8451 GPIA | 0.8971 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9183 GPIA | 0.9078 GPIA | 0.9238 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Korea
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 primary education or higher in Korea?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Korea was 0.9238 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9238 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.786 GPIA in 2009.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Korea ranks 66th out of 100 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. 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 primary 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