Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9705 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Korea, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Korea is 0.9705 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Korea peaked at 0.9705 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7171 GPIA, in 1970.
That places Korea 85th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7171 GPIA | 0.7171 GPIA | 0.7171 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.8539 GPIA | 0.8539 GPIA | 0.8539 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8833 GPIA | 0.8801 GPIA | 0.8865 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9208 GPIA | 0.8961 GPIA | 0.9351 GPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.95 GPIA | 0.9349 GPIA | 0.9589 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9661 GPIA | 0.9605 GPIA | 0.9705 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)
- 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 primary education or higher in Korea?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Korea was 0.9705 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 0.9705 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7171 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Korea ranks 85th out of 133 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 1.8%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release