Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 95.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Korea, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Korea recorded 95.0% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Korea peaked at 95.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 80.7%, in 2009.
That places Korea 43rd out of 101 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 | 81.7% | 80.7% | 83.4% | 3 |
| 2010s | 90.9% | 86.4% | 93.0% | 8 |
| 2020s | 94.1% | 93.3% | 95.0% | 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 95.0% 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 95.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.7% in 2009.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Korea ranks 43rd out of 101 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 3.9%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release