Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.7226 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Korea, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Korea is 0.7226 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Korea peaked at 0.7226 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0861 GPIA, in 1970.
That places Korea 77th out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0861 GPIA | 0.0861 GPIA | 0.0861 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.4627 GPIA | 0.379 GPIA | 0.5498 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.6349 GPIA | 0.5975 GPIA | 0.6823 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.6879 GPIA | 0.6744 GPIA | 0.7226 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 short-cycle tertiary education in Korea?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Korea was 0.7226 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7226 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0861 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Korea ranks 77th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.9%. 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 short-cycle tertiary 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