Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.8146 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
Korea recorded 0.8146 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Korea peaked at 0.8146 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1813 GPIA, in 1970.
That places Korea 102nd out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2038 GPIA | 0.1813 GPIA | 0.2263 GPIA | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.299 GPIA | 0.2806 GPIA | 0.3174 GPIA | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.4155 GPIA | 0.3618 GPIA | 0.4693 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.6405 GPIA | 0.58 GPIA | 0.694 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.7443 GPIA | 0.7024 GPIA | 0.7904 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7983 GPIA | 0.7831 GPIA | 0.8146 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 0.8146 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 0.8146 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1813 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Korea ranks 102nd out of 127 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 11.8%. 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 short-cycle tertiary 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