Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 59.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea stood at 59.4%. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea peaked at 59.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 31.7%, in 2000.
Korea ranks 42nd of 109 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.1% | 31.7% | 37.7% | 5 |
| 2010s | 49.8% | 43.9% | 52.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 56.3% | 53.6% | 59.4% | 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 upper secondary education or in Korea?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea was 59.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 59.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.7% in 2000.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Korea ranks 42nd out of 109 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.6%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release