Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8932 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Korea recorded 0.8932 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea peaked at 0.8932 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7753 GPIA, in 2002.
Korea ranks 78th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8059 GPIA | 0.7753 GPIA | 0.8298 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.8636 GPIA | 0.8461 GPIA | 0.8764 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.8859 GPIA | 0.8798 GPIA | 0.8932 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 upper secondary education or in Korea?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea was 0.8932 GPIA 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 0.8932 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7753 GPIA in 2002.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Korea ranks 78th out of 107 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 4.8%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release