Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8157 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea stood at 0.8157 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea peaked at 0.8157 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5883 LPIA, in 2000.
That places Korea 43rd out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 0.6116 LPIA | 0.5883 LPIA | 0.6282 LPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.7457 LPIA | 0.689 LPIA | 0.7687 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.7932 LPIA | 0.7739 LPIA | 0.8157 LPIA | 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 0.8157 LPIA 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 0.8157 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5883 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Korea ranks 43rd out of 105 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 9.7%. 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, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release