Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in South Korea
South Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA was 0.8719 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in South Korea, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in South Korea is 0.8719 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in South Korea peaked at 0.8719 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6577 LPIA, in 2000.
South Korea ranks 37th of 105 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.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in South Korea, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.6577 LPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.6871 LPIA | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 0.7 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 0.6852 LPIA | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.758 LPIA | +10.6% |
| 2013 | 0.7988 LPIA | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8086 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.816 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.8234 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.8193 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.8245 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.8329 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.838 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.8458 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.8543 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.8569 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.8719 LPIA | +1.7% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 0.8719 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9002 LPIA, 97% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 0.8719 LPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.6212 LPIA, 1.4× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6825 LPIA | 0.6577 LPIA | 0.7 LPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.8102 LPIA | 0.758 LPIA | 0.8329 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.8534 LPIA | 0.838 LPIA | 0.8719 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Korea
More education data for South Korea
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.79 (2022)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.94 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 233,046 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 76 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 434,627 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 412,067 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.66 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.51 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -4.15 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in South Korea?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in South Korea was 0.8719 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8719 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6577 LPIA in 2000.
- How does South Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- South Korea ranks 37th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release