Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.7465 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
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea is 0.7465 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea peaked at 0.7465 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5111 LPIA, in 2000.
Korea ranks 45th of 103 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 | 0.5348 LPIA | 0.5111 LPIA | 0.5524 LPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.6692 LPIA | 0.6143 LPIA | 0.6906 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.7197 LPIA | 0.6959 LPIA | 0.7465 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 0.7465 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 0.7465 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5111 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Korea ranks 45th out of 103 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 12.1%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release