Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.875 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Republic of Korea, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Republic of Korea stood at 0.875 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Republic of Korea peaked at 0.875 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2983 GPIA, in 1970.
Republic of Korea ranks 100th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2983 GPIA | 0.2983 GPIA | 0.2983 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.5513 GPIA | 0.4324 GPIA | 0.6703 GPIA | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.6546 GPIA | 0.6185 GPIA | 0.6907 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.7796 GPIA | 0.7398 GPIA | 0.8079 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8367 GPIA | 0.816 GPIA | 0.8547 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.866 GPIA | 0.8583 GPIA | 0.875 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Republic of Korea
More education data for Republic of 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 Republic of Korea?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Republic of Korea was 0.875 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.875 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2983 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Republic of Korea ranks 100th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Republic of 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 gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV Β· JSON β 30 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release