Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea
Korea: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 77.6% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea, 2000β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea stood at 77.6%. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Korea peaked at 77.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 51.5%, in 2000.
Korea ranks 26th of 111 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 54.6% | 51.5% | 57.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 69.8% | 63.3% | 72.8% | 8 |
| 2020s | 75.3% | 73.4% | 77.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Korea
- 23 United Kingdom 79.2% compare
- 24 Luxembourg 78.7% compare
- 25 Estonia 78.1% compare
- 27 Belgium 77.0% compare
- 28 Finland 76.6% compare
- 29 Bosnia and Herzegovina 75.8% compare
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)
- School enrollment, primary 100.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0033 units per person (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 77.6% 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 77.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.5% in 2000.
- How does Korea rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Korea ranks 26th out of 111 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 11.5%. 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, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release