School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in South Korea
South Korea: School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender was 0.9697 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in South Korea, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in South Korea is 0.9697 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in South Korea peaked at 0.9697 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8871 GPIA, in 2000.
South Korea ranks 144th of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in South Korea, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8871 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.888 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8873 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8913 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8955 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8994 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9015 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9036 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9062 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9064 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9079 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9085 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9123 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9163 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9214 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9289 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.9351 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9396 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9461 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9515 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9538 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9579 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.961 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9665 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.9697 GPIA | +0.3% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 0.9697 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.07 GPIA, 91% of the median. (67 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 0.9697 GPIA is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.03 GPIA, 94% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8966 GPIA | 0.8871 GPIA | 0.9064 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9268 GPIA | 0.9079 GPIA | 0.9515 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9618 GPIA | 0.9538 GPIA | 0.9697 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Korea
More education data for South Korea
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0484 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in South Korea?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in South Korea was 0.9697 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9697 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8871 GPIA in 2000.
- How does South Korea rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- South Korea ranks 144th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. 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 School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release