School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Korea
Korea: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.911 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Korea, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Korea recorded 0.911 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Korea peaked at 0.911 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5864 GPIA, in 2000.
That places Korea 152nd out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6545 GPIA | 0.5864 GPIA | 0.71 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7716 GPIA | 0.7174 GPIA | 0.8449 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8827 GPIA | 0.8565 GPIA | 0.911 GPIA | 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)
- School enrollment, primary 100.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0033 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Korea?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Korea was 0.911 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.911 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5864 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Korea rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Korea ranks 152nd out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.4%. 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 School life expectancy, 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