Education in North Korea 490 indicators covering education for North Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year 2022 down 0.5% 21st Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% 156th Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year 2025 down 0.5% 16th Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Population ages 0-14 18.9% 2025 down 4.5% 133rd Population ages 15-64 68.4% 2025 down 1.3% 47th Duration of pre-primary education 2 years 2025 unchanged 146th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 5 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.78 live births per woman 2024 down 4.8% 130th Number of infant deaths, female, per capita 0.0001 units per person 2024 down 29.0% 106th Number of infant deaths, female, annual growth rate -9.09 % change on previous year 2024 down 80.1% 183rd Number of infant deaths, male, annual growth rate -9.07 % change on previous year 2024 down 74.8% 184th Number of infant deaths, male, per capita 0.0001 units per person 2024 down 29.5% 105th Number of under-five deaths, female, annual growth rate -7.96 % change on previous year 2024 down 42.3% 179th Number of under-five deaths, female, per capita 0.0001 units per person 2024 down 28.2% 101st Number of under-five deaths, male, annual growth rate -8.12 % change on previous year 2024 down 47.8% 181st Number of under-five deaths, male, per capita 0.0001 units per person 2024 down 28.6% 98th Number of under-five deaths, female, per square kilometre 0.0223 units per square kilometre 2023 down 23.3% 74th Number of infant deaths, male, per square kilometre 0.0235 units per square kilometre 2023 down 23.4% 69th Number of under-five deaths, male, per square kilometre 0.0291 units per square kilometre 2023 down 23.5% 72nd Number of infant deaths, female, per square kilometre 0.0179 units per square kilometre 2023 down 22.8% 70th Womens educational attainment vs fertility, annual growth rate -0.946 % change on previous year 2023 down 256.1% 102nd Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 1.78 live births per woman 2023 down 5.2% 130th Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 1.78 live births per woman 2023 down 5.2% 130th Labor force, female 48.2% 2025 down 0.9% 40th Labor force, total 17.70 million 2025 up 5.1% 39th Labor force, total, per capita 0.666 units per person 2025 up 1.2% 2nd Labor force, total, annual growth rate 0.2839 % change on previous year 2025 down 67.9% 139th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 2 per 1,000 2024 down 23.1% 71st Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.8 per 1,000 2024 down 18.2% 85th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.9 per 1,000 2024 down 15.2% 82nd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 5 per 1,000 2024 down 15.3% 97th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% 107th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 99.98 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 0.0% 1st Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 0.0107 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 6.6% 160th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 0.0064 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.1% 152nd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 100 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 0.0% 1st Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% 160th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 38 - Projected education 0.0242 Percentage of population aged 15 years or over 2040 down 53.3% 159th Official entrance age to upper secondary education 15 years 2019 up 7.1% 68th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both 330,430 number 2019 down 14.3% 71st Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 168,965 number 2019 down 14.3% 71st Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 161,465 number 2019 down 14.2% 71st School age population, tertiary education, male 1.00 million number 2018 up 3.6% 53rd School age population, tertiary education, female 957,994 number 2018 up 2.7% 53rd School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 1.96 million number 2018 up 3.1% 53rd School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 667,616 number 2019 down 12.4% 77th School age population, pre-primary education, female 326,096 number 2019 down 12.5% 78th School age population, pre-primary education, male 341,520 number 2019 down 12.3% 76th School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 341,419 number 2019 down 13.0% 66th School age population, primary education, female 815,160 number 2019 up 7.4% 73rd Page 1 of 9 Next →