Education in North Korea 490 indicators covering education for North Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School age population, lower secondary education, male 552,654 number 2019 down 10.1% 65th School age population, secondary education, male 1.14 million number 2019 down 8.0% 60th School age population, upper secondary education, female 561,892 number 2019 down 6.1% 56th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 1.15 million number 2019 down 6.1% 56th School age population, upper secondary education, male 585,887 number 2019 down 6.0% 56th School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 667,616 number 2019 down 12.4% 77th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 1.96 million number 2018 up 3.1% 53rd School age population, tertiary education, female 957,994 number 2018 up 2.7% 53rd School age population, tertiary education, male 1.00 million number 2018 up 3.6% 53rd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 161,465 number 2019 down 14.2% 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, both 330,430 number 2019 down 14.3% 71st Official entrance age to upper secondary education 15 years 2019 up 7.1% 68th Labor force, total, per square kilometre 146.05 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.3% 28th Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty 12.2 years 2023 up 5.2% 135th Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 0.0% 1995 — 196th Expected years of schooling, males vs. females 12.45 years 2023 up 4.2% 123rd Duration of compulsory education 12 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2025 unchanged 21st Expected years of schooling males vs females, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% 17th Duration of compulsory education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Government expenditure on education, total 14.6% 2025 up 3.8% 64th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 165,663 2025 up 3.1% 70th Start of the academic school year 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% 156th Theoretical duration of secondary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 99th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 52nd Official entrance age to upper secondary education 15 years 2025 unchanged 65th Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 91st Start of the academic school year 2,024 2025 up 0.5% 56th Official entrance age to lower secondary education 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Theoretical duration of pre-primary education 2 years 2025 unchanged 146th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 5 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 325,446 2025 down 9.9% 75th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 158,637 2025 down 10.0% 75th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 166,809 2025 down 9.7% 73rd Official entrance age to primary education 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st Theoretical duration of primary education 5 years 2025 unchanged 162nd School age population, pre-primary education, female 332,648 2025 up 3.9% 79th School age population, one year before the official primary entry 175,233 2025 up 2.4% 68th School age population, pre-primary education, male 351,159 2025 up 4.2% 78th School age population, one year before the official primary entry 166,022 2025 up 2.1% 69th School age population, one year before the official primary entry 341,255 2025 up 2.3% 68th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both 340,445 2025 up 3.2% 69th School age population, primary education, both sexes 1.67 million 2025 down 0.5% 72nd School age population, primary education, female 815,099 2025 down 0.6% 72nd School age population, primary education, male 858,809 2025 down 0.4% 71st Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 174,782 2025 up 3.4% 69th School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 683,807 2025 up 4.1% 78th School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 328,641 2025 down 7.2% 74th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 160,124 2025 down 7.3% 74th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 968,332 2025 down 12.5% 73rd School age population, lower secondary education, female 472,094 2025 down 12.6% 74th School age population, last grade of primary education, male 168,517 2025 down 7.1% 72nd School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 1.69 million 2025 down 16.3% 66th School age population, lower secondary education, male 496,238 2025 down 12.4% 73rd School age population, tertiary education, female 827,878 2025 down 16.3% 66th School age population, tertiary education, male 865,371 2025 down 16.3% 66th School age population, secondary education, both sexes 1.95 million 2025 down 14.5% 73rd School age population, secondary education, female 950,052 2025 down 14.6% 73rd School age population, secondary education, male 997,866 2025 down 14.5% 72nd ← Previous Page 2 of 9 Next →