Education in North Korea 490 indicators covering education for North Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 91st Official entrance age to upper secondary education 15 years 2025 unchanged 65th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 52nd Theoretical duration of secondary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 99th Start of the academic school year 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% 156th Number of infant deaths, female 1,960 2024 down 26.1% 68th Number of infant deaths, male 2,576 2024 down 26.6% 68th Number of under-five deaths, female 2,474 2024 down 25.2% 69th Number of under-five deaths, male 3,223 2024 down 25.6% 68th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 0.0% 1995 — 186th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 0 2022 — 1st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 — 1st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia and the Pacific, male (UIS) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 — 3rd Outbound mobility ratio to the Caribbean, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 — 2nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.7% 2025 up 0.7% 136th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.4% 2025 up 0.6% 129th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.5% 2025 up 0.6% 128th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 663 2024 down 22.9% 64th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 572 2024 down 28.8% 68th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 1,273 2024 down 30.4% 69th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 1,817 2024 down 23.2% 64th Number of adults with no formal education by region 2,000 people 2100 down 16.7% 157th Population by level of education 9.10 million people 2100 up 2.4% 61st Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.0% 2100 down 9.3% 199th Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.17 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 1.3% 52nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 10 2023 down 79.2% 97th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 20 2023 up 122.2% 79th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 153 2023 down 27.5% 130th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 4 2023 down 84.6% 162nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 14 2023 down 72.5% 122nd Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 509 2023 down 36.7% 181st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 143 2023 down 41.2% 184th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 51 2023 down 5.6% 33rd Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 3 years 2019 unchanged 81st Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 3 years 2019 unchanged 52nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 84.6% 189th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 76.8% 125th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 140.7% 99th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 7.3% 52nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 16 2023 up 23.1% 111th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 15 2023 up 25.0% 103rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 17.5% 175th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 0.1% 2023 down 28.0% 210th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 32.9% 210th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 68.6% 143rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 42.6% 145th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 37.8% 147th End of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st Start month of the academic school year 9 2025 up 125.0% 24th End month of the academic school year 8 2025 up 166.7% 56th Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2019 unchanged 24th Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education 11 2025 unchanged 47th Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in 1 2025 unchanged 32nd Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 0.0% 1995 — 196th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 376,822 number 2019 down 2.5% 39th ← Previous Page 3 of 9 Next →