Education in North Korea 490 indicators covering education for North Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 395,034 number 2019 down 1.7% 38th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 376,822 number 2019 down 2.5% 39th Outbound mobility ratio to Central Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2018 up 352.7% 44th Compulsory education, duration 12 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Outbound mobility ratio to the Arab States, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2018 — 144th Population of compulsory school age, both sexes 3.96 million 2025 down 7.7% 58th Population of compulsory school age, female 1.93 million 2025 down 7.8% 59th Population of compulsory school age, male 2.03 million 2025 down 7.6% 58th Outbound mobility ratio to sub-Saharan Africa, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2018 — 78th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both 651,419 2025 down 19.2% 46th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 318,181 2025 down 19.2% 46th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 333,238 2025 down 19.1% 46th Duration of compulsory education 12 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2025 unchanged 21st Outbound mobility ratio to South and West Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2018 down 80.2% 93rd Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 2.0% 2025 down 60.8% 146th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 1.6% 2025 down 66.0% 154th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 2.4% 2025 down 56.4% 138th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both 28.1% 2025 down 36.4% 70th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female 25.7% 2025 down 41.2% 68th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male 30.4% 2025 down 31.8% 70th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male (modelled) 0.4% 2025 down 33.3% 170th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 0.3% 2025 down 40.0% 176th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 0.2% 2025 down 50.0% 176th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, adjusted 0.8454 modelled data 2025 down 13.7% 124th Inequality in education 0.0668 2023 down 23.5% 122nd Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 0.6667 modelled data 2025 down 22.0% 166th Number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal 1 2025 unchanged 77th Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in 11 2025 unchanged 108th Outbound mobility ratio to the Pacific, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2018 down 96.5% 125th End of the academic school year 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% 147th Start month of the academic school year 4 tertiary education 2022 unchanged 158th End month of the academic school year 3 tertiary education 2022 unchanged 205th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted 0.5 modelled data 2025 down 25.0% 178th Outbound mobility ratio to Central and Eastern Europe, male (UIS) 0.0% 2018 down 45.6% 159th Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2018 up 348.1% 95th Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, male 0.1% 2018 down 69.8% 194th Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS) 0.0% 2018 up 333.3% 99th Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, male (UIS estimate) 0.2% 2018 down 64.7% 194th Preprimary education, duration 4 years 2025 unchanged 88th School age population, early childhood education, both sexes 1.37 million 2025 up 5.0% 60th School age population, early childhood education, male 703,578 2025 up 5.1% 60th School age population, early childhood education, female 666,322 2025 up 4.9% 61st Official entrance age to early childhood education 3 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Theoretical duration of early childhood education 4 years 2025 unchanged 89th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 1,364 number 2018 down 38.4% 170th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 26 2023 down 73.2% 125th Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 14.6% 2025 up 3.8% 64th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 105 2023 up 20.7% 32nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 335 2023 down 42.1% 180th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 168 2023 down 25.7% 136th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 899 2023 down 34.0% 184th Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education 18 years 2019 up 5.9% 53rd Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education 18 years 2025 unchanged 52nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 69.4% 146th Theoretical duration of post-secondary non-tertiary education 2 years 2025 unchanged 14th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 37.4% 52nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 15.5% 181st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 34.1% 208th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 0.1% 2023 down 25.0% 209th ← Previous Page 4 of 9 Next →