Education in South Korea 3,110 indicators covering education for South Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Government expenditure on tertiary education, US$ 15,558 millions 2022 up 19.0% 14th Enrolment in early childhood education, male 699,946 2024 down 31.8% 28th Inbound internationally mobile students from sub-Saharan Africa, both 2,063 2023 up 98.2% 33rd Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, both sexes 84.3% 2024 up 16.3% 24th Inbound internationally mobile students from Latin America and the 734 2023 up 73.5% 31st Inbound internationally mobile students from Central and Eastern 1,725 2023 up 186.5% 41st Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 13.27 2017 down 26.7% 110th Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female 84.0% 2024 up 16.2% 22nd Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, male 84.6% 2024 up 16.3% 20th Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity 0.9937 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% 120th Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in private 40.3% 2024 down 7.1% 27th Government expenditure on education, PPP$ 155,150 millions 2022 up 80.1% 9th Out-of-school children, one year before the official primary entry 8,423 2024 down 25.5% 71st Out-of-school children, one year before the official primary entry 9,096 2024 down 23.8% 70th Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 28.1% 2024 down 9.5% 43rd Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 13.03 2017 — 123rd Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in public 48.6% 2024 up 1.6% 110th Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in public 0.9% 2024 up 3.2% 110th Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in public 51.4% 2024 down 1.5% 82nd Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, adjusted gender parity 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% 114th Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, female 99.0% 2023 down 0.6% 46th Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, male 99.0% 2023 down 0.6% 38th Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary 5.4% 2024 up 4.2% 112th Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary 5.5% 2024 up 7.4% 120th Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes, both 515,658 2024 down 28.6% 9th Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female 53,896 2024 up 82.9% 69th Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male 48,333 2024 up 81.1% 78th Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper 4.0% 2024 up 136.7% 137th Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper 3.4% 2024 up 141.2% 151st Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper 1.15 GPIA 2024 down 1.4% 24th Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Pupil-trained teacher ratio in pre-primary education 10.94 headcount basis 2024 down 19.8% 100th Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 47.9% 2024 up 1.6% 129th Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 0.9% 2024 up 3.0% 129th Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 52.1% 2024 down 1.4% 52nd Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, female 7 number 2018 up 16.7% 155th Government expenditure on education, constant PPP$ 158,139 millions 2022 up 53.3% 9th Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes, male 265,319 2024 down 28.8% 9th Enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes 250,339 2024 down 28.3% 9th Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development 70.6% 2024 up 34.1% 7th Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 48.1% 2024 up 2.6% 129th Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 0.9% 2024 up 5.0% 129th Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 51.9% 2024 down 2.3% 52nd Government expenditure on tertiary education, constant US$ 15,702 millions 2022 up 22.3% 13th Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male 0.0% 2023 down 52.0% 155th Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education 0.0% 2023 down 72.0% 154th Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes 98.9% 2023 down 0.5% 27th Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 47.3% 2024 up 3.9% 137th Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 0.9% 2024 up 7.3% 137th Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 52.7% 2024 down 3.2% 43rd Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, female 1 number 2018 down 75.0% 167th Current education expenditure, tertiary 87.3% 2022 up 0.3% 80th Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, female 6 number 2018 up 500.0% 153rd Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, female 5 number 2018 up 150.0% 154th Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Pupil-trained teacher ratio in secondary education 11.42 headcount basis 2024 down 23.5% 80th Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged 47th Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 18 number 2018 down 40.0% 166th ← Previous Page 17 of 52 Next →