Education in South Korea 3,110 indicators covering education for South Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes 3.3% 2018 down 10.0% 119th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 96.4% 2024 up 2.3% 56th Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ 99.4% 2024 up 0.5% 35th Initial government funding per pre-primary student, constant PPP$ 14,093 2022 up 95.9% 7th Net flow of internationally mobile students (inbound - outbound) 37,931 2023 up 165.1% 23rd Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ 96.4% 2024 up 2.3% 55th Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, female 0.0% 2017 up 59.7% 108th Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, male 0.0% 2017 up 47.2% 108th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9705 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% 86th Government expenditure on secondary education, PPP$ 65,123 millions 2022 up 93.2% 8th Share of primary schools with toilets 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Government expenditure on primary education, PPP$ 51,319 millions 2022 up 89.6% 7th Government expenditure on secondary education, constant PPP$ 66,377 millions 2022 up 64.4% 8th Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, female 4 number 2018 unchanged 123rd Government expenditure on primary education, constant PPP$ 52,308 millions 2022 up 61.3% 7th Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 49.6% 2024 up 17.1% 7th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 49.6% 2024 up 17.1% 7th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in 48.8% 2024 up 0.8% 88th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in 1.0% 2024 up 1.5% 88th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in 51.2% 2024 down 0.7% 59th Pupil-teacher ratio, upper secondary 13.03 2017 down 18.8% 67th 4.2.2 Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 89.82 2020 down 8.4% 72nd Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 54.7% 2024 up 11.4% 4th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 54.7% 2024 up 11.4% 4th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 44.5% 2024 up 24.5% 21st Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 44.5% 2024 up 24.5% 21st Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, both sexes 0 2024 — 16th Proportion of schools with access to electricity, by education level 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, female 0 2024 — 14th Average years of schooling 13.68 years 2020 up 5.6% 2nd Share of the population with tertiary education 58.3% 2020 up 28.1% 3rd Share of population with no formal education 0.3% 2020 down 57.1% 101st Share of the population with at least some formal education 99.7% 2020 up 0.4% 9th Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, male 0 2024 — 16th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 0.8146 GPIA 2024 up 11.8% 102nd Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 46.5% 2024 up 12.5% 119th Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 0.9% 2024 up 23.3% 119th Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 53.5% 2024 down 8.8% 19th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 277 2024 up 103.7% 38th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 27 2024 up 12.5% 34th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 9 2024 up 200.0% 31st Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 3 2024 up 50.0% 39th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 6 2024 up 20.0% 32nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 39 2024 up 5.4% 32nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 918 2024 down 3.3% 7th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 124 2024 up 169.6% 34th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1,351 2024 up 322.2% 14th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 5 2024 up 25.0% 47th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 2024 — 42nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 168 2024 up 409.1% 10th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 7 2024 — 35th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 19 2024 down 5.0% 29th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 53 2024 up 140.9% 29th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 239 2024 up 35.0% 11th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 9 2024 unchanged 40th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 5 2024 up 150.0% 33rd Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 7 2024 up 600.0% 32nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 202 2024 up 50.7% 20th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 160 2024 up 60.0% 21st Inbound internationally mobile students from South America: Students 15 2024 up 66.7% 29th ← Previous Page 25 of 52 Next →