Education in South Korea

3,110 indicators covering education for South Korea.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from Hong 453 2024 up 367.0% 7th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 6.6% 2024 down 8.6% 97th
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 90.0% 2024 up 4.6% 43rd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 25 2024 up 525.0% 8th
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America: Students 0 2024 12th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 94.4% 2024 up 2.7% 31st
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 97.9% 2024 up 1.4% 59th
Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound) 1.4% 2023 up 178.8% 50th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 20.8% 2024 down 5.6% 11th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 15.1% 2024 down 12.3% 11th
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 94.4% 2024 up 2.7% 31st
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 96.4% 2024 up 2.3% 69th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 85.6% 2024 up 6.5% 53rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.0% 2024 46th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 16.9% 2024 up 17.0% 41st
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 9.4% 2024 down 0.5% 4th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.7% 2024 up 88.1% 63rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 9.6% 2024 down 12.2% 91st
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.9063 GPIA 2024 up 3.7% 87th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 3.5% 2024 up 0.8% 88th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.0% 2024 47th
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 85.6% 2024 up 6.5% 52nd
Share of qualified teachers in pre-primary education 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 99.4% 2024 up 0.5% 48th
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are trained according 76.7% 2024 down 2.4% 69th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 33.2% 2024 down 6.8% 9th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 0 2024 8th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 0 2024 7th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 0 2024 down 100.0% 8th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 9.1% 2024 up 2.3% 24th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 19.2% 2024 down 15.6% 7th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 10.8% 2024 down 6.3% 17th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 13.5% 2024 down 14.3% 118th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 0.9362 GPIA 2024 down 1.3% 83rd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 0 2024 10th
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 68.9% 2024 down 2.2% 106th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 5.7% 2024 up 4.8% 89th
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 31.0% 2024 up 5.0% 16th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 22.9% 2024 up 13.7% 32nd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 10.4% 2024 up 23.5% 29th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 0 2024 5th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.6% 2024 up 112.6% 58th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 0 2024 7th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.8% 2024 up 70.7% 68th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 0 2024 9th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 0.891 GPIA 2024 down 7.1% 94th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.5% 2024 down 2.3% 49th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 9.7% 2024 up 4.1% 16th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 4.8% 2024 down 11.9% 53rd
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 0.9705 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% 86th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 9.2% 2024 down 4.6% 8th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 0 2024 12th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 5.5% 2024 up 156.7% 62nd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.6% 2024 down 2.8% 40th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 1.4% 2024 down 3.7% 25th
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 14.8% 2010 down 11.1% 35th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.3% 2024 up 9.8% 72nd
Initial government funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP 34.6% 2022 up 38.3% 3rd
Net flow of internationally mobile students (inbound - outbound) 14,629 2023 up 147.9% 22nd
Government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage 1.3% 2022 up 55.5% 11th