Education in South Korea 3,110 indicators covering education for South Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 13.8% 2024 down 5.3% 115th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 13.2% 2024 down 22.3% 118th Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 83.3% 2024 down 1.9% 83rd Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 53.6% 2024 down 3.2% 106th Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 46.4% 2024 up 3.9% 16th Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 16.6% 2024 up 10.6% 33rd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.0% 2024 up 21.8% 49th Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 1.4% 2024 up 0.6% 14th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 7.1% 2024 up 13.6% 88th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 4.2% 2024 down 8.6% 86th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 4.5% 2024 down 9.2% 56th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 5.0% 2024 down 14.2% 52nd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 3.0% 2024 up 160.9% 46th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 8.2% 2024 up 157.1% 73rd Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 0.4% 2024 up 6.5% 80th Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 82.0% 2022 down 4.2% 120th Initial government funding per primary student, constant PPP$ 19,558 2022 up 64.1% 4th Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, both 0 2024 — 7th Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training 9.3% 2024 down 25.9% 108th Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education 0 2024 — 7th Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 83.3% 2022 down 3.9% 108th Proportion of schools with access to computers for pedagogical 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 68.7% 2024 up 16.0% 34th Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in public 83.8% 2022 down 2.8% 109th Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 16.7% 2022 up 25.6% 20th Inbound internationally mobile students from Latin America and the 708 2024 up 56.3% 29th Government expenditure on lower secondary education as a percentage 1.0% 2022 up 28.7% 36th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 0.6704 GPIA 2024 up 42.0% 90th Official entrance age to early childhood educational development 0 years 2025 — 43rd Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 2 2024 — 35th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.4% 2024 up 11.3% 43rd Theoretical duration of early childhood educational development 3 years 2025 unchanged 12th Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, male 0 2024 — 7th Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in public 16.2% 2022 up 17.4% 17th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 99.5% 2024 up 0.3% 33rd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.9% 2024 up 5.8% 64th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 77.6% 2024 up 11.5% 26th Gross graduation ratio, primary, total 97.9% 2017 — 42nd Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 18.0% 2022 up 24.8% 10th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 84.2% 2024 up 5.8% 23rd Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 89.0% 2024 up 3.4% 17th Initial government funding per tertiary student as a percentage of 16.0% 2022 up 19.4% 96th Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 51.8% 2017 up 29.6% 12th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 79.5% 2024 up 8.4% 34th Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 27.7% 2024 down 1.0% 98th Female share of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 27.7% 2024 down 1.0% 98th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 98.5% 2024 up 0.9% 39th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.9% 2024 up 24.6% 45th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.4% 2024 up 1.5% 41st Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 59.4% 2024 up 21.6% 42nd Initial government funding per tertiary student, constant PPP$ 9,080 2022 up 41.7% 41st Proportion of schools with access to basic drinking water, by 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 20.3% 2017 down 24.3% 12th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 97.5% 2024 up 1.5% 42nd Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.8932 GPIA 2024 up 4.8% 78th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.0% 2024 down 8.2% 28th Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 12.12 2015 up 7.8% 36th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.3% 2017 up 0.3% 62nd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 5.6% 2017 up 37.5% 76th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 4.5% 2017 up 15.7% 49th ← Previous Page 30 of 52 Next →