Education in South Korea 3,110 indicators covering education for South Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.7647 GPIA 2024 up 9.0% 79th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9799 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% 65th Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 55.5% 2017 up 39.4% 26th Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 48.5% 2017 up 21.0% 5th Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 1.14 GPI 2017 up 15.2% 79th Initial government funding per secondary student as a percentage of 44.6% 2022 up 78.8% 3rd All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 61.8% 2022 down 7.4% 100th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.8157 LPIA 2024 up 9.7% 43rd Gross graduation ratio, primary, female 97.8% 2017 — 45th Gross graduation ratio, primary, male 98.0% 2017 — 38th Proportion of schools with access to the internet for pedagogical 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 91.2% 2024 up 6.4% 50th Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 21.6% 2022 up 7.6% 42nd Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 95.0% 2024 up 3.9% 43rd All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 60.6% 2022 down 5.6% 112th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 98.7% 2024 up 1.5% 33rd Proportion of schools with basic handwashing facilities, by education 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in public 58.6% 2022 down 5.5% 96th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.8719 LPIA 2024 up 7.8% 37th Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 21.4% 2022 up 0.0% 21st Share of schools with access to computers for teaching 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9648 LPIA 2024 up 3.0% 49th Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 25.2% 2022 up 4.1% 27th Percentage of teachers in secondary education vocational programmes 44.0% 2014 up 21.6% 62nd Initial government funding per secondary student, constant PPP$ 25,220 2022 up 112.2% 2nd Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 58.1% 2024 up 10.6% 3rd Government expenditure on upper secondary education, US$ 23,218 millions 2022 up 77.1% 8th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 52.9% 2024 up 15.8% 7th Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in tertiary 87.3% 2022 up 0.3% 81st Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9238 GPIA 2024 up 4.9% 66th Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in tertiary 12.7% 2022 down 2.1% 34th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.7465 LPIA 2024 up 12.1% 45th Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 11.41 2015 up 10.1% 50th Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 0.8875 GPIA 2015 up 4.6% 93rd Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 12.85 2015 up 5.3% 17th Share of schools with access to basic drinking water 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 47.9% 2024 up 22.4% 19th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9919 LPIA 2024 up 1.2% 42nd Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9351 LPIA 2024 up 4.9% 53rd Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound) 1.0% 2023 up 162.7% 50th Proportion of secondary schools with access to computers for 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Government expenditure on upper secondary education, constant US$ 23,433 millions 2022 up 81.1% 8th Government expenditure on lower secondary education, US$ 17,635 millions 2022 up 46.6% 7th Government expenditure on upper secondary education, PPP$ 37,011 millions 2022 up 108.9% 8th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 33.8% 2024 up 25.6% 12th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 0.8237 GPIA 2024 up 10.6% 77th Government expenditure on upper secondary education, constant PPP$ 37,724 millions 2022 up 81.1% 8th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 39.2% 2024 up 16.0% 7th Female share of graduates in Business, Administration and Law 49.0% 2017 up 9.6% 75th Government expenditure on lower secondary education, constant US$ 17,799 millions 2022 up 49.9% 7th Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation, by 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 33 2024 up 65.0% 27th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 19 2024 — 11th Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in 91.5% 2022 up 9.7% 76th Government expenditure on lower secondary education, PPP$ 28,112 millions 2022 up 72.9% 7th Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in 8.5% 2022 down 48.7% 32nd Female share of graduates in other fields than Science, Technology 62.1% 2017 up 3.1% 62nd Government expenditure on lower secondary education, constant PPP$ 28,653 millions 2022 up 49.9% 7th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 0.6393 LPIA 2024 up 8.4% 26th Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in 16.2% 2022 up 24.5% 13th ← Previous Page 31 of 52 Next →