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 1.1% 2024 up 71.5% 23rd
Percentage of teachers in short cycle tertiary education who are 48.7% 2024 up 11.1% 33rd
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 58.1% 2024 up 10.6% 6th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 10.0% 2017 up 75.7% 4th
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 45.9% 2022 down 9.2% 63rd
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 39.2% 2024 up 16.0% 7th
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 0.7099 GPIA 2024 up 24.0% 65th
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained 72.3% 2024 up 4.4% 16th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.66 GPIA 2023 up 236.3% 11th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.68 GPIA 2023 up 84.9% 7th
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 37.1% 2022 down 2.7% 62nd
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 28.3% 2024 up 40.3% 30th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.629 GPIA 2023 up 112.3% 35th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.12 GPIA 2023 up 240.4% 12th
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 0.8237 GPIA 2024 up 10.6% 62nd
Proportion of youth and adults that got information about goods or 86.2% 2023 up 71.4% 7th
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America: Students 1.16 GPIA 2023 up 28.0% 38th
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 45.6% 2022 down 12.9% 63rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 15.5% 2017 up 25.8% 31st
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 7.2% 2017 down 12.5% 66th
Proportion of youth and adults that did Internet banking, male 81.6% 2023 up 121.7% 8th
Proportion of youth and adults that did Internet banking, female 77.3% 2023 up 149.4% 11th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 1.42 GPIA 2024 up 13.5% 8th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 16.0% 2017 down 12.3% 7th
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 17.3% 2022 up 4.6% 23rd
Proportion of youth and adults that got information about goods or 86.8% 2023 up 74.3% 8th
Proportion of youth and adults that got information about goods or 85.5% 2023 up 68.0% 7th
Proportion of youth and adults that got information about goods or 0.985 GPIA 2023 down 3.6% 34th
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 15.7% 2022 up 1.9% 24th
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 0.6393 LPIA 2024 up 8.4% 28th
Proportion of youth and adults that did Internet banking, adjusted 0.9473 GPIA 2023 up 12.5% 34th
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 16.3% 2022 up 8.2% 21st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.76 GPIA 2023 up 12.2% 5th
Proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or 74.4% 2023 up 113.8% 5th
Proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or 72.4% 2023 up 77.0% 5th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.73 GPIA 2023 up 48.4% 7th
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 0.7226 GPIA 2024 up 20.9% 63rd
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in 0.0% 2024 — 24th
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in 0.0% 2024 — 24th
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in 0.0% 2024 — 24th
Proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or 0.9731 GPIA 2023 down 15.3% 52nd
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 0.6734 LPIA 2024 up 4.8% 21st
Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers 92.9% 2023 up 33.9% 1st
Proportion of youth and adults that did Internet banking, 15-24 years 77.9% 2023 up 148.1% 14th
Proportion of youth and adults that did Internet banking, 25-74 years 79.7% 2023 up 87.1% 11th
Proportion of youth and adults that got information about goods or 96.1% 2023 up 31.1% 3rd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Central Asia, adjusted 0.6356 2023 down 52.6% 58th
Proportion of youth and adults that got information about goods or 84.9% 2023 up 54.1% 9th
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 22.4% 2022 down 10.3% 58th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.69 GPIA 2023 up 75.9% 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.22 GPIA 2023 up 270.8% 16th
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 16.0% 2022 up 16.1% 24th
Proportion of youth and adults that did Internet banking, 25-74 years 82.2% 2023 up 76.0% 8th
Proportion of youth and adults that did Internet banking, 25-74 years 77.2% 2023 up 100.5% 15th
Proportion of youth and adults that made calls (telephoning over the) 67.8% 2023 up 469.7% 38th
Proportion of youth and adults that did Internet banking, 25-74 years 0.9392 GPIA 2023 up 13.9% 36th
Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers 94.6% 2023 up 27.7% 1st
Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers 91.0% 2023 up 40.9% 3rd
Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers 0.9619 GPIA 2023 up 10.3% 34th
Proportion of youth and adults that got information about goods or 85.6% 2023 up 57.6% 10th