Education in South Korea 3,110 indicators covering education for South Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number), per 12.61 units per square kilometre 2023 down 8.3% 14th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), per 15.7 units per square kilometre 2023 down 23.6% 9th Secondary education, general pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2017 down 42.2% 171st School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 4.65 years 2018 down 4.6% 6th Secondary education, general pupils 48.5% 2017 up 3.1% 162nd Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 128,820 number 2018 up 9.1% 34th Lower secondary completion rate, female 97.0% 2024 up 1.0% 52nd Lower secondary completion rate, male 97.5% 2024 up 1.2% 42nd Children out of school 0.1% 2024 down 98.1% 193rd Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.26 million number 2018 down 1.2% 30th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.0244 number per person 2018 down 3.4% 103rd Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 240,477 2024 down 9.7% 58th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 227,313 2024 down 6.9% 58th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 467,790 2024 down 8.4% 58th Start of the academic school year 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% 1st Theoretical duration of secondary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 99th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 52nd Official entrance age to upper secondary education 15 years 2025 unchanged 65th Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 91st Official entrance age to lower secondary education 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Start of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st Theoretical duration of pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 27th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th Theoretical duration of primary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 29th Official entrance age to primary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male 1.50 million 2024 down 24.3% 15th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 1.23 million 2024 down 8.1% 24th Teachers in primary education, male 40,412 2024 up 13.8% 49th Teachers in primary education, female 132,721 2024 up 1.9% 36th Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female 76.7% 2024 down 2.4% 114th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes 100.9% 2024 up 1.4% 107th School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.06 years 2024 up 1.7% 88th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.0% 2024 down 27.4% 107th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.0% 2024 down 20.1% 111th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 2.73 million 2024 down 17.7% 18th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.0% 2024 up 2.5% 116th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% 2024 up 2.2% 109th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 846,694 2024 down 33.2% 39th Enrolment in secondary education, male 1.37 million 2024 down 26.6% 43rd Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.29 million 2024 down 24.7% 44th Teachers in primary education, both sexes 173,133 2024 up 4.4% 39th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.1% 2024 down 23.4% 115th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.9% 2024 up 2.4% 109th Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 2.66 million 2024 down 25.7% 43rd Enrolment in primary education, male 1.29 million 2024 down 9.5% 59th Enrolment in primary education, female 1.22 million 2024 down 7.2% 61st School age population, upper secondary education, male 710,372 2024 down 28.8% 56th School age population, upper secondary education, female 669,000 2024 down 26.8% 57th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 1.38 million 2024 down 27.9% 56th School age population, secondary education, male 1.42 million 2024 down 24.9% 60th School age population, secondary education, female 1.34 million 2024 down 22.7% 60th School age population, secondary education, both sexes 2.76 million 2024 down 23.9% 60th School age population, tertiary education, male 1.27 million 2024 down 32.2% 53rd School age population, tertiary education, female 1.17 million 2024 down 28.7% 54th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 2.44 million 2024 down 30.5% 53rd School age population, lower secondary education, male 712,142 2024 down 20.6% 62nd School age population, lower secondary education, female 672,307 2024 down 18.2% 64th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 1.38 million 2024 down 19.5% 63rd School age population, last grade of primary education, male 234,671 2024 down 5.1% 59th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 223,772 2024 down 1.7% 59th ← Previous Page 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