Education in South Korea

3,110 indicators covering education for South Korea.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 67.4% 2023 up 50.4% 28th
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 0.9792 GPIA 2023 up 4.0% 45th
Proportion of youth and adults that created electronic presentations 50.3% 2023 up 40.1% 6th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 35th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.4444 GPIA 2023 down 55.6% 27th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.79 GPIA 2023 up 6.1% 6th
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 1.5% 2024 up 30.5% 15th
Inbound internationally mobile students from South America: Students 1.44 GPIA 2023 up 25.9% 9th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.85 GPIA 2023 up 455.0% 10th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.3462 GPIA 2023 up 211.5% 38th
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are qualified 58.7% 2024 up 18.4% 25th
Inbound internationally mobile students from South America: Students 1.88 GPIA 2023 up 25.0% 4th
Inbound internationally mobile students from South America: Students 1.73 GPIA 2023 up 177.3% 4th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from the 0.5454 GPIA 2023 — 14th
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 89.8% 2023 up 10.5% 30th
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 63.9% 2023 up 51.4% 35th
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 83.8% 2022 down 7.8% 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 76.0% 20th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.82 GPIA 2023 up 263.6% 8th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, poorest quintile, both 92.1% 2016 down 7.1% 1st
Completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, both 97.0% 2016 up 4.4% 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.3977 GPIA 2023 up 8.0% 37th
Proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital 7.5% 2023 up 56.2% 24th
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 85.3% 2022 down 7.6% 6th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.67 GPIA 2023 unchanged 4th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1.36 GPIA 2023 up 2.3% 10th
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 90.9% 2023 up 10.3% 30th
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 88.8% 2023 up 10.4% 33rd
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% 33rd
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 63.2% 2023 up 55.3% 38th
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 64.6% 2023 up 47.8% 31st
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 0.9783 GPIA 2023 up 5.0% 44th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1.2 GPIA 2023 up 160.0% 18th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.38 GPIA 2023 down 7.1% 22nd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0 GPIA 2023 down 100.0% 44th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.5 GPIA 2023 — 18th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.52 GPIA 2023 up 2.1% 22nd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.5 GPIA 2023 up 62.5% 29th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 2 GPIA 2023 up 9.1% 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1.6 GPIA 2023 up 1,180.0% 3rd
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.7% 2024 up 65.6% 28th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0.4082 GPIA 2023 down 7.2% 26th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.86 GPIA 2023 down 7.1% 9th
Proportion of youth and adults that used basic arithmetic formula in 57.4% 2023 up 3.1% 4th
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.439 GPIA 2024 up 26.9% 40th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.33 GPIA 2023 down 33.3% 11th
Share of students achieving minimum math proficiency by the end of lower-secondary education 83.8% 2022 down 7.8% 7th
Share of students achieving minimum proficiency in reading and math at each education level 83.8% 2022 down 7.8% 7th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 GPIA 2023 — 41st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.2414 GPIA 2023 down 69.8% 37th
Inbound internationally mobile students from the Arab States 1.24 2023 up 375.4% 2nd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 2 GPIA 2017 — 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.62 GPIA 2023 down 18.8% 18th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.4706 GPIA 2023 up 323.5% 25th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.4 GPIA 2023 up 40.0% 25th
Proportion of youth and adults who have done online course (in any) 30.8% 2023 up 165.5% 3rd
Proportion of youth and adults that used copy and paste tools to 95.4% 2023 up 54.4% 3rd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.5 GPIA 2023 down 25.0% 7th
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 85.3% 2022 down 7.6% 2nd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.1 GPIA 2023 — 41st