Education in South Korea 3,110 indicators covering education for South Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 98.4% 2024 down 0.5% 91st Secondary education, vocational pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2017 down 57.9% 155th Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0025 number per person 2018 up 3.8% 137th Teachers in primary education, female 128,820 number 2018 up 9.1% 34th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 29 2024 down 19.4% 164th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male 47 2024 down 13.0% 160th Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre 1.32 number per square kilometre 2018 up 8.5% 33rd Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 0.9979 index 2022 down 0.1% 115th Teachers in primary education, female (number), per unit of GDP 0 number per US$ of GDP 2018 down 34.7% 180th Children out of school, female 1.2% 2022 down 7.6% 156th Children out of school, male 1.0% 2022 down 13.6% 156th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 231,284 2024 up 3.0% 9th Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 614,823 number 2018 down 0.7% 30th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes 111.9% 2024 up 18.4% 5th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 98.2% 2024 down 0.5% 92nd Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, female 95.9% 2024 down 2.5% 87th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 0.9954 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% 124th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 98.7% 2024 down 0.5% 83rd Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, male 96.6% 2024 down 2.2% 77th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9927 GPIA 2024 down 0.3% 140th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 77.3% 2018 down 4.9% 37th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 11.81 years 2024 down 0.2% 93rd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 11.86 years 2024 down 0.2% 87th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 0.9956 GPIA 2024 down 0.0% 123rd School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 5.02 years 2024 up 5.4% 10th School life expectancy, secondary, female 5.75 years 2024 down 2.3% 105th School life expectancy, secondary, male 5.8 years 2024 down 1.8% 100th School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9927 GPIA 2024 down 0.4% 139th Secondary education, vocational pupils 41.3% 2017 down 10.1% 96th Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 10.7% 2017 down 16.6% 90th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 0 2022 — 1st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 — 1st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Outbound mobility ratio to the Caribbean, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 — 2nd Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia and the Pacific, male (UIS) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 16.49 years 2018 down 1.4% 27th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 77,409 2024 down 16.8% 23rd School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 2.87 years 2024 up 3.4% 47th Productivity vs. educational attainment 53.61 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 39.5% 25th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 100.9% 2017 down 7.6% 104th Completion rate, primary education, both sexes (modelled data) 100.0% 2025 up 0.0% 1st Completion rate, primary education, female (modelled data) 100.0% 2025 up 0.0% 1st Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1 modelled data 2025 down 0.0% 122nd Completion rate, primary education, male (modelled data) 100.0% 2025 up 0.0% 1st Secondary education, vocational pupils, annual growth rate -5.04 % change on previous year 2017 down 919.5% 149th Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female 65.0% 2024 up 11.1% 69th Teachers in secondary education, female 151,467 2024 up 7.9% 30th Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment) 6.0% 2024 down 27.4% 101st Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1 modelled data 2025 down 0.0% 130th Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 100.0% 2025 up 0.0% 1st Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 99.3% 2025 up 0.5% 1st Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 99.0% 2025 up 0.6% 4th Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 0.9952 modelled data 2025 up 0.1% 128th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 99.5% 2025 up 0.5% 1st ← Previous Page 7 of 52 Next →