Education in South Korea 3,110 indicators covering education for South Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Teachers in secondary education, male 81,579 2024 down 18.1% 35th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.7% 2025 down 22.7% 159th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.7% 2025 down 25.5% 151st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.7% 2025 down 24.3% 159th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 105.2% 2024 up 28.8% 16th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 118.0% 2024 up 11.7% 3rd Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.8915 GPIA 2024 up 15.3% 155th Primary education, teachers 76.7% 2024 down 2.4% 108th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 99,020 number 2018 up 37.6% 16th Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.5213 % change on previous year 2018 down 81.7% 124th Repeaters, primary, total 0.0% 2017 up 68.8% 176th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 4.77 years 2024 up 17.3% 27th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 5.24 years 2024 down 2.6% 4th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 0.911 GPIA 2024 up 20.4% 154th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 0.9% 2018 up 274.7% 131st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 16.85 years 2024 up 1.4% 32nd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 102.9% 2024 up 4.7% 25th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 220,797 number 2018 up 6.0% 11th Persistence to grade 5, total 98.9% 2023 down 0.5% 27th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 98.9% 2023 down 0.5% 30th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 150 2024 down 28.2% 102nd Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 220 2024 down 13.0% 99th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 551 2024 down 28.5% 86th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 1,053 2024 down 10.7% 80th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 100.5% 2017 down 7.4% 102nd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 101.4% 2017 down 7.8% 94th Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 5.5% 2024 up 5.8% 117th School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 2.87 years 2024 up 3.4% 43rd School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 2.87 years 2024 up 3.5% 46th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9981 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% 117th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 98.7% 2024 down 0.3% 69th Teachers in pre-primary education, male 997 2024 up 6.9% 57th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 76,412 2024 down 17.0% 21st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.943 GPI 2018 up 4.0% 144th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 88,020 2024 up 12.9% 11th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 38.1% 2024 up 9.6% 107th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 143,264 2024 down 2.2% 9th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.0% 2100 down 33.1% 173rd Number of adults with no formal education by region 12,800 people 2100 down 40.2% 114th Population by level of education 19.84 million people 2100 down 9.1% 37th Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.15 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 1.6% 55th Repeaters, primary, female 0.0% 2017 up 147.8% 173rd Repeaters, primary, male 0.0% 2017 up 40.6% 173rd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 16.58 years 2024 up 4.3% 48th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 17.1 years 2024 down 0.9% 20th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.9697 GPIA 2024 up 5.2% 144th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 98.9% 2018 down 0.3% 62nd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 103.1% 2024 up 4.3% 23rd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 102.6% 2024 up 5.2% 32nd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.9956 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% 127th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 97,928 number 2018 up 37.1% 14th School enrollment, secondary, private 28.1% 2024 down 9.5% 43rd Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 0.9993 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% 118th School enrollment, primary 97.3% 2017 down 2.2% 41st Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 98.9% 2023 down 0.5% 36th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 98.9% 2023 down 0.4% 26th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% 102nd Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 0.9% 2018 down 37.1% 133rd Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 0.9% 2018 down 27.3% 142nd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 97.3% 2024 up 1.1% 52nd ← Previous Page 8 of 52 Next →