Primary completion (UIS) in South Korea

Name: Primary completion (UIS) in South Korea
Creator: UNESCO UIS
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

In South Korea, 100.0% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2012.

Completion rate, primary education % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2012 to 2012 Source: UNESCO UIS

The latest value for South Korea is for 2012. Most countries have figures for 2019.

South Korea, 2012 100.0% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age

Median of OECD (38 countries), 2012 99.3% Middle value of 22 countries

Primary completion (UIS) in South Korea over time

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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, primary education (% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age), 2012 to 2012
Period	South Korea
2012	100.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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All statistics for South Korea

Lower secondary completion 100.0% 2012 · UNESCO UIS Primary school completion rate 102.9% 2024 · World Bank ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 11.0% 2025 · ILOSTAT Upper secondary completion 97.7% 2016 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 0.1%nat_est 2024 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school adolescents 2.9%nat_est 2024 · UNESCO UIS

Source and dates

Original producer: UNESCO UIS
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code: CR.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 2012 to 2012 for South Korea
Provider update: Not stated by the provider
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org

South Korea by sex

Total 100.0%2012
Girls 100.0%2012
Boys 100.0%2012

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What this measures

Share of children aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of primary school who have completed primary education, mostly measured in household surveys (SDG indicator 4.1.2).

Survey years differ between countries; check the year shown for each value.
This survey-based rate differs from the World Bank's primary completion rate, which compares new entrants to the last grade with the population of that age.

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