Upper secondary completion in South Korea
In South Korea, 97.7% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2016.
The latest value for South Korea is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2019.
South Korea, 2016
97.7%
Change from 2014
−0.6percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2016
84.8%
Upper secondary completion in South Korea over time
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South Korea
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Korea |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 97.7% |
| 2014 | 98.3% |
| 2012 | 98.6% |
| 2010 | 98.0% |
| 2008 | 83.0% |
| 2006 | 93.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 98.3% in 2014, a change of −0.6 percentage points.
- Since 2006, when it was 93.2%, the figure has changed by +4.5 percentage points.
More for South Korea
All statistics for South Korea
Lower secondary completion
100.0%
2012 · UNESCO UIS
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
11.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
100.0%
2012 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
0.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
2.9%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school youth
4.5%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS