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Korea, Republic of: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes

49.56percent · 2024+17.1% since 2014

Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator EA.5T8.AG25T99. Annual figures for Korea, Republic of from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202449.556
202348.652
202247.51
202146.936
202046.454
201946.006
201845.311
201744.382
201643.688
201540.302
201442.319
201341.32
201240.292
201139.34
201035.321
200928.006
200734.686
200633.166
200531.589
200430.523
200024.05

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ea-5t8-ag25t99 (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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