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Korea, Republic of: Lower secondary completion rate, total

97.27percent · 2024+1.1% since 2014

Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education. Annual figures for Korea, Republic of from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202497.268
2023100.123
202298.385
202195.162
202096.085
2019102.588
201899.495
201797.298
2016103.328
2015101.002
201496.224
2013100.403
2012100.327
201198.982
201099.17
200998.242
200898.352
200799.419
200698.81
200594.514
200498.678
200399.179
200299.391
200199.56
2000100.519

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Lower secondary completion rate, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-lower-secondary-completion-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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