Education > High school Stats: compare key data on South Korea & Vietnam

Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for secondary level enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
Lower Secondary > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for lower secondary (middle school) education.
Lower secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the lower secondary (middle school) level.
Lower secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin lower secondary (middle school) education.
Proportion spent on all staff salaries: Percentage of public funding for secondary education that goes to school staff salaries.
Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to secondary education.
Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for all levels of secondary education.
Upper Secondary > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for upper secondary (high school) education.
Upper secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the upper secondary (high school) level.
Upper secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin upper secondary (high school) education.

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STAT	South Korea	Vietnam
Gender parity index	0.988 Ranked 88th. 11% more than Vietnam	0.89 Ranked 75th.
Lower Secondary > Students per teacher	18.01 Ranked 32nd. 14% more than Vietnam	15.79 Ranked 24th.
Lower secondary school duration	3 Ranked 179th.	4 Ranked 34th. 33% more than South Korea
Lower secondary starting age	12 Ranked 131st. 9% more than Vietnam	11 Ranked 153th.
Proportion spent on all staff salaries	70.05% Ranked 65th.	83.15% Ranked 37th. 19% more than South Korea
Share of total education spending	38.22% Ranked 36th. About the same as Vietnam	38.13% Ranked 34th.
Students per teacher	16.16 Ranked 43th.	28.86 Ranked 5th. 79% more than South Korea
Upper Secondary > Students per teacher	14.69 Ranked 36th.	27.61 Ranked 4th. 88% more than South Korea
Upper secondary school duration	3 Ranked 132nd. The same as Vietnam	3 Ranked 71st.
Upper secondary starting age	15 Ranked 159th. The same as Vietnam	15 Ranked 89th.

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