NationMaster - Korean Education statistics

Education spending (% of GDP)	4.2%		[79th of 132]
Geographical aptitude results	59.809		[174th of 191]
Library books	2,576,000		[35th of 81]
Library members	2,157,630		[1st of 68]
Mathematical literacy	547		[2nd of 27]
Reading literacy	525		[6th of 27]
School life expectancy > Male	15.3 years		[10th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	14.6 years		[21st of 110]
Scientific literacy	552		[1st of 27]
Secondary education, vocational pupils	514,550	...	[3rd of 163]
Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment	17 %	...	[27th of 78]
Unemployment with primary education, female > % of female unemployment	16.7 %	...	[24th of 72]
Unemployment with primary education, male > % of male unemployment	17.2 %	...	[27th of 72]
Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment	53.4 %	...	[18th of 77]
Universities > Top 100	1		[21st of 22]
Universities > Top 200	3		[13th of 31]
Universities > Top 500	8		[13th of 38]
World Organization of the Scout Movement > Members > Admits Boys/Girls	both
Young longtext readers	14		[23rd of 27]
Young shorttext readers	52.2		[5th of 27]

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SOURCES: United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; OECD; World Development Indicators database; The Times, 2005; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Wikipedia: List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Korea, South, Republic of Korea, South Korea, Taehan-min'guk, korea, republic of, korea, rep. of, korea-south, SKOREA, Korea Republic, Korean Republic, Korea (Rep.), Korea

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