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Asia > Korea, South > Education

KOREAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Children out of school, primary 14,161 Time series [48th of 126]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 3,223,431 Time series [1st of 150]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Education spending (% of GDP) 4.2% [79th of 132]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education spending (% of total government expenditure) 15.5% [44th of 96]
Source: United Nations Human Development Programme
Education, primary completion rate 101 Time series [1st of 148]
Source: United Nations Human Development Programme
Geographical aptitude results 59.809 [174th of 191]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Library books 2,576,000 [35th of 81]
Source: The Geography Zone
Literacy > Male 99.3% Time series [17th of 156]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Literacy > Total population 98.1% Time series [39th of 160]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Mathematical literacy 547 [2nd of 27]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure 14.98 % Time series [34th of 103]
Source: OECD
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 29.02 Time series [43rd of 159]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Reading literacy 525 [6th of 27]
Source: World Development Indicators database
School life expectancy > Male 15.3 years [10th of 97]
Source: OECD
School life expectancy > Total 14.6 years [21st of 110]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Scientific literacy 552 [1st of 27]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Universities > Top 100 1 [21st of 22]
Source: OECD
Universities > Top 200 3 [13th of 31]
Source: The Times, 2005
Universities > Top 500 8 [13th of 38]
Source: The Times, 2005
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24 1 Time series [22nd of 138]
Source: Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD; The Times, 2005; Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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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