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Education > School enrollment Stats: compare key data on South Korea & United States

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  • Preprimary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment.
  • Preprimary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment.
  • Primary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
  • Primary > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
  • Primary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
  • Primary > Private > % of total primary: Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.
  • Secondary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
  • Secondary > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
  • Secondary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
  • Secondary > Female > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
  • Secondary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
  • Secondary > Male > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
  • Secondary > Private > % of total secondary: Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.
  • Tertiary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.
  • Tertiary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.
  • Primary > Female > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
  • Primary > Male > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
  • Preprimary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment.
  • Primary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
  • Tertiary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.
STAT South Korea United States HISTORY
Preprimary > Female > % gross 90.55% gross
Ranked 10th. 50% more than United States
60.55% gross
Ranked 61st.

Preprimary > Male > % gross 90.73% gross
Ranked 12th. 43% more than United States
63.25% gross
Ranked 58th.

Primary > % gross 104.79% gross
Ranked 52nd. 6% more than United States
98.98% gross
Ranked 115th.

Primary > % net 99.37% net
Ranked 2nd. 8% more than United States
92.41% net
Ranked 62nd.

Primary > Male > % gross 105.07% gross
Ranked 59th. 5% more than United States
100.34% gross
Ranked 110th.

Primary > Private > % of total primary 1.31%
Ranked 67th.
10.29%
Ranked 59th. 8 times more than South Korea

Secondary > % gross 92.9% gross
Ranked 17th.
94.68% gross
Ranked 44th. 2% more than South Korea

Secondary > % net 90.44% net
Ranked 4th. 1% more than United States
89.34% net
Ranked 22nd.

Secondary > Female > % gross 93.05% gross
Ranked 19th.
95.47% gross
Ranked 47th. 3% more than South Korea

Secondary > Female > % net 90.63% net
Ranked 4th. The same as United States
90.59% net
Ranked 20th.

Secondary > Male > % gross 92.77% gross
Ranked 15th.
93.94% gross
Ranked 43th. 1% more than South Korea

Secondary > Male > % net 90.26% net
Ranked 5th. 2% more than United States
88.14% net
Ranked 23th.

Secondary > Private > % of total secondary 34.22%
Ranked 11th. 4 times more than United States
8.81%
Ranked 67th.

Tertiary > % gross 89.94% gross
Ranked 1st. 9% more than United States
82.44% gross
Ranked 5th.

Tertiary > Female > % gross 68.6% gross
Ranked 4th.
96.32% gross
Ranked 5th. 40% more than South Korea

Primary > Female > % net 99.14% net
Ranked 3rd. 10% more than United States
90.49% net
Ranked 71st.

Primary > Male > % net 99.58% net
Ranked 2nd. 6% more than United States
94.25% net
Ranked 51st.

Preprimary > % gross 90.65% gross
Ranked 11th. 46% more than United States
61.93% gross
Ranked 62nd.

Primary > Female > % gross 104.47% gross
Ranked 47th. 7% more than United States
97.55% gross
Ranked 117th.

Tertiary > Male > % gross 109.88% gross
Ranked 1st. 59% more than United States
69.19% gross
Ranked 6th.

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