Korea, Rep.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years)
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.
Historical trend
Analytical takeaways
- Korea, Rep. records 16.49 years for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) in 2018, ranking #24 globally out of 92 countries.
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years) increased from 9.02 years in 1971 to 16.49 years in 2018, a gain of 7.47 years.
- The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.
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