Korea, Rep.: Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Key figures

Since 1970 it is up 17.69 percentage points from 20.99% in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 20 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 15.53 percentage points in 1982 and the biggest yearly fall was 15.26 percentage points in 1981. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2016, Korea, Rep. had the 11th highest value of the 35 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Korea, Rep. in the 2016 ranking

• Austria — 8th of 35: 39.63%
• Barbados — 9th of 35: 39.31%
• Romania — 10th of 35: 39.09%
• Lithuania — 12th of 35: 38.63%
• United Kingdom — 13th of 35: 37.84%
• Spain — 14th of 35: 37.32%

What this measures

Expenditure on secondary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

Limitations: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 27 values

Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) in nearby economies

• Australia — 31.28% (2016)
• Brunei Darussalam — 60.84% (2016)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 31.32% (2018)
• Indonesia — 27% (2015)
• Malaysia — 41.37% (2018)
• Mongolia — 29.23% (2017)
• New Zealand — 35.61% (2016)
• Vanuatu — 32.9% (2017)

More education data for Korea, Rep.

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 2.51 million (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 173,133 (2024)
• Primary education, teachers (% female) — 76.66% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 2.66 million (2024)
• Secondary education, teachers — 233,046 (2024)
• Secondary education, teachers, female — 151,467 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Korea, Rep.'s expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education)?

38.68% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is up 17.69 percentage points from 20.99% in 1970. The highest value was 39.75% in 1993 and the lowest 18.54% in 1981.

How does Korea, Rep. rank?

11th highest of 35 economies with data for 2016.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.SECO.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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