South Korea
Learning-adjusted schooling in South Korea
Learning-adjusted schooling in South Korea: 12.3 years in 2010 and 11.7 years in 2020, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 11.7 years
- Since 2010
- −0.6 years
- Rank, 2020
- 7 of 174
- counting from the highest
years · World Bank
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | South Korea |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 11.7 |
| 2018 | 12.3 |
| 2017 | 12.2 |
| 2010 | 12.3 |
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
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South Korea in numbers
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Military
- Military spending2.6% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$48.9B in 2025
- Military spending per person$924 in 2025
- Military share of state spending10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel569,000 people in 2020
- National power2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports222 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2.02 billion TIV in 2025