employment rate of higher education graduates stood at 67.1 percent.
In 2019, approximately 50 percent of adults in South Korea completed higher education. The higher education completion rate has been steadily rising since 2013. In the same year, the Rates of higher education completion in South Korea in from 2013 to 2019
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Statistics Korea. (March 25, 2021). Rates of higher education completion in South Korea in from 2013 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249349/south-korea-higher-education-completion-rates/
Statistics Korea. "Rates of higher education completion in South Korea in from 2013 to 2019." Chart. March 25, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249349/south-korea-higher-education-completion-rates/
Statistics Korea. (2021). Rates of higher education completion in South Korea in from 2013 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249349/south-korea-higher-education-completion-rates/
Statistics Korea. "Rates of Higher Education Completion in South Korea in from 2013 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249349/south-korea-higher-education-completion-rates/
Statistics Korea, Rates of higher education completion in South Korea in from 2013 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249349/south-korea-higher-education-completion-rates/ (last visited April 25, 2024)
Rates of higher education completion in South Korea in from 2013 to 2019 [Graph], Statistics Korea, March 25, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249349/south-korea-higher-education-completion-rates/