South Korea Adult Literacy Rate

South Korea's adult literacy rate rose to 98.8% in 2018, up from 98% in 2008, according to World Bank. This represents an increase of 0.8% from the previous year. South Korea has adult literacy rate higher than the global median (98.80% vs median 93.38%). Compared with the median in Asia, South Korea is higher (98.80% vs regional median 96.00%) and ranks 9th out of 41 countries in Asia.