higher education completion rates have been steadily rising.
In 2019, 67.1 percent of higher education graduates in South Korea were employed. Employment rates for such graduates have been hovering around the same level for the past years, and have not seen any significant increases or decreases. This is despite the fact that, simultaneously, Employment rates of graduates of higher education in South Korea from 2013 to 2019
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Statistics Korea. (March 25, 2021). Employment rates of graduates of higher education in South Korea from 2013 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249735/south-korea-employment-rates-of-higher-education-graduates/
Statistics Korea. "Employment rates of graduates of higher education in South Korea from 2013 to 2019." Chart. March 25, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249735/south-korea-employment-rates-of-higher-education-graduates/
Statistics Korea. (2021). Employment rates of graduates of higher education in South Korea from 2013 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249735/south-korea-employment-rates-of-higher-education-graduates/
Statistics Korea. "Employment Rates of Graduates of Higher Education in South Korea from 2013 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249735/south-korea-employment-rates-of-higher-education-graduates/
Statistics Korea, Employment rates of graduates of higher education in South Korea from 2013 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249735/south-korea-employment-rates-of-higher-education-graduates/ (last visited May 19, 2024)
Employment rates of graduates of higher education in South Korea from 2013 to 2019 [Graph], Statistics Korea, March 25, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249735/south-korea-employment-rates-of-higher-education-graduates/