In South Korea, high schools are categorized into three different types, depending on the focus of discipline of each school. These three types are general high school, vocational high school and art or sports high school.
Share of start-up founders with a high-school diploma was 35.4 percent of total start-up founders; the figures shown are a share of start-up founders with a high-school diploma out of all start-up founders (including founders with higher or lower education).
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Start-up founders with a high school diploma in South Korea 2019, by school type
In 2019, **** percent of all start-up founders in South Korea had a high-school diploma from a general high school as their highest level of education completed. According to the source, private enterprises with founders that had completed secondary education as their highest level of education were mostly from general high schools. In the case of corporate companies, vocational high school diploma holders were the majority for founders that had secondary education as their highest level of education.
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KISED. (April 29, 2020). Distribution of start-up founders with a high school diploma in South Korea in 2019, by school type [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 29, 2026, from /statistics/718174/south-korea-start-up-founders-with-high-school-diploma-by-school-type/
KISED. "Distribution of start-up founders with a high school diploma in South Korea in 2019, by school type." Chart. April 29, 2020. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 29, 2026. /statistics/718174/south-korea-start-up-founders-with-high-school-diploma-by-school-type/
KISED. (2020). Distribution of start-up founders with a high school diploma in South Korea in 2019, by school type. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 29, 2026. /statistics/718174/south-korea-start-up-founders-with-high-school-diploma-by-school-type/
KISED. "Distribution of Start-up Founders with a High School Diploma in South Korea in 2019, by School Type." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 29 Apr 2020, /statistics/718174/south-korea-start-up-founders-with-high-school-diploma-by-school-type/
KISED, Distribution of start-up founders with a high school diploma in South Korea in 2019, by school type ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/718174/south-korea-start-up-founders-with-high-school-diploma-by-school-type/ (last visited July 29, 2026)
Distribution of start-up founders with a high school diploma in South Korea in 2019, by school type [Graph], KISED, April 29, 2020. [Online]. Available: /statistics/718174/south-korea-start-up-founders-with-high-school-diploma-by-school-type/
