Japan vs Korea: Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index

Japan
1 GPI
in 2016
Korea
0.9997 GPI
in 2017
Japan rank
99th
Korea rank
102nd

Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index over time

  • Japan
  • Korea
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 1 GPI against 0.9997 GPI in Korea, a difference of 0.0003 GPI.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 99th and Korea ranks 102nd of 141 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Korea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Korea Difference Ahead
1970s 1 GPI 0.9998 GPI 0.0011 GPI Japan
1980s 1 GPI 1 GPI 0.001 GPI Korea
1990s 1 GPI 1 GPI 0.0002 GPI Korea
2000s 1 GPI 1 GPI 0.0015 GPI Korea
2010s 1 GPI 1 GPI 0.0008 GPI Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher survival rate to grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index, Japan or Korea?
Japan, at 1 GPI against 0.9997 GPI in Korea as of 2016.
What is the difference in survival rate to grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index between Japan and Korea?
0.0003 GPI, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Korea?
37 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2016.
How do Japan and Korea rank globally for survival rate to grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index?
Japan ranks 99th and Korea ranks 102nd of 141 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
141 places, 2,700 data points, 1970–2018
Last refreshed

Ratio of female survival rate to grade 5 to the male survival rate to grade 5. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.