Japan vs Korea: Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender

Japan
1 GPIA
in 1998
Korea
0.9993 GPIA
in 2023
Japan rank
115th
Korea rank
118th

Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender over time

  • Japan
  • Korea
00.250.50.751197119972023

How they compare

Japan currently reports 1 GPIA against 0.9993 GPIA in Korea, a difference of 0.0007 GPIA.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 115th and Korea ranks 118th of 164 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Korea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Korea Difference Ahead
1970s 1 GPIA 0.994 GPIA 0.007 GPIA Japan
1980s 1 GPIA 1 GPIA 0.0012 GPIA Korea
1990s 1 GPIA 1 GPIA 0.0009 GPIA Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender, Japan or Korea?
Japan, at 1 GPIA against 0.9993 GPIA in Korea as of 1998.
What is the difference in survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender between Japan and Korea?
0.0007 GPIA, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Korea?
21 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 1998.
How do Japan and Korea rank globally for survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender?
Japan ranks 115th and Korea ranks 118th of 164 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). 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 the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
384 places, 13,527 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release