School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.943 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Republic of Korea, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Republic of Korea recorded 0.943 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2018. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Republic of Korea peaked at 0.943 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.84 GPI, in 1971.
Republic of Korea ranks 144th of 175 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.84 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.8467 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.8505 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.8543 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 0.8583 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.8573 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.8605 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.8648 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 0.8726 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.8859 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.8894 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.8814 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.8873 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.8993 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 0.8934 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.9009 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.8881 GPI | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 0.8928 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 0.8971 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.9024 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.9081 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.9209 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.9155 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.9243 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.9201 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.9144 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.9038 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8959 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8873 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8874 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8896 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8912 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.8952 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.8988 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9006 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9038 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9068 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9077 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9095 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9097 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9131 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9175 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9224 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9277 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.933 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9375 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.943 GPI | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8561 GPI | 0.84 GPI | 0.8726 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.8909 GPI | 0.8814 GPI | 0.9009 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.9103 GPI | 0.8959 GPI | 0.9243 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8968 GPI | 0.8873 GPI | 0.9077 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9237 GPI | 0.9095 GPI | 0.943 GPI | 9 |
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More education data for Republic of Korea
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 173,133 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 10.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 100.87 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 100.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Republic of Korea?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Republic of Korea was 0.943 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.943 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.84 GPI in 1971.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Republic of Korea ranks 144th out of 175 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Republic of Korea data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. 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.