School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.8186 GPI in 2018. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Republic of Korea, 1971β2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Republic of Korea is 0.8186 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Republic of Korea peaked at 0.8186 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.3106 GPI, in 1980.
Republic of Korea ranks 136th of 177 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3581 GPI | 0.3222 GPI | 0.3947 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.4116 GPI | 0.3106 GPI | 0.472 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.5564 GPI | 0.4696 GPI | 0.6373 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6506 GPI | 0.5835 GPI | 0.7188 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7623 GPI | 0.725 GPI | 0.8186 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)
- School enrollment, primary 100.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0033 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Republic of Korea?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Republic of Korea was 0.8186 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8186 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3106 GPI in 1980.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Republic of Korea ranks 136th out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. 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, 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.