Korea vs United States: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index

Korea
0.994 GPI
in 2018
United States
0.9912 GPI
in 2018
Korea rank
118th
United States rank
119th

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index over time

  • Korea
  • United States
00.250.50.751197119942018

How they compare

Korea currently reports 0.994 GPI against 0.9912 GPI in United States, a difference of 0.0028 GPI.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Korea ahead.

Korea ranks 118th and United States ranks 119th of 195 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Korea United States Difference Ahead
1970s 0.7106 GPI 0.7922 GPI 0.0815 GPI United States
1980s 0.9239 GPI 1.04 GPI 0.1151 GPI United States
1990s 0.9848 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0235 GPI United States
2000s 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.004 GPI Korea
2010s 0.9945 GPI 1 GPI 0.0093 GPI United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index, Korea or United States?
Korea, at 0.994 GPI against 0.9912 GPI in United States as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index between Korea and United States?
0.0028 GPI, with Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and United States?
35 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2018.
How do Korea and United States rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Korea ranks 118th and United States ranks 119th of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, secondary, 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
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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.