Areas Where South Korea Is Better Than Japan

🇰🇷 South Korea is ranked better in 3 indicators, while Japan is ranked better in 9 indicators.

• ♀️ Gender Inequality Index

  0.04 🇰🇷

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  0.06 🇯🇵

  Measures gender disparities in reproductive health, empowerment, and labor market participation. Lower values indicate less inequality.

• 🌍 Human Development Index

  0.94 🇰🇷

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  0.93 🇯🇵

  Assesses long-term progress in health, education, and income. Higher values indicate better human development.

• 📊 Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index

  0.86 🇰🇷

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  0.85 🇯🇵

  Adjusts the HDI for inequality in distribution of each dimension. Higher values indicate better human development with less inequality.