Areas Where South Korea Is Better Than Japan

🇰🇷 South Korea is ranked better in 5 indicators, while Japan is ranked better in 18 indicators.

• 💼 Education Expenditure as GDP Percentage

  5.81 🇰🇷

  |

  3.34 🇯🇵

  Indicates the share of national wealth invested in education, impacting long-term economic growth.

• ♀️ Gender Inequality Index

  0.04 🇰🇷

  |

  0.06 🇯🇵

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

• 🚚 Ease of Arranging Shipments

  3.4 🇰🇷

  |

  3.3 🇯🇵

  Evaluates the ease of arranging competitively priced shipments, affecting trade competitiveness.

• 🌍 Human Development Index

  0.94 🇰🇷

  |

  0.93 🇯🇵

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

• 📊 Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index

  0.86 🇰🇷

  |

  0.85 🇯🇵

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

Areas Where Japan Is Better Than South Korea