Economy Profile Score Rank Index Edition (imparity = 0, parity = 1) (out of 146 countries) Korea2 Republic of 0.680 105th 2023 Global Gender Gap Index 2023 Edition Overview 2023 2022 Korea, Republic of score Index and Subindex Score Rank Score Rank average score Economy Global Gender Gap Index 0.680 105th 0.689 99th 0.597 Economic Participation and Opportunity 0.597 114th 0.592 115th E d s u c c i Educational Attainment t a i 0.169 0.977 l t i o o P n 0.977 104th 0.976 97th Health and Survival 0.976 46th 0.976 52nd 0.976 Health Political Empowerment 0.169 88th 0.212 72nd Global Gender Gap Index Indicators 2023 Compare with Difference Min Global average Indicator Rank Score* F-M Female vs Male Max 0 1 Min Max Economic Participation and Opportunity 114th 0.597 - - - 0-100 Labour-force participation rate % 85th 0.747 -18.62 55.04 73.66 - Wage equality for similar work 1-7 (best) 76th 0.620 - - 0-150 Estimated earned income int'l $ 1,000 119th 0.495 -29.90 29.30 59.21 0-100 Legislators, senior officials and managers % 128th 0.171 -70.80 14.60 85.40 0-100 Professional and technical workers % 1st 1.000 0.78 49.61 50.39 Educational Attainment 104th 0.977 - - - - Literacy rate % 74th 0.992 - - 0-100 Enrolment in primary education % 69th 0.999 -0.08 98.55 98.64 0-200 Enrolment in secondary education % 85th 0.994 -0.54 95.76 96.30 0-200 Enrolment in tertiary education % 115th 0.833 -18.56 92.79 111.35 Health and Survival 46th 0.976 - - - - Sex ratio at birth** % 1st 0.944 - - - Healthy life expectancy** years 57th 1.047 - - Political Empowerment 88th 0.169 - - - 0-100 Women in parliament % 102nd 0.236 -61.80 19.10 80.90 0-100 Women in ministerial positions % 88th 0.200 -66.67 16.67 83.33 0-50 Years with female/male head of state (last 50) 36th 0.104 -40.55 4.73 45.27 Global Gender Gap Report 2023 225