Korea vs Spain: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women
Korea
0.0683
in 2023
Spain
0.0694
in 2023
Korea rank
233rd
Spain rank
230th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women over time
- Korea
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.0694 against 0.0683 in Korea, a difference of 0.0011.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Korea ahead.
Korea ranks 233rd and Spain ranks 230th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 7 and Spain in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.3588 | 0.1719 | 0.1869 | Korea |
| 1960s | 0.2321 | 0.1295 | 0.1026 | Korea |
| 1970s | 0.1668 | 0.1056 | 0.0612 | Korea |
| 1980s | 0.1308 | 0.0904 | 0.0404 | Korea |
| 1990s | 0.102 | 0.0835 | 0.0185 | Korea |
| 2000s | 0.0838 | 0.0759 | 0.0078 | Korea |
| 2010s | 0.0728 | 0.0712 | 0.0016 | Korea |
| 2020s | 0.0697 | 0.0716 | 0.0018 | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women, Korea or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.0694 against 0.0683 in Korea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women between Korea and Spain?
- 0.0011, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Spain?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Korea and Spain rank globally for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women?
- Korea ranks 233rd and Spain ranks 230th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.