Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women was 0.1119 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of recorded 0.1119 for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women in 2023.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of peaked at 0.5979 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.1106, in 2020.
That places Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 93rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.5979 | — |
| 1951 | 0.5549 | -7.2% |
| 1952 | 0.4261 | -23.2% |
| 1953 | 0.3757 | -11.8% |
| 1954 | 0.3171 | -15.6% |
| 1955 | 0.3047 | -3.9% |
| 1956 | 0.2936 | -3.6% |
| 1957 | 0.2839 | -3.3% |
| 1958 | 0.2756 | -2.9% |
| 1959 | 0.2683 | -2.6% |
| 1960 | 0.2617 | -2.4% |
| 1961 | 0.2556 | -2.3% |
| 1962 | 0.2497 | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 0.2438 | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 0.2377 | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 0.2314 | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 0.2248 | -2.8% |
| 1967 | 0.2181 | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 0.2114 | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 0.2048 | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 0.1984 | -3.1% |
| 1971 | 0.1923 | -3.1% |
| 1972 | 0.1864 | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 0.181 | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 0.1758 | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 0.1709 | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 0.1661 | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 0.1615 | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 0.157 | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 0.1528 | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 0.1486 | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 0.1445 | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 0.1406 | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 0.137 | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 0.1336 | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 0.1305 | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 0.1278 | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.1259 | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.1234 | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.1215 | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.1198 | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.1179 | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.1166 | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.1195 | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 0.1229 | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 0.22 | +79.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2189 | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.2178 | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.2169 | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.216 | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.2153 | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.2148 | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.2143 | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.1273 | -40.6% |
| 2004 | 0.1275 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.128 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.1284 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.129 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.1279 | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.1269 | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.1252 | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.1235 | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.1216 | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.1195 | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.1172 | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.1156 | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.1148 | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.1133 | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.1126 | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.111 | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.1106 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.1125 | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.1122 | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.1119 | -0.2% |
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of compared with similar countries
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of's 0.1119 is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.184, 61% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of's 0.1119 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.1119, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +79.0% | 0.1229 | 0.22 |
| 2003 | -40.6% | 0.2143 | 0.1273 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.3698 | 0.2683 | 0.5979 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2339 | 0.2048 | 0.2617 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1742 | 0.1528 | 0.1984 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1333 | 0.1215 | 0.1486 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1686 | 0.1166 | 0.22 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1539 | 0.1269 | 0.2153 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1174 | 0.111 | 0.1252 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1118 | 0.1106 | 0.1125 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
More poverty & inequality data for Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.78 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,610 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1119 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1328 (2023)
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% (2023)
- Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 1,673 (2017)
- Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 9.3% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of was 0.1119 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women recorded in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5979 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women recorded in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1106 in 2020.
- How does Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women?
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 93rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women rising or falling in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Korea, Democratic People's Republic of data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.