Gender in South Korea 232 indicators covering gender for South Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Child population (UN estimates and projections) 4,318 2030 down 31.3% 74th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -3.79 % change on previous year 2030 down 71.5% 181st Population 46,871 2030 up 2.8% 26th Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 46,871 2030 up 2.8% 26th Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.0957 % change on previous year 2030 down 81.4% 153rd Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 119,025 2025 down 42.9% 81st Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 125,732 2025 down 42.7% 79th Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 116,471 2025 down 45.4% 81st Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 122,813 2025 down 45.2% 80th Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 119,098 2025 down 46.3% 78th Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 125,514 2025 down 46.3% 77th Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 124,678 2025 down 45.7% 76th Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 131,322 2025 down 45.9% 76th Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 128,342 2025 down 43.4% 76th Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 135,145 2025 down 44.0% 76th Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 139,152 2025 down 36.3% 75th Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 146,462 2025 down 37.2% 74th Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 36.09 2027 down 2.7% 114th Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.878 2025 up 2.7% 37th Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.926 2025 down 0.6% 18th Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.812 2025 up 7.8% 54th Women's Political Participation Index 0.918 2025 up 2.7% 96th Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.878 2025 up 2.7% 37th Key features of women's political empowerment 0.878 2025 up 2.7% 37th Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate 1.74 % change on previous year 2025 up 169.3% 29th Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.878 2025 up 2.7% 37th Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 down 100.0% 20th Prevalence of obesity, female 6.0% 2024 up 41.3% 189th Prevalence of obesity, male 10.4% 2024 up 118.7% 138th Life expectancy at age 60, female 28.35 years 2024 up 4.7% 6th Life expectancy at age 60, male 18.82 years 2024 down 12.1% 99th Share of women who are obese 6.0% 2024 up 41.2% 192nd Share of women who are overweight or obese 25.3% 2024 up 1.7% 190th Share of overweight men vs. women 47.0% 2024 up 22.8% 128th Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 96.2% 2024 up 1.3% 2nd Share of women who are married or in a union 0.2% 2015 down 49.6% 214th Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th Population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.4% 160th Population, annual growth rate 0.0744 % change on previous year 2024 down 88.2% 152nd Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 15.6% 158th Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 253.12 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 23.8% 46th Women, Business and the Law Index 88.12 index (0–100) 2023 up 3.7% 54th Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Equal access to financial services for women and men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 1st Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0001 units per person 2025 down 25.8% 185th Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Population, per square kilometre 529.84 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% 13th Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0009 units per person 2025 up 4.2% 6th Labor force, female 13.25 million 2025 up 14.8% 21st Labor force, female, per capita 0.2563 units per person 2025 up 13.3% 26th Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2025 down 0.0% 122nd Page 1 of 4 Next →