South Korea's gender equality index slightly rose in 2022 compared to a year earlier.

According to the gender equality ministry on Friday, the country scored 65-point-seven points on the index in 2022, up point-two from the previous year.

The national gender equality index is a figure from gender gap measurements in seven areas, including employment, income, education, child care, and decision making. One-hundred means complete gender equality, while zero refers to complete inequality.

The country scored 95-point-four in education, 92-point-four in health, 80 in gender equality consciousness, 78-point-five in income, and 74 in employment but fared relatively poorly in child care at 31-point-four, and decision making at 30-point-seven.

There were differences by region, with Seoul, Gwangju, Daejeon, Sejong and Jeju being included in the high-rank group in terms of gender equality, whereas provinces of North Chungcheong, South Jeolla, North and South Gyeongsang belonged to the low-rank group.