School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.969 GPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 0.969 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic peaked at 1.09 GPIA in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0.8626 GPIA, in 2009.
Dominican Republic ranks 167th of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1.01 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 1.09 GPIA | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 1.03 GPIA | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.9691 GPIA | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 0.9699 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.963 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 1.01 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9454 GPIA | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9475 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9465 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9333 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.93 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.8626 GPIA | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 0.88 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9019 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9024 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9067 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.907 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9125 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9239 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9324 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.942 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9504 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.9554 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9686 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9631 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9662 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.969 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 3 |
| 1980s | 1.05 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.9695 GPIA | 0.9691 GPIA | 0.9699 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9493 GPIA | 0.8626 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9159 GPIA | 0.88 GPIA | 0.9504 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9645 GPIA | 0.9554 GPIA | 0.969 GPIA | 5 |
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More education data for Dominican Republic
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,321 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 26.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic was 0.969 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 GPIA in 1983.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8626 GPIA in 2009.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Dominican Republic ranks 167th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release