School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 14.22 years in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Dominican Republic, 1971–2017
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Dominican Republic is 14.22 years, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Dominican Republic peaked at 14.22 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 7.17 years, in 1971.
Dominican Republic ranks 78th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 7.17 years | — |
| 1972 | 8.11 years | +13.0% |
| 1973 | 7.72 years | -4.7% |
| 1975 | 7.91 years | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 11.26 years | +42.3% |
| 2012 | 13.63 years | +21.1% |
| 2014 | 13.76 years | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 14.09 years | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 14.14 years | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 14.22 years | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.73 years | 7.17 years | 8.11 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 11.26 years | 11.26 years | 11.26 years | 1 |
| 2010s | 13.97 years | 13.63 years | 14.22 years | 5 |
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More education data for Dominican Republic
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 45,913 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 171,691 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 171,685 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 863,765 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.17 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.0197 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.102 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Dominican Republic?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Dominican Republic was 14.22 years in 2017, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 14.22 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.17 years in 1971.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Dominican Republic ranks 78th out of 183 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.