School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.48 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 1.48 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic peaked at 1.48 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7731 GPIA, in 1972.
Dominican Republic ranks 21st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.7747 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.7731 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.807 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 0.8841 GPIA | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 1.28 GPIA | +44.5% |
| 2003 | 1.37 GPIA | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 1.37 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1.38 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.44 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 1.43 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1.43 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.45 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 1.48 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 1.47 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1.48 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1.48 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8097 GPIA | 0.7731 GPIA | 0.8841 GPIA | 4 |
| 1990s | 1.28 GPIA | 1.28 GPIA | 1.28 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.37 GPIA | 1.37 GPIA | 1.37 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.41 GPIA | 1.37 GPIA | 1.44 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.47 GPIA | 1.45 GPIA | 1.48 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, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic was 1.48 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 1.48 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7731 GPIA in 1972.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Dominican Republic ranks 21st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release