Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.969 index in 2024. ▼ Falling
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic is 0.969 index, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic peaked at 1.09 index in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0.8626 index, in 2009.
That places Dominican Republic 167th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1.01 index | — |
| 1972 | 1.01 index | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 1.01 index | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 1.09 index | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 1.03 index | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 1.04 index | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.9691 index | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 0.9699 index | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.963 index | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 1.01 index | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 1.01 index | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9454 index | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9475 index | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9465 index | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9333 index | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.93 index | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.8626 index | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 0.88 index | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9019 index | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9024 index | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9067 index | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.907 index | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9125 index | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9239 index | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9324 index | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.942 index | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9504 index | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.9554 index | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9686 index | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9631 index | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9662 index | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.969 index | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.01 index | 1.01 index | 1.01 index | 3 |
| 1980s | 1.05 index | 1.03 index | 1.09 index | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.9695 index | 0.9691 index | 0.9699 index | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9493 index | 0.8626 index | 1.01 index | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9159 index | 0.88 index | 0.9504 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9645 index | 0.9554 index | 0.969 index | 5 |
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More health data for Dominican Republic
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.45 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.5233 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,287 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 598 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 65-69, male, annual growth rate 3.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65-69, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65-69, male, per capita 0.0149 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, female, annual growth rate 6.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, female, per capita 0.0123 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Dominican Republic was 0.969 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 index in 1983.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8626 index in 2009.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Dominican Republic ranks 167th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.