School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9509 GPI in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.9509 GPI
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
167th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.09 GPI
in 1983
All-time low
0.8623 GPI
in 2009
Years of data
27
1971–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Dominican Republic, 1971–2019

00.250.50.7511971199520191971: 1 GPI1972: 0.959 GPI1973: 1 GPI1983: 1.1 GPI1985: 1 GPI1986: 1 GPI1998: 0.973 GPI1999: 0.971 GPI2000: 0.961 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 0.944 GPI2005: 0.946 GPI2006: 0.947 GPI2007: 0.933 GPI2008: 0.93 GPI2009: 0.862 GPI2010: 0.879 GPI2011: 0.903 GPI2012: 0.902 GPI2013: 0.907 GPI2014: 0.906 GPI2015: 0.912 GPI2016: 0.923 GPI2017: 0.932 GPI2018: 0.941 GPI2019: 0.951 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Dominican Republic stood at 0.9509 GPI.

That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Dominican Republic peaked at 1.09 GPI in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0.8623 GPI, in 2009.

That places Dominican Republic 167th out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.993 GPI 0.9593 GPI 1.01 GPI 3
1980s 1.05 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.09 GPI 3
1990s 0.9718 GPI 0.9706 GPI 0.9731 GPI 2
2000s 0.9489 GPI 0.8623 GPI 1.01 GPI 9
2010s 0.9155 GPI 0.8789 GPI 0.9509 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Dominican Republic

  1. 164 Namibia 0.9571 GPI compare
  2. 165 Myanmar 0.9554 GPI compare
  3. 166 South Africa 0.955 GPI compare
  4. 168 Lesotho 0.9498 GPI compare
  5. 169 Algeria 0.9474 GPI compare
  6. 170 Nigeria 0.9397 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 197 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Dominican Republic?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Dominican Republic was 0.9509 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Dominican Republic?
The highest recorded value was 1.09 GPI in 1983.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Dominican Republic?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8623 GPI in 2009.
How does Dominican Republic rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Dominican Republic ranks 167th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
197 places, 7,121 data points, 1970–2020
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Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.