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Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her in Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic: Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her was 1 in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 188 countries
All-time high
1
in 1979
All-time low
0
in 1970
Years of data
54
1970–2023

Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her in Dominican Republic, 1970–2023

00.20.40.60.81197019962023

Source: International Monetary Fund.

Analysis

In 2023, is there no legal provision that requires a married woman to obey her in Dominican Republic stood at 1. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, is there no legal provision that requires a married woman to obey her in Dominican Republic peaked at 1 in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1970.

That places Dominican Republic 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.

Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her in Dominican Republic, year by year

Year Value Change
1970 0 —
1971 0 —
1972 0 —
1973 0 —
1974 0 —
1975 0 —
1976 0 —
1977 0 —
1978 0 —
1979 1 —
1980 1 +0.0%
1981 1 +0.0%
1982 1 +0.0%
1983 1 +0.0%
1984 1 +0.0%
1985 1 +0.0%
1986 1 +0.0%
1987 1 +0.0%
1988 1 +0.0%
1989 1 +0.0%
1990 1 +0.0%
1991 1 +0.0%
1992 1 +0.0%
1993 1 +0.0%
1994 1 +0.0%
1995 1 +0.0%
1996 1 +0.0%
1997 1 +0.0%
1998 1 +0.0%
1999 1 +0.0%
2000 1 +0.0%
2001 1 +0.0%
2002 1 +0.0%
2003 1 +0.0%
2004 1 +0.0%
2005 1 +0.0%
2006 1 +0.0%
2007 1 +0.0%
2008 1 +0.0%
2009 1 +0.0%
2010 1 +0.0%
2011 1 +0.0%
2012 1 +0.0%
2013 1 +0.0%
2014 1 +0.0%
2015 1 +0.0%
2016 1 +0.0%
2017 1 +0.0%
2018 1 +0.0%
2019 1 +0.0%
2020 1 +0.0%
2021 1 +0.0%
2022 1 +0.0%
2023 1 +0.0%

Dominican Republic compared with similar countries

  • Dominican Republic's 1 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Dominican Republic's 1 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.1 0 1 10
1980s 1 1 1 10
1990s 1 1 1 10
2000s 1 1 1 10
2010s 1 1 1 10
2020s 1 1 1 4

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Frequently asked questions

What is is there no legal provision that requires a married woman to obey her in Dominican Republic?
Is there no legal provision that requires a married woman to obey her in Dominican Republic was 1 in 2023, according to International Monetary Fund.
What is the highest is there no legal provision that requires a married woman to obey her recorded in Dominican Republic?
The highest recorded value was 1 in 1979.
What is the lowest is there no legal provision that requires a married woman to obey her recorded in Dominican Republic?
The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1970.
How does Dominican Republic rank for is there no legal provision that requires a married woman to obey her?
Dominican Republic ranks 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
Is is there no legal provision that requires a married woman to obey her rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her Husband?. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her Husband?
Source
International Monetary Fund
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Coverage
188 places, 10,152 data points, 1970–2023
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