Duration of compulsory education in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Duration of compulsory education was 15 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Duration of compulsory education in Dominican Republic, 1998–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 15 years for duration of compulsory education in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, duration of compulsory education in Dominican Republic peaked at 15 years in 2010 and was at its lowest, 9 years, in 1998.
That places Dominican Republic 3rd out of 200 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Duration of compulsory education in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 9 years | — |
| 1999 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 9 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 15 years | +66.7% |
| 2011 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 15 years | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 15 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 15 years | 15 years | 15 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 15 years | 15 years | 15 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 1 Anguilla 12 years compare
- 1 Cook Islands 12 years compare
- 1 Montserrat 12 years compare
- 1 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 17 years compare
- 2 Guatemala 16 years compare
- 3 Ecuador 15 years compare
- 3 Israel 15 years compare
- 3 El Salvador 15 years compare
- 3 Tonga 15 years compare
- 4 Niue 11 years compare
- 4 Tokelau 11 years compare
- 6 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 0 years compare
More education data for Dominican Republic
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.94 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is duration of compulsory education in Dominican Republic?
- Duration of compulsory education in Dominican Republic was 15 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest duration of compulsory education recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 15 years in 2010.
- What is the lowest duration of compulsory education recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 years in 1998.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for duration of compulsory education?
- Dominican Republic ranks 3rd out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is duration of compulsory education 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 UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Duration of compulsory education (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release