Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 3.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Dominican Republic, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2023, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Dominican Republic stood at 3.8%.
That represents a change of up 4.1% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Dominican Republic peaked at 4.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1993.
Dominican Republic ranks 116th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 1 |
| 1980s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 4 |
| 1990s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 4 |
| 2000s | 1.9% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 3.4% | 1.9% | 4.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 3.6% | 4.5% | 4 |
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More education data for Dominican Republic
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 101.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 80,321 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.22 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Dominican Republic?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Dominican Republic was 3.8% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 4.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1993.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Dominican Republic ranks 116th out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.