Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.6362 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.6362 LPIA
Change on year
down 13.3%
World rank
61st
of 95 countries
All-time high
0.7334 LPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.4542 LPIA
in 2001
Years of data
25
2000–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Dominican Republic, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Dominican Republic stood at 0.6362 LPIA.
The figure is down 13.3% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Dominican Republic peaked at 0.7334 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4542 LPIA, in 2001.
Dominican Republic ranks 61st of 95 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.4663 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.4542 LPIA | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 0.4823 LPIA | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 0.5536 LPIA | +14.8% |
| 2004 | 0.5851 LPIA | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5657 LPIA | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 0.5897 LPIA | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 0.4544 LPIA | -22.9% |
| 2008 | 0.535 LPIA | +17.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5386 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.5526 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 0.5626 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.5636 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.5743 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 0.592 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.5851 LPIA | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.6417 LPIA | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 0.6365 LPIA | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.6302 LPIA | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6078 LPIA | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 0.6866 LPIA | +13.0% |
| 2021 | 0.7104 LPIA | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 0.7254 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 0.7334 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 0.6362 LPIA | -13.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5225 LPIA | 0.4542 LPIA | 0.5897 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5946 LPIA | 0.5526 LPIA | 0.6417 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6984 LPIA | 0.6362 LPIA | 0.7334 LPIA | 5 |
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More education data for Dominican Republic
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 62,598 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 17,723 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 351,889 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -0.9514 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 181,109 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Dominican Republic?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Dominican Republic was 0.6362 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7334 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4542 LPIA in 2001.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Dominican Republic ranks 61st out of 95 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. 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 Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release