Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 58.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Dominican Republic, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Dominican Republic is 58.6%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 9.5% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Dominican Republic peaked at 64.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15.5%, in 1970.
That places Dominican Republic 92nd out of 132 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 15.5% | — |
| 2000 | 43.9% | +182.3% |
| 2001 | 43.9% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 45.6% | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 47.7% | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 49.6% | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 48.9% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 50.6% | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 41.7% | -17.6% |
| 2008 | 51.3% | +23.1% |
| 2009 | 53.0% | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 51.9% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 52.9% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 53.1% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 53.9% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 55.5% | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 54.4% | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 59.8% | +9.8% |
| 2017 | 60.0% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 61.9% | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 50.5% | -18.4% |
| 2020 | 63.4% | +25.5% |
| 2021 | 64.2% | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 64.7% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 64.8% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 58.6% | -9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15.5% | 15.5% | 15.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 47.6% | 41.7% | 53.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.4% | 50.5% | 61.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.1% | 58.6% | 64.8% | 5 |
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More education data for Dominican Republic
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
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 58.6% 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 64.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.5% in 1970.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Dominican Republic ranks 92nd out of 132 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 5.7%. 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, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release