Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 36.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Dominican Republic, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 36.9% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 23.3% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Dominican Republic peaked at 48.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23.2%, in 2007.
That places Dominican Republic 71st out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 26.6% | — |
| 2001 | 24.7% | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 26.4% | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 30.8% | +16.7% |
| 2004 | 33.6% | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 31.8% | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 33.1% | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 23.2% | -30.0% |
| 2008 | 31.8% | +37.2% |
| 2009 | 31.9% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 32.7% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 34.0% | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 33.5% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 35.1% | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 37.1% | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 36.0% | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 39.8% | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 41.3% | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 41.5% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 32.8% | -20.9% |
| 2020 | 43.9% | +33.8% |
| 2021 | 47.4% | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 47.2% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 48.1% | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 36.9% | -23.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.4% | 23.2% | 33.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.4% | 32.7% | 41.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.7% | 36.9% | 48.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More education data for Dominican Republic
- 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)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 years (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 36.9% 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 48.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.2% in 2007.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Dominican Republic ranks 71st out of 94 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 down 0.5%. 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, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release