Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender was 1.07 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.07 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
3rd
of 100 countries
All-time high
1.08 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.8845 GPIA
in 2000
Years of data
25
2000–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic is 1.07 GPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic peaked at 1.08 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8845 GPIA, in 2000.
Dominican Republic ranks 3rd of 100 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8845 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 1.02 GPIA | +15.1% |
| 2002 | 1.05 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 0.9864 GPIA | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 0.987 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9931 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 1 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 1 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1.02 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 1.05 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 1.06 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 1.05 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1.07 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1.04 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.07 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 1.05 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 1.04 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 1.07 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1.07 GPIA | -0.5% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 1.07 GPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9926 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 1.07 GPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9926 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9995 GPIA | 0.8845 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.05 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.06 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More education data for Dominican Republic
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 95.19 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 95.07 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 91,806 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 45,913 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 171,691 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 171,685 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 863,765 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.17 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.0197 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic was 1.07 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8845 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Dominican Republic ranks 3rd out of 100 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release