Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.7499 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 0.7499 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic peaked at 0.7499 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5409 LPIA, in 2002.
Dominican Republic ranks 80th of 99 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5696 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.5897 LPIA | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 0.5409 LPIA | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 0.6181 LPIA | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 0.6591 LPIA | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 0.6325 LPIA | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 0.6341 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.5531 LPIA | -12.8% |
| 2009 | 0.6623 LPIA | +19.8% |
| 2010 | 0.6154 LPIA | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 0.6191 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.6216 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.6396 LPIA | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 0.6522 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.6556 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.7216 LPIA | +10.1% |
| 2024 | 0.7499 LPIA | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6066 LPIA | 0.5409 LPIA | 0.6623 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.6464 LPIA | 0.6154 LPIA | 0.7216 LPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.7499 LPIA | 0.7499 LPIA | 0.7499 LPIA | 1 |
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More education data for Dominican Republic
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 414,488 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.121 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 343,376 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 5.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 532,998 (2024)
- 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)
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 0.7499 LPIA 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 0.7499 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5409 LPIA in 2002.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Dominican Republic ranks 80th out of 99 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 15.0%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release