Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 78.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 78.4% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic peaked at 78.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 18.3%, in 1970.
Dominican Republic ranks 100th of 136 countries on this measure, 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 primary education or higher in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 18.3% | — |
| 2000 | 54.8% | +199.5% |
| 2001 | 56.0% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 57.7% | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 59.3% | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 61.5% | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 60.5% | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 62.0% | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 55.2% | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 62.4% | +13.1% |
| 2009 | 64.1% | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 62.9% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 64.1% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 64.6% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 65.2% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 66.5% | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 66.8% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 70.3% | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 71.0% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 71.9% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 72.0% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 73.1% | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 74.3% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 74.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 75.7% | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 78.4% | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18.3% | 18.3% | 18.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 59.3% | 54.8% | 64.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.5% | 62.9% | 72.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.2% | 73.1% | 78.4% | 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 primary education or higher in Dominican Republic?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic was 78.4% 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 78.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.3% in 1970.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Dominican Republic ranks 100th out of 136 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 17.8%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release