Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 81.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 81.2% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic peaked at 81.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 64.5%, in 2007.
That places Dominican Republic 83rd out of 106 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 primary education or higher in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 65.5% | — |
| 2001 | 66.1% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 67.8% | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 67.6% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 69.0% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 68.4% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 69.0% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 64.5% | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 69.7% | +8.0% |
| 2009 | 71.1% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 71.1% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 72.5% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 72.9% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 73.2% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 74.4% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 74.7% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 75.2% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 75.3% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 76.1% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 76.8% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 76.4% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 77.2% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 77.0% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 78.4% | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 81.2% | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67.9% | 64.5% | 71.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.2% | 71.1% | 76.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.0% | 76.4% | 81.2% | 5 |
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More education data for Dominican Republic
- 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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 181,109 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
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 81.2% 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 81.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.5% in 2007.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Dominican Republic ranks 83rd out of 106 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 9.1%. 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, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release