Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 60.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic is 60.6%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Dominican Republic peaked at 60.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36.4%, in 2007.
Dominican Republic ranks 79th of 100 countries on this measure, 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 | 38.1% | — |
| 2001 | 37.6% | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 38.0% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 44.2% | +16.3% |
| 2004 | 46.3% | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 43.5% | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 45.9% | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 36.4% | -20.6% |
| 2008 | 43.5% | +19.4% |
| 2009 | 43.9% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 44.1% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 45.2% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 45.6% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 47.2% | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 48.8% | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 48.9% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 52.7% | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 52.9% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 54.0% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 55.3% | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 56.6% | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 59.0% | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 58.6% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 59.6% | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 60.6% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.7% | 36.4% | 46.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.5% | 44.1% | 55.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.9% | 56.6% | 60.6% | 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 60.6% 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 60.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.4% in 2007.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Dominican Republic ranks 79th 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 24.2%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release