Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary male in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary male was 10.1% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Dominican Republic, 1970–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 10.1% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2015.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Dominican Republic peaked at 16.0% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 1970.
That places Dominican Republic 109th out of 129 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary male in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2.5% | — |
| 2000 | 8.5% | +243.2% |
| 2001 | 7.5% | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 8.1% | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 8.5% | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 9.1% | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 9.1% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 9.1% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 16.0% | +75.5% |
| 2008 | 10.6% | -33.6% |
| 2009 | 10.7% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 9.3% | -13.2% |
| 2011 | 8.7% | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 9.0% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 9.7% | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 9.8% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 10.1% | +2.9% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 10.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 17.6%, 58% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 10.1% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15.2%, 66% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary male in Dominican Republic changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +243.2% | 2.5% | 8.5% |
| 2007 | +75.5% | 9.1% | 16.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 9.7% | 7.5% | 16.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.4% | 8.7% | 10.1% | 6 |
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 short-cycle tertiary education in Dominican Republic?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Dominican Republic was 10.1% in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 16.0% in 2007.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 1970.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Dominican Republic ranks 109th out of 129 countries with data for 2015.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. 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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release