Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 36.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 36.4% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 9.8% on the previous year and up 71.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic peaked at 36.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.6%, in 2000.
Dominican Republic ranks 58th of 109 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.6% | — |
| 2001 | 9.9% | +30.3% |
| 2002 | 10.9% | +10.1% |
| 2003 | 13.4% | +22.9% |
| 2004 | 15.5% | +15.7% |
| 2005 | 16.0% | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 17.0% | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 14.6% | -14.3% |
| 2008 | 15.3% | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 16.7% | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 17.6% | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 18.3% | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 19.9% | +8.8% |
| 2013 | 20.1% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 21.2% | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 22.0% | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 25.3% | +15.0% |
| 2017 | 25.0% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 25.2% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 30.4% | +20.7% |
| 2020 | 29.9% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 33.9% | +13.4% |
| 2022 | 32.4% | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 33.2% | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 36.4% | +9.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.7% | 7.6% | 17.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.5% | 17.6% | 30.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.2% | 29.9% | 36.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
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 upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic was 36.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 36.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.6% in 2000.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Dominican Republic ranks 58th out of 109 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.8%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release