Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.4955 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic is 0.4955 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 27.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic peaked at 0.4955 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3054 LPIA, in 2007.
That places Dominican Republic 72nd out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3405 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.3553 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 0.348 LPIA | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3804 LPIA | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 0.4143 LPIA | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 0.4186 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4532 LPIA | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 0.3054 LPIA | -32.6% |
| 2008 | 0.4509 LPIA | +47.7% |
| 2009 | 0.4556 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3504 LPIA | -23.1% |
| 2011 | 0.3918 LPIA | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 0.3705 LPIA | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 0.371 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.3897 LPIA | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 0.3751 LPIA | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 0.4939 LPIA | +31.7% |
| 2024 | 0.4955 LPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3922 LPIA | 0.3054 LPIA | 0.4556 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3918 LPIA | 0.3504 LPIA | 0.4939 LPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.4955 LPIA | 0.4955 LPIA | 0.4955 LPIA | 1 |
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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 upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic was 0.4955 LPIA 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 0.4955 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3054 LPIA in 2007.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Dominican Republic ranks 72nd out of 105 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 27.1%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release