Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper female in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper female was 52.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic stood at 52.9%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.6% on the previous year and up 43.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic peaked at 52.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 1970.
That places Dominican Republic 75th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper female in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3.7% | — |
| 2000 | 22.3% | +502.7% |
| 2001 | 23.6% | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 25.2% | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 27.4% | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 29.3% | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 28.4% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 30.8% | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 33.3% | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 31.7% | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 34.7% | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 33.3% | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 34.2% | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 35.8% | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 36.3% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 36.9% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 38.2% | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 41.2% | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 41.9% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 42.9% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 45.3% | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 45.7% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 47.2% | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 47.8% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 48.7% | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 52.9% | +8.6% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 52.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 50.0%, 1.1× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 52.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 51.2%, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper female 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 | +502.7% | 3.7% | 22.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 28.7% | 22.3% | 34.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.6% | 33.3% | 45.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.5% | 45.7% | 52.9% | 5 |
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 upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic was 52.9% 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 52.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 1970.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Dominican Republic ranks 75th out of 141 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 43.2%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release