Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural both in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural both was 30.3% 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 30.3% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.1% on the previous year and up 66.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic peaked at 30.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.5%, in 2000.
That places Dominican Republic 67th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 … upper rural both in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.5% | — |
| 2001 | 9.3% | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 10.4% | +11.8% |
| 2003 | 12.0% | +15.4% |
| 2004 | 14.3% | +19.2% |
| 2005 | 13.9% | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 15.2% | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 12.9% | -14.9% |
| 2008 | 13.4% | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 14.3% | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 15.1% | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 16.3% | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 16.7% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 17.2% | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 18.2% | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 18.4% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 20.5% | +11.6% |
| 2017 | 21.3% | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 21.9% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 25.6% | +16.8% |
| 2020 | 25.0% | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 28.5% | +14.0% |
| 2022 | 28.2% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 28.3% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 30.3% | +7.1% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 30.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 32.0%, 95% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 30.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 27.9%, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.4% | 8.5% | 15.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.1% | 15.1% | 25.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.1% | 25.0% | 30.3% | 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 30.3% 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 30.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.5% in 2000.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Dominican Republic ranks 67th out of 113 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 66.3%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release