Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 24.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic stood at 24.6%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 60.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Dominican Republic peaked at 24.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.8%, in 2001.
That places Dominican Republic 80th out of 111 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 secondary education or in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.3% | — |
| 2001 | 8.8% | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 10.0% | +13.6% |
| 2003 | 10.8% | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 13.2% | +22.2% |
| 2005 | 12.0% | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 13.6% | +13.3% |
| 2007 | 11.5% | -15.5% |
| 2008 | 11.6% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 12.1% | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 12.7% | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 14.4% | +13.4% |
| 2012 | 13.8% | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 14.4% | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 15.4% | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 15.0% | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 15.9% | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 18.0% | +13.2% |
| 2018 | 18.9% | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 21.4% | +13.0% |
| 2020 | 20.3% | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 23.3% | +14.8% |
| 2022 | 24.1% | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 23.6% | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 24.6% | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.3% | 8.8% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.0% | 12.7% | 21.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.2% | 20.3% | 24.6% | 5 |
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More education data for Dominican Republic
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (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 24.6% 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 24.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.8% in 2001.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Dominican Republic ranks 80th out of 111 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 60.0%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release