Progression to secondary school in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Progression to secondary school was 93.2% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Progression to secondary school in Dominican Republic, 1993–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in %.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 93.2% for progression to secondary school in 2017.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, progression to secondary school in Dominican Republic peaked at 98.8% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 84.8%, in 1993.
That places Dominican Republic 113th out of 167 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 88.5% | 84.8% | 91.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 94.3% | 91.1% | 98.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 94.2% | 92.5% | 97.4% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 110 Trinidad and Tobago 94.2% compare
- 111 Ghana 93.7% compare
- 112 East Timor 93.2% compare
- 114 Comoros 92.6% compare
- 115 Guinea-Bissau 92.3% compare
- 116 Turks and Caicos Islands 92.3% compare
More education data for Dominican Republic
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 101.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 80,321 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.22 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is progression to secondary school in Dominican Republic?
- Progression to secondary school in Dominican Republic was 93.2% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest progression to secondary school recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 98.8% in 2006.
- What is the lowest progression to secondary school recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.8% in 1993.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for progression to secondary school?
- Dominican Republic ranks 113th out of 167 countries with data for 2017.
- Is progression to secondary school rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Progression to secondary school (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).