Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 79.4% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Dominican Republic, 1999–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 79.4% for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in 2015.
The figure is up 8.5% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Dominican Republic peaked at 93.3% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 72.6%, in 1999.
Dominican Republic ranks 34th of 48 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 72.6% | — |
| 2000 | 76.0% | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 79.6% | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 79.4% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 82.4% | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 74.4% | -9.7% |
| 2007 | 82.4% | +10.8% |
| 2008 | 83.1% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 93.0% | +11.9% |
| 2010 | 93.3% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 76.0% | -18.6% |
| 2012 | 92.9% | +22.2% |
| 2013 | 73.2% | -21.2% |
| 2015 | 79.4% | +8.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 72.6% | 72.6% | 72.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 81.3% | 74.4% | 93.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 83.0% | 73.2% | 93.3% | 5 |
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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 proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Dominican Republic?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Dominican Republic was 79.4% in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 93.3% in 2010.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.6% in 1999.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- Dominican Republic ranks 34th out of 48 countries with data for 2015.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. 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 Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upper secondary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching at the upper secondary level in the given country, expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers at the upper secondary level.