Dominican Republic's adult literacy rose from 73.1 % in 1981 to 94.0 % in 2024.
Dominican Republic's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 100.3 % in 1994 to 101.9 % in 2024.
Dominican Republic · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Dominican Republic's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 82.6 % in 1981 to 98.2 % in 2024.
Dominican Republic's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 41.2 % in 1981 to 76.4 % in 2024.
Dominican Republic's tertiary enrolment rose from 5.8 % in 1971 to 57.7 % in 2024.
Dominican Republic's children out of school, primary fell from 213,340 in 1972 to 56,334 in 2024.
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- Primary completion ratedown −1.7 pts79th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +4.8 pts54th of 73
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +4.9 pts54th of 74
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs96th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.6 yrs86th of 145
- Learning povertydown −2.9 pts22nd of 41*
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- Education spendingup +0.1 pts59th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −1.0 pts5th of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +0.0 %40th of 90
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