Educational attainment in the Dominican Republic

Education Level Advanced Education (%)

Education Level Basic Education (% in 2021)

Primary Education	74.26	WB
Lower Secondary Education	65.96	WB

Education Level Intermediate Education Secondary Education (%)

Upper Secondary Education	42.81 in 2021	WB
Post-Secondary Education	22.52 in 2016	WB

Gender (% in 2021)

Female	67.51	WB
Male	64.23	WB

Central America and the Caribbean (%)

Bahamas	89.17 in 2010	WB
Puerto Rico	88.88 in 2017	WB
Barbados	78.69 in 2000	WB
Cuba	78.65 in 2019	WB
Trinidad and Tobago	68.06 in 2011	WB
Panama	67.57 in 2021	WB
Dominican Republic	67.51 in 2021	WB
Jamaica	64.63 in 2011	WB
Belize	54.49 in 2020	WB
Costa Rica	50.19 in 2021	WB
Saint Lucia	49.85 in 2019	WB
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	44.07 in 2017	WB
El Salvador	42.65 in 2020	WB
Nicaragua	37.05 in 2014	WB
Honduras	33.94 in 2019	WB
Saint Kitts and Nevis	31.45 in 1980	WB
Dominica	29.94 in 2001	WB
Guatemala	29.45 in 2019	WB
Haiti	26.97 in 2017	WB
Grenada	9.31 in 1981	WB

Education Indicators

Completion Rate	89.96 % in 2022	WB
Duration	6 years in 2022	WB
Educational Attainment	67.51 % in 2021	WB
Enrollment Rate	100.2 % in 2022	WB
Intake Rate Primary Education		6 timeseries
Literacy	95.5 % in 2022	WB + 1 other
Not in Education	7.82 % in 2022	WB
Pupil–Teacher Ratio	18.92 ratio in 2018	WB
School Life Expectancy	9.2 years in 2022	UNDP + 1 other
Starting Age	12 years in 2022	WB