Education in Dominican Republic 152 indicators covering education for Dominican Republic. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 65.6% 2025 up 0.8% 85th Population ages 0-14 26.2% 2025 down 10.2% 89th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 101.9% 2024 down 5.7% 85th Primary education, teachers 80,321 2024 up 30.3% 67th School enrollment, primary, female 100.3% 2024 down 2.4% 98th School enrollment, primary, male 103.5% 2024 down 8.6% 73rd Labor force, total 5.51 million 2025 up 20.3% 80th Labor force, female 42.0% 2025 up 6.8% 126th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.97 GPI 2021 up 7.1% 142nd School enrollment, secondary 76.4% 2024 down 4.7% 144th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 7.8 per 1,000 2024 down 11.4% 54th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.6 per 1,000 2024 down 28.0% 97th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.6 per 1,000 2024 down 15.8% 92nd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.4 per 1,000 2024 down 26.3% 90th Secondary education, teachers 91,806 2024 up 110.7% 59th School enrollment, secondary, female 80.5% 2024 down 4.3% 143rd School enrollment, secondary, male 72.3% 2024 down 5.1% 148th School enrollment, tertiary 57.7% 2024 up 16.9% 68th School enrollment, primary, private 21.5% 2024 down 8.7% 61st School enrollment, preprimary 33.4% 2021 down 17.4% 147th School enrollment, tertiary, male 38.9% 2024 up 3.0% 89th School enrollment, tertiary, female 76.6% 2024 up 25.7% 57th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.1 GPI 2021 down 2.9% 32nd School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.49 GPI 2024 up 8.2% 16th Secondary education, teachers, female 59,497 2024 up 103.0% 50th Primary completion rate, female 90.7% 2024 down 4.4% 121st Primary completion rate, male 89.3% 2024 down 6.7% 120th Government expenditure on education, total 3.8% 2023 up 3.7% 114th Secondary education, general pupils 849,143 2018 down 2.2% 72nd Lower secondary completion rate, total 79.7% 2024 up 2.7% 118th School enrollment, preprimary, female 33.9% 2021 down 16.9% 145th School enrollment, preprimary, male 32.8% 2021 down 17.9% 144th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 92.2% 2023 up 17.3% 92nd Government expenditure on education, total 20.9% 2025 down 6.4% 13th Secondary education, general pupils 50.3% 2018 down 5.7% 78th Lower secondary completion rate, female 85.2% 2024 up 3.6% 113th Lower secondary completion rate, male 74.3% 2024 up 1.7% 120th Children out of school 4.9% 2024 down 33.9% 82nd Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 1.17 million 2024 down 8.1% 80th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 863,765 2024 down 7.2% 88th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 93.3% 2023 up 15.6% 85th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 91.2% 2023 up 18.9% 85th Secondary education, vocational pupils 75,571 2018 up 82.9% 79th Number of under-five deaths, male 3,433 2024 down 17.2% 67th Number of under-five deaths, female 2,748 2024 down 17.6% 66th Number of infant deaths, male 3,098 2024 down 15.5% 63rd Number of infant deaths, female 2,480 2024 down 16.0% 63rd Children out of school, female 4.8% 2024 down 39.8% 92nd Children out of school, male 5.0% 2024 down 27.3% 91st Secondary education, vocational pupils 61.5% 2018 up 1.4% 4th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 106.0% 2018 down 3.4% 54th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.1% 2025 down 33.0% 95th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.7% 2025 down 29.3% 64th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.2% 2025 down 41.5% 134th Primary education, teachers 77.9% 2024 down 1.4% 95th Repeaters, primary, total 4.6% 2018 down 16.7% 62nd Page 1 of 3 Next →