Education in Dominican Republic 3,071 indicators covering education for Dominican Republic. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 31.6% 2024 down 23.9% 81st Female share of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and Ma 31.6% 2024 down 23.9% 81st Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 81.2% 2024 up 9.1% 83rd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.3% 2024 up 57.2% 110th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.1% 2024 down 73.2% 113th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 36.4% 2024 up 71.8% 58th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 81.5% 2024 up 10.0% 78th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% 3rd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.9% 2024 up 612.7% 29th Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 9.93 2024 up 29.8% 76th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 1.32 GPIA 2024 up 3.9% 2nd Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% 3rd Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) in 41.7% 2017 up 57.3% 46th Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) in 21.1% 2017 up 44.1% 57th Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) in 1.98 GPI 2017 up 9.2% 12th Initial government funding per secondary student as a percentage of 13.8% 2023 up 8.3% 86th All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 64.2% 2023 up 36.5% 93rd Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.5739 LPIA 2024 up 31.7% 64th Gross graduation ratio, primary, female 90.6% 2018 down 0.8% 70th Gross graduation ratio, primary, male 90.6% 2018 up 5.6% 65th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 65.3% 2024 up 26.8% 72nd Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 27.3% 2023 up 97.1% 24th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 62.8% 2024 up 25.5% 73rd All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 74.2% 2023 up 73.6% 72nd Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 60.6% 2024 up 24.2% 79th Cross country literacy rates 94.03 2024 up 2.5% 60th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.4955 LPIA 2024 up 27.1% 72nd Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 21.1% 2023 down 4.2% 23rd Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.7745 LPIA 2024 up 15.0% 72nd Percentage of teachers in secondary education vocational programmes 56.8% 2023 down 5.3% 33rd Initial government funding per secondary student, constant PPP$ 3,572 2023 up 57.1% 65th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 14.0% 2015 up 21.8% 89th Government expenditure on upper secondary education, US$ 591.22 millions 2023 up 25.9% 50th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 16.3% 2015 up 38.7% 82nd Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% 3rd Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.6562 LPIA 2024 up 36.0% 57th Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 10.26 2024 up 30.1% 70th Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% 5th Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 9.57 2024 up 29.3% 80th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 18.3% 2015 up 54.9% 72nd Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.7499 LPIA 2024 up 15.0% 80th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.8015 LPIA 2024 up 15.3% 68th Participation rate in formal and non formal education and training 14.47 2023 down 38.1% 58th Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound) 1.1% 2023 down 67.6% 48th Proportion of secondary schools with access to computers for 58.8% 2024 down 3.4% 102nd Government expenditure on upper secondary education, constant US$ 591.22 millions 2023 up 5.4% 50th Government expenditure on lower secondary education, US$ 667.36 millions 2023 up 110.7% 51st Government expenditure on upper secondary education, PPP$ 1,437 millions 2023 up 51.3% 47th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 4.2% 2015 up 6.5% 79th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 1.24 GPIA 2015 up 14.1% 11th Government expenditure on upper secondary education, constant PPP$ 1,437 millions 2023 up 5.4% 46th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 2.8% 2015 down 24.2% 82nd Literacy rates vs average years of schooling 94.31 2023 up 3.8% 61st Government expenditure on lower secondary education, constant US$ 667.36 millions 2023 up 76.4% 51st Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 2024 β 69th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 2024 β 37th Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in 82.5% 2023 up 55.9% 97th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, % female 50.5% 2016 up 1.2% 73rd Government expenditure on lower secondary education, PPP$ 1,622 millions 2023 up 153.1% 48th Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in 17.5% 2023 down 62.7% 11th β Previous Page 28 of 52 Next β