Education in Dominican Republic 3,052 indicators covering education for Dominican Republic. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 79.7% 2024 up 2.7% 121st Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female 95.5% 2024 up 3.1% 39th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male 93.9% 2024 up 3.5% 46th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 GPIA 2024 unchanged 2nd Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female 83.9% 2024 up 8.1% 23rd Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes 94.0% 2024 up 2.5% 40th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female 94.4% 2024 up 2.5% 38th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male 93.6% 2024 up 2.4% 43rd Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes 98.2% 2024 up 0.5% 46th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity 1.01 GPIA 2024 unchanged 2nd Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male 97.7% 2024 up 0.3% 49th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity 1.01 GPIA 2024 unchanged 12th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 84.1% 2017 up 4.3% 70th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 1,917 2023 up 3.3% 105th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 2,487 2023 up 14.1% 136th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 1 2023 down 50.0% 145th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 19 2023 up 111.1% 124th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 64 2023 up 814.3% 145th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 1 2023 unchanged 130th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 0 2023 down 100.0% 151st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 5 2023 — 80th Trained teachers in primary education 100.0% 2021 up 17.9% 1st Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 2 years 2020 unchanged 188th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 4 years 2020 unchanged 5th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 8,871 number 2017 up 93.5% 55th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 108.6% 163rd Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions 21.5% 2024 down 8.7% 64th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 151st Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female 98.8% 2024 up 0.8% 42nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 4.5% 141st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 — 98th Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2019 up 10.0% 64th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 465 2023 up 61.5% 30th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 461 2023 up 74.6% 28th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 820.8% 179th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 0.5% 2023 up 13.3% 179th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.4% 2023 up 2.5% 145th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 51.2% 155th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 73.0% 44th Female teachers 77.93 2024 down 1.4% 95th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 60.2% 49th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 1.28 GPIA 2024 down 4.0% 11th Share of students studying abroad 1.04 2023 up 20.2% 159th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female 11,068 2024 down 38.5% 35th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male 21,891 2024 down 11.1% 32nd Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes 32,959 2024 down 22.7% 32nd Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female 34.0% 2024 down 19.0% 52nd Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 1,396 2024 down 85.9% 92nd End of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st Start month of the academic school year 8 2025 unchanged 138th End month of the academic school year 6 2025 unchanged 103rd Enrolment in primary education, female 621,648 number 2019 up 2.5% 78th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 85.2% 2024 up 3.6% 116th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 74.3% 2024 up 1.7% 123rd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 1.13 GPIA 2024 up 1.5% 31st Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 1.1% 2018 down 80.5% 107th Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 2,141 2024 down 84.2% 85th Over-age students, primary 11.1% 2018 down 46.0% 60th Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 16,445 2024 down 28.3% 45th Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 11,043 2024 down 29.5% 50th ← 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