Compulsory education, duration in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Compulsory education, duration was 15 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compulsory education, duration in Dominican Republic, 1998–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, compulsory education, duration in Dominican Republic stood at 15 years. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in Dominican Republic peaked at 15 years in 2010 and was at its lowest, 9 years, in 1998.
Dominican Republic ranks 3rd of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 15 years | 15 years | 15 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 15 years | 15 years | 15 years | 6 |
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More education data for Dominican Republic
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 26.2% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 101.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 80,321 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.3% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.5% (2024)
- Labor force, total 5.51 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 42.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in Dominican Republic?
- Compulsory education, duration in Dominican Republic was 15 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 15 years in 2010.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 years in 1998.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for compulsory education, duration?
- Dominican Republic ranks 3rd out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Compulsory education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.