Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 90.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Dominican Republic, 1971–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, total in Dominican Republic stood at 90.0%.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Dominican Republic peaked at 99.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 34.0%, in 1971.
That places Dominican Republic 123rd out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 34.0% | — |
| 1981 | 53.0% | +55.7% |
| 1994 | 61.4% | +15.8% |
| 1999 | 72.1% | +17.6% |
| 2000 | 78.3% | +8.6% |
| 2002 | 91.7% | +17.1% |
| 2004 | 88.1% | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 85.9% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 92.8% | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 94.0% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 92.9% | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 93.0% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 93.5% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 94.2% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 95.3% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 99.7% | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 99.4% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 96.1% | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 93.8% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 94.0% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 97.0% | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 87.7% | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 89.5% | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 91.7% | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 90.0% | -1.9% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 90.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 96.5%, 93% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 90.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 94.6%, 95% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Dominican Republic changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +55.7% | 34.0% | 53.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 34.0% | 34.0% | 34.0% | 1 |
| 1980s | 53.0% | 53.0% | 53.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 66.8% | 61.4% | 72.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 88.5% | 78.3% | 94.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 95.2% | 92.9% | 99.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.2% | 87.7% | 97.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More aid effectiveness data for Dominican Republic
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 29,645 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 9,516 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 24.06 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions -8.76 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 22,259 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 2.07 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 218.83 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 498,028 current US$ (2022)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 84,623 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 2.63 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Dominican Republic?
- Primary completion rate, total in Dominican Republic was 90.0% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.0% in 1971.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Dominican Republic ranks 123rd out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. 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 Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.