Dominican Republic - Lower secondary completion rate

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Dominican Republic was 88.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 91.72 in 2008, while its lowest value was 62.79 in 1999.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1999 62.79
2000 66.64
2002 69.22
2004 78.24
2005 81.80
2007 86.15
2008 91.72
2009 86.63
2010 86.06
2011 80.75
2012 79.58
2013 82.58
2014 82.35
2015 82.34
2016 88.77
2017 88.45
2018 91.12
2019 86.85
2020 88.70

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Dominican Republic was 82.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 87.62 in 2018, while its lowest value was 52.27 in 1999.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1999 52.27
2000 55.03
2002 59.14
2004 66.69
2005 68.87
2007 74.95
2008 79.89
2009 77.81
2010 81.06
2011 72.43
2012 72.09
2013 73.39
2014 73.24
2015 74.62
2016 80.51
2017 82.39
2018 87.62
2019 80.48
2020 82.02

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Dominican Republic was 85.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 89.35 in 2018, while its lowest value was 48.06 in 1994.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1994 48.06
1999 57.49
2000 60.79
2002 64.13
2004 72.40
2005 75.25
2007 80.47
2008 85.73
2009 82.16
2010 83.53
2011 76.54
2012 75.78
2013 77.92
2014 77.73
2015 78.43
2016 84.59
2017 85.38
2018 89.35
2019 83.63
2020 85.32

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes