Dominican Republic's persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) was 93.34% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 12.58 percentage points from 80.76% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 93.34% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 94.22% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 80.76% | 2013 |
| Highest | 95.82% | 2022 |
| Lowest | 59.84% | 2020 |
| Average since 2015 | 84.85% | 2015–2023 |
| First recorded | 73.74% | 1998 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Dominican Republic's persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) fell 2.48 percentage points on 2022 (from 95.82% to 93.34%).
Across the 8 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2022), the average change was −3.34 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 13.43 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 12.82 percentage points in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 27 percentage points in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 4% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Dominican Republic had the 34th highest value of the 47 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic | 93.34% | 2023 |
| World | 80.18% | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 87.88% | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 94.18% | 2022 |
Closest to Dominican Republic in the 2023 ranking
- Fiji — 30th of 47: 93.87%
- Morocco — 31st of 47: 93.68%
- Ukraine — 32nd of 47: 93.55%
- Syrian Arab Republic — 34th of 47: 91.09%
- El Salvador — 35th of 47: 90.14%
- Cuba — 36th of 47: 89.18%
What this measures
Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
Limitations: The estimates have limitations in capturing real trend in that an observed rate will be applied to the underlying indicators such as repetition rate and promotion rate throughout the cohort life, and re-entrants, grade skipping, migration or transfers during a school year are not adequately captured.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 13 values
| Year | Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 93.34 |
| 2022 | 95.82 |
| 2021 | no data |
| 2020 | 59.84 |
| 2019 | 86.84 |
| 2018 | 94.22 |
| 2017 | 81.7 |
| 2016 | 80.86 |
| 2015 | 86.14 |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 |
Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) in nearby economies
More education data for Dominican Republic
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 1.17 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 101.94% (2024)
- School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 33.36% (2021)
- Secondary education, pupils — 863,765 (2024)
- School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 76.36% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Dominican Republic's persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort)?
- 93.34% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1998?
- It is up 19.61 percentage points from 73.74% in 1998. The highest value was 95.82% in 2022 and the lowest 59.84% in 2020.
- How does Dominican Republic rank?
- 34th highest of 47 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) unusual for Dominican Republic?
- In 2023, Dominican Republic's persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) fell 2.48 percentage points on 2022 (from 95.82% to 93.34%). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2022), the average change was −3.34 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 13.43 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.PRSL.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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