Dominican Republic's secondary education, teachers (% female) was 64.81% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 2.47 percentage points from 67.27% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 64.81% | 2024 |
| Ten years earlier | 67.27% | 2014 |
| Highest | 68.34% | 2015 |
| Lowest | 56.64% | 1971 |
| Average since 2015 | 63.94% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 56.64% | 1971 |
Since 1971 it is up 8.17 percentage points from 56.64% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 36 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2024, Dominican Republic's secondary education, teachers (% female) rose 1 percentage points on 2023 (from 63.81% to 64.81%).
Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2023), the average change was +0.82 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.62 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 8.33 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.81 percentage points in 2007. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Dominican Republic had the 37th highest value of the 84 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 | 64.81% | 2024 |
| World | 56.43% | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 60.52% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 60.48% | 2024 |
Closest to Dominican Republic in the 2024 ranking
- Barbados — 34th of 84: 65.35%
- Cuba — 35th of 84: 65.3%
- Korea, Rep. — 36th of 84: 64.99%
- Mauritius — 38th of 84: 64.46%
- New Zealand — 39th of 84: 64.45%
- Andorra — 40th of 84: 64.3%
What this measures
Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
Limitations: The indicator measures the level of gender representation in the teaching profession, rather than the effectiveness and quality of teaching.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 18 values
| Year | Secondary education, teachers (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 64.81 |
| 2023 | 63.81 |
| 2022 | 63.29 |
| 2021 | 60.55 |
| 2020 | no data |
| 2019 | no data |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | 62.83 |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | 68.34 |
| 2014 |
Secondary education, teachers (% female) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 73.99% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 65.69% (2024)
- Barbados — 65.35% (2024)
- Belize — 65.46% (2024)
- Bolivia — 52.14% (2024)
- Brazil — 61.59% (2024)
- British Virgin Islands — 71.79% (2023)
- Cayman Islands — 66.32% (2024)
- Chile — 61.62% (2024)
- Colombia — 50.62% (2022)
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 secondary education, teachers (% female)?
- 64.81% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 8.17 percentage points from 56.64% in 1971. The highest value was 68.34% in 2015 and the lowest 56.64% in 1971.
- How does Dominican Republic rank?
- 37th highest of 84 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in secondary education, teachers (% female) unusual for Dominican Republic?
- In 2024, Dominican Republic's secondary education, teachers (% female) rose 1 percentage points on 2023 (from 63.81% to 64.81%). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2023), the average change was +0.82 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.62 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.SEC.TCHR.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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