Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Dominican Republic

Children out of school in the Dominican Republic in 2024 — 56,334 people. Ranked 82 in the world out of 120. Since 1972, the indicator has fallen by 73.6%.

2024 56,334 people −1.18% vs 2023
World rank 82of 120
Period maximum 213,340 people1972
Period minimum 43,152 people2020

Trend over time

1972–2024 · people

Children out of school — Dominican Republic, 1972–20240100,000200,000300,00019721978198419901996200220082014202020241972: 213,340 people1999: 196,806 people2000: 149,555 people2002: 69,439 people2003: 109,906 people2004: 172,621 people2005: 157,848 people2006: 170,992 people2007: 98,421 people2008: 141,536 people2009: 48,386 people2010: 54,351 people2011: 52,377 people2012: 64,875 people2013: 67,450 people2014: 87,419 people2015: 46,019 people2016: 44,113 people2017: 55,293 people2018: 64,074 people2019: 44,717 people2020: 43,152 people2021: 117,704 people2022: 69,116 people2023: 57,004 people2024: 56,334 people
Change over the period: −157,006 (−73.59%) Average annual rate: -2.53 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic 56,334 people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.83M people
Children out of school — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 56,334 −670 −1.18%
2023 57,004 −12,112 −17.52%
2022 69,116 −48,588 −41.28%
2021 117,704 +74,552 +172.77%
2020 43,152 −1,565 −3.5%
2019 44,717 −19,357 −30.21%
2018 64,074 +8,781 +15.88%
2017 55,293 +11,180 +25.34%
2016 44,113 −1,906 −4.14%
2015 46,019 −41,400 −47.36%
2014 87,419 +19,969 +29.61%
2013 67,450 +2,575 +3.97%
2012 64,875 +12,498 +23.86%
2011 52,377 −1,974 −3.63%
2010 54,351 +5,965 +12.33%
2009 48,386 −93,150 −65.81%
2008 141,536 +43,115 +43.81%
2007 98,421 −72,571 −42.44%
2006 170,992 +13,144 +8.33%
2005 157,848 −14,773 −8.56%
2004 172,621 +62,715 +57.06%
2003 109,906 +40,467 +58.28%
2002 69,439
2000 149,555 −47,251 −24.01%
1999 196,806
1972 213,340

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.