NationMaster - Dominican Education statistics

Average years of schooling of adults	4.9		[68th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[39th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[56th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[90th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	2.3%		[122nd of 132]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	40.2%		[99th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	48.4%		[93rd of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	54.8%		[5th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	60.641		[164th of 191]
Grade 1 intake rate	62.9		[60th of 114]
Library books	702,000		[55th of 81]
Library members	257,374		[11th of 68]
Primary school girls out of school	16%		[53rd of 99]
Private school enrolment > Secondary level	32.6		[26th of 131]
Public spending per student > Primary level	2.8		[120th of 126]
Public spending per student > Tertiary level	9.3		[122nd of 123]
Pupils reaching grade 5	75.1		[77th of 108]
Tertiary enrollment	22.9%		[66th of 151]
Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment	31.1 %	...	[49th of 77]
World Organization of the Scout Movement > Members > Admits Boys/Girls	both

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SOURCES: UNESCO; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; World Bank; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Dominican Republic, Republica Dominicana, dominican rep, dominican rep.

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