Does Santo Domingo get its share of job training?

Participants in Santo Domingo were 15.3% of the national total in 2025 while the province holds 25.7% of the population, so training reaches fewer people than its population share would suggest.

Economy, jobs and prices in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: official figures

The vocational training institute INFOTEP recorded 165,524 participants in 8,023 training actions in Santo Domingo in 2025, 15.3% of the 1,083,421 participants nationwide.

INFOTEP training participants (2025)

165,524

2025

How much vocational training is there in Santo Domingo?

That equals 60 training participants for every 1,000 residents of the 2022 census population (national: 101); ranking 10th lowest of 32 provinces.

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How big are INFOTEP courses in Santo Domingo?

INFOTEP training actions in Santo Domingo averaged 20.6 participants in 2025 (national: 19.7); ranking 8th largest of 32 provinces for average group size.

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Is job training growing in Santo Domingo?

In January-March 2026 INFOTEP recorded 23,098 participants in Santo Domingo, down 22.6% on the 29,838 of January-March 2025 (national: down 9.0%).

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How Santo Domingo compares with other provinces

INFOTEP training participants per 1,000 residents (2025)

Santo Domingo ranks 23 of 32, highest first.

Rank	Region	INFOTEP training participants per 1,000 residents
20	Samana	63
21	Pedernales	61
22	Hermanas Mirabal	61
23	Santo Domingo	60
24	Independencia	58
25	Monsenor Nouel	54
26	Peravia	53

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Average participants per INFOTEP training action (2025)

Santo Domingo ranks 8 of 32, highest first.

Rank	Region	Average participants per INFOTEP training action
5	Puerto Plata	21.8
6	Peravia	21.7
7	Monte Plata	20.7
8	Santo Domingo	20.6
9	Hermanas Mirabal	20.6
10	Duarte	20.5
11	Elias Pina	20.4

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Sources

Instituto Nacional de Formación Técnico Profesional (INFOTEP): Ejecución por Región-Provincia, INFOTEP, 2025-2026: training actions and participants, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 6292f3969b36…)

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