Literacy rate in the Dominican Republic in 2024 — 94.03%. Ranked 15 in the world out of 29. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 20.97 pp.
1981–2024 · % of population aged 15+
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Dominican Republic
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 94.03 | −0.28 pp |
| 2023 | 94.31 | +0.61 pp |
| 2022 | 93.7 | −0.03 pp |
| 2021 | 93.73 | +0.04 pp |
| 2020 | 93.69 | +0.02 pp |
| 2019 | 93.67 | +0.24 pp |
| 2018 | 93.44 | +0.2 pp |
| 2017 | 93.23 | −0.55 pp |
| 2016 | 93.78 | +1.79 pp |
| 2015 | 91.99 | +0.23 pp |
| 2014 | 91.76 | +0.9 pp |
| 2013 | 90.86 | +0.7 pp |
| 2012 | 90.16 | +0.05 pp |
| 2011 | 90.11 | +0.57 pp |
| 2010 | 89.54 | — |
| 2007 | 88.24 | — |
| 2002 | 87 | — |
| 1981 | 73.06 | — |
The share of the population aged 15 and older able to read and write a short simple statement about their everyday life. The UNESCO definition is deliberately minimal — it is the threshold of functional literacy, not an assessment of the quality of education. In most countries the data come from censuses and surveys, so they are updated irregularly.
Important: The series is incomplete: values are published only for the years in which a census or a literacy survey was conducted.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.
What share of their potential a child born today will manage to realize.
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