Dominican Republic Literacy Rate

Dominican Republic literacy rate for 2024 was 94.03%, a 0.28% decline from 2023.
  • Dominican Republic literacy rate for 2023 was 94.31%, a 0.61% increase from 2022.
  • Dominican Republic literacy rate for 2022 was 93.70%, a 0.03% decline from 2021.
  • Dominican Republic literacy rate for 2021 was 93.73%, a 0.04% increase from 2020.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Dominican Republic Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1981 - 2024.