Literacy rates among adults in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Literacy rates among adults was 94.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rates among adults in Dominican Republic, 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 94.0% for literacy rates among adults in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rates among adults in Dominican Republic peaked at 94.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 73.1%, in 1981.
Dominican Republic ranks 40th of 89 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 73.1% | 73.1% | 73.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 87.6% | 87.0% | 88.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 91.9% | 89.5% | 93.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.9% | 93.7% | 94.3% | 5 |
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More education data for Dominican Republic
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 26.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 101.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 80,321 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.22 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rates among adults in Dominican Republic?
- Literacy rates among adults in Dominican Republic was 94.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest literacy rates among adults recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 94.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest literacy rates among adults recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.1% in 1981.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for literacy rates among adults?
- Dominican Republic ranks 40th out of 89 countries with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rates among adults rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Literacy rates among adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of the population aged 15 years and older who can read and write.