Dominican Republic Literacy Rate 1981-2025

Dominican Republic literacy rate for 2022 was 95.50%, a 1.72% increase from 2016.
  • Dominican Republic literacy rate for 2016 was 93.78%, a 1.79% increase from 2015.
  • Dominican Republic literacy rate for 2015 was 91.99%, a 0.23% increase from 2014.
  • Dominican Republic literacy rate for 2014 was 91.76%, a 0.91% increase from 2013.
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.