Dominican Republic literacy rate for 2022 was 95.50%, a 1.5% increase from 2016.

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<li>Dominican Republic literacy rate for 2016 was <strong>94.00%</strong>, a <strong>2% increase</strong> from 2015.</li>
<li>Dominican Republic literacy rate for 2015 was <strong>92.00%</strong>, a <strong>0% increase</strong> from 2014.</li>
<li>Dominican Republic literacy rate for 2014 was <strong>92.00%</strong>, a <strong>1% increase</strong> from 2013.</li>
</ul>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 statistic depicts the literacy rate in Dominican Republic from 2007 to 2022. The literacy rate measures the percentage of people aged 15 and above who can read and write. In 2022, Dominican Republic's literacy rate was around 95.5 percent.

The rate of adult literacy as share of the country's population 15 years and above in the Dominican Republic increased by 1.5 percentage points (+1.6 percent) compared to the previous year. With 95.5 percent, the rate of adult literacy thereby reached its highest value in the observed period. The adult literacy rate refers to the share of individuals aged 15 years and older who can read and write as well as understand simple expressions about their daily lives.

Dominican Republic DO: Literacy Rate: Youth: % of People Age 15-24 data was reported at 97.614 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 97.689 % for 2014. Dominican Republic DO: Literacy Rate: Youth: % of People Age 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 97.024 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2015, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 97.689 % in 2014 and a record low of 82.624 % in 1981. Dominican Republic DO: Literacy Rate: Youth: % of People Age 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Dominican Republic – Table DO.World Bank: Education Statistics. Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Dominican Republic DO: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data was reported at 91.991 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 91.764 % for 2014. Dominican Republic DO: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 90.106 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2015, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 91.991 % in 2015 and a record low of 73.065 % in 1981. Dominican Republic DO: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Dominican Republic – Table DO.World Bank: Education Statistics. 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.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

In 2022, the youth literacy rate (people aged 15-24) in the Dominican Republic remained nearly unchanged at around 98.53 percent. Still, 2022 marked the second consecutive decline of the youth literacy rate. The youth literacy rate refers to the share of individuals between the ages of 15 and 24 and who can read and write as well as understand simple expressions about their daily lives.

The literacy rate of people ages 15 years and over in the Dominican Republic was estimated at approximately 94 percent in 2016. Between 1981 and 2016, the rate rose by around 21 percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

Dominican Republic DO: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data was reported at 92.321 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 92.148 % for 2014. Dominican Republic DO: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 90.224 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2015, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 92.321 % in 2015 and a record low of 72.536 % in 1981. Dominican Republic DO: Literacy Rate: Adult Female: % of Females Aged 15 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Dominican Republic – Table DO.World Bank: Education Statistics. 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.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Dominican Republic DO: Literacy Rate: Youth Female: % of Females Aged 15-24 data was reported at 98.031 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 98.045 % for 2014. Dominican Republic DO: Literacy Rate: Youth Female: % of Females Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 97.883 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2015, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 98.253 % in 2013 and a record low of 83.939 % in 1981. Dominican Republic DO: Literacy Rate: Youth Female: % of Females Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Dominican Republic – Table DO.World Bank: Education Statistics. Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Dominican Republic DO: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Literacy Rate: Youth Aged 15-24 data was reported at 1.008 Ratio in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.007 Ratio for 2014. Dominican Republic DO: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Literacy Rate: Youth Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 1.020 Ratio from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2015, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.033 Ratio in 1981 and a record low of 1.007 Ratio in 2014. Dominican Republic DO: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Literacy Rate: Youth Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Dominican Republic – Table DO.World Bank.WDI: Education Statistics. Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the ratio of females to males ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Micro-entrepreneurs often lack the financial literacy required to make important financial decisions. We conducted a randomized evaluation with a bank in the Dominican Republic to compare the impact of two distinct programs: standard accounting training versus a simplified, rule-of-thumb training that taught basic financial heuristics. The rule-of-thumb training significantly improved firms' financial practices, objective reporting quality, and revenues. For micro-entrepreneurs with lower skills or poor initial financial practices, the impact of the rule-of-thumb training was significantly larger than that of the standard accounting training, suggesting that simplifying training programs might improve their effectiveness for less sophisticated individuals.

DO：非文盲率：年轻女性：15-24岁女性百分比在12-01-2015达98.031%，相较于12-01-2014的98.045%有所下降。DO：非文盲率：年轻女性：15-24岁女性百分比数据按年更新，12-01-1981至12-01-2015期间平均值为97.883%，共9份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2013，达98.253%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1981，为83.939%。CEIC提供的DO：非文盲率：年轻女性：15-24岁女性百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于Global Database的多米尼加共和国 – 表 DO.世界银行：教育统计。