Bolivia vs Dominican Republic: Adult literacy

Adult literacy in 2024: 96.7% in Bolivia and 94% in Dominican Republic, by UNESCO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bolivia, by 2.7 percentage points, or 1.03 times that in Dominican Republic.

Watch it change on the map

% of adults · UNESCO

BoliviaDominican RepublicWorld

What the numbers say

Bolivia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2007.
The world as a whole: 87.7% in 2024.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

Year	Bolivia	Dominican Republic	World
2024	96.7	94	87.7
2023	95.6	94.3	87.6
2022	–	93.7	87.4
2021	–	93.7	87.2
2020	93.9	93.7	87
2019	–	93.7	86.8
2018	–	93.4	86.8
2017	–	93.2	86.5
2016	–	93.8	86.3
2015	92.5	92	86
2014	–	91.8	85.6
2013	–	90.9	85.2
2012	94.5	90.2	84.9
2011	92.2	90.1	84.7
2010	–	89.5	84.4
2009	91.2	–	83.8
2008	90.7	–	83.5
2007	90.3	88.2	83.1
2006	–	–	82.5
2005	–	–	82.6
2004	–	–	82.6
2003	–	–	82.2
2002	–	87	81.7
2001	86.7	–	81.4
2000	–	–	81.1
1999	–	–	80.9
1998	–	–	80.5
1997	–	–	79.3
1996	–	–	77.3
1995	–	–	76.9
1994	–	–	76.4
1993	–	–	76
1992	80	–	75.5
1991	–	–	75.1
1990	–	–	74.6
1989	–	–	74.1
1988	–	–	73.6
1987	–	–	71.9
1986	–	–	71.3
1985	–	–	70.7
1984	–	–	70.2
1983	–	–	69.5
1982	–	–	68.9
1981	–	73.1	68.4
1980	–	–	67.8
1979	–	–	67.2
1978	–	–	66.5
1977	–	–	65.9
1976	63.2	–	65.6
1975	–	–	65.4

Each country on its own

Good to know

The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Bolivia vs Dominican Republic

Health

People

Economy

Education

Girls in primary schoolBolivia: 92.7% in 2018Dominican Republic: 92.7% in 2018

Politics

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsBolivia: 2 deaths in 2022Dominican Republic: 0 deaths in 2022