Dominican Republic vs Mexico: Adult literacy

Adult literacy in 2024: 94% in Dominican Republic and 95.6% in Mexico, by UNESCO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mexico, by 1.5 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Dominican Republic.

Watch it change on the map

% of adults · UNESCO

Dominican RepublicMexicoWorld

What the numbers say

Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2002.
The world as a whole: 87.7% in 2024.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

Year	Dominican Republic	Mexico	World
2024	94	95.6	87.7
2023	94.3	95.8	87.6
2022	93.7	95.1	87.4
2021	93.7	95.7	87.2
2020	93.7	95.3	87
2019	93.7	95.4	86.8
2018	93.4	95.4	86.8
2017	93.2	95	86.5
2016	93.8	94.9	86.3
2015	92	94.5	86
2014	91.8	94.6	85.6
2013	90.9	94	85.2
2012	90.2	94.2	84.9
2011	90.1	93.5	84.7
2010	89.5	93.1	84.4
2009	–	93.4	83.8
2008	–	92.9	83.5
2007	88.2	92.8	83.1
2006	–	91.7	82.5
2005	–	91.6	82.6
2004	–	91	82.6
2003	–	–	82.2
2002	87	90.3	81.7
2001	–	–	81.4
2000	–	90.5	81.1
1999	–	–	80.9
1998	–	–	80.5
1997	–	–	79.3
1996	–	–	77.3
1995	–	–	76.9
1994	–	–	76.4
1993	–	–	76
1992	–	–	75.5
1991	–	–	75.1
1990	–	87.6	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	–	83	67.8
1979	–	–	67.2
1978	–	–	66.5
1977	–	–	65.9
1976	–	–	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.

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Deaths in conflictsDominican Republic: 0 deaths in 2022Mexico: 14,210 deaths in 2022