WorldLatin America & Caribbean Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

DOMLatin America & Caribbean Upper middle incomeCapital: Santo Domingo
Economy
Fiscal
People
Health
Education
Trade
Energy / Env
Tech
Governance
Equality
Infra
Labor
76/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
Dominican Republic in world space2000–2024
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002024
192 countries · log scale on X world Dominican Republic· trajectory line: 1980 → today
About Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic's GDP is $136.15B (2026), with a population of 11.5M, and GDP per capita of $12,406. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 3.7%, inflation at 5.1%, unemployment at 5.3%, government debt at 58.3% of GDP, life expectancy of 73.9 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

Economy31 indicators · 2021–2026 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD)$136.15B2026 6.5%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)3.7%2026 76.2%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$12,4062026 5.6%IMF
GDP, PPP (Intl $)$353.14B2026 6.7%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$32,1782026 5.8%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.16%2026 1.3%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$119.67B2025 1.5%WB
GNI per Capita, Atlas Method (Current US$)$10,6202025 3.0%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (Current Intl $)$26,9802025 3.1%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)28.4%2025 1.1%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)60.1%2025 0.5%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)4.6%2025 3.3%WB
Government Consumption (% of GDP)11.7%2025 1.4%WB
Household Consumption (% of GDP)67.8%2025 0.2%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)24.7%2025 8.5%WB
Gross Savings (% of GDP)23.3%2025 2.3%WB
GDP Deflator Inflation (Annual %)4.5%2025 4.6%WB
GDP per Employed Person (Constant 2021 PPP $)$54,0432025 0.2%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)12.3%2025 1.6%WB
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$7,3642021WB
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)21.6%2021WB
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-4.2%2025 32.5%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)2.04%2021WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)2.1%2021WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.03%2021WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$36.21B2025 1.4%WB
GDP per Capita, PPP (Constant 2021 Intl $)$24,5432025 1.3%WB
GDP per Capita (Constant 2015 US$)$9,2872025 1.3%WB
Fiscal & Monetary21 indicators · 2023–2026 · IMF / WB
Trade15 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Trade (% of GDP)51.5%2025 0.6%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)23.6%2025 3.8%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)27.9%2025 4.0%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$30.12B2025 6.4%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$35.49B2025 1.6%WB
Merchandise Exports (USD)$15.58B2025 12.3%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$29.75B2025 0.2%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)3.9%2025 7.2%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)-0.1%2025 135.1%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$4.92B2025 9.9%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$12.41B2025 9.4%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)9.7%2025 6.7%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)7.7%2024 27.5%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-1.2%2025 60.8%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$-1.49B2025 59.8%WB
External Debt7 indicators · 2023–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
External Debt (% of GNI)45.3%2024 0.1%WB
External Debt Stocks (USD)$53.29B2024 2.1%WB
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)5.6%2024 25.2%WB
Present Value of External Debt (USD)$34.25B2024WB
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$1.02B2024 25.4%WB
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)0.6%2023 71.0%WB
Net ODA Received (USD)$663.4M2023 80.2%WB
Finance8 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
Business Environment1 indicator · 2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)192025WB
Private Sector6 indicators · 2025 · WB
People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population11.5M2025 0.8%WB
Population Growth (%)0.8%2025 4.3%WB
Population Density (per km²)2352023 0.9%WB
Surface Area (sq km)146,8392023 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)48,1982023 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)72.5%2025 0.1%WB
Urban Population (total)8.4M2025 1.0%WB
Rural Population (%)27.5%2025 0.4%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth73.9 years2024 0.2%WB
Life Expectancy, Male70.7 years2024 0.2%WB
Life Expectancy, Female77.1 years2024 0.2%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)2.22024 0.9%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)17.62024 1.7%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)6.22024 0.0%WB
Net Migration-35,3062025 1.4%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)26.2%2025 1.4%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)65.6%2025 0.1%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)8.2%2025 3.9%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)52.4%2025 0.3%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)12.5%2025 3.8%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)39.9%2025 1.5%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)178.62024 3.7%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)102.22024 3.2%WB
Labor20 indicators · 2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force5.5M2025 1.6%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)64.8%2025 0.3%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)53.7%2025 0.7%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)76.4%2025 0.0%WB
Unemployment (%)5.1%2025 4.1%WB
Female Unemployment (%)7.7%2025 6.2%WB
Male Unemployment (%)3.2%2025 0.8%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)12.3%2025 4.4%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)7.0%2025 2.5%WB
Employment in Industry (%)19.0%2025 0.5%WB
Employment in Services (%)74.0%2025 0.4%WB
Labor Force Participation, Age 15+ (National Estimate, %)66.3%2025 1.4%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)38.0%2025 0.4%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)57.9%2025 0.2%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)38.0%2025 0.7%WB
Employers (% of total employment)4.1%2025 0.5%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)42.0%2025 0.4%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)61.5%2025 0.5%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)42.1%2025 0.3%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)24.7%2025 3.9%WB
Education21 indicators · 2007–2025 · WB
Health49 indicators · 2019–2025 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)4.6%2023 1.0%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$4892023 4.2%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)2.9%2023 4.7%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)25.1%2023 0.1%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)2.42023 8.6%WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)2.12023 0.9%WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)0.82023 50.3%WHO
Under-5 Mortality (per 1,000 live births)30.62024 2.9%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)21.22024 2.8%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)1242023 0.0%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)27.82024 2.8%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)33.32024 2.9%WHO
Communicable, Maternal, Prenatal & Nutrition Causes (% of Deaths)22.1%2021WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)63.7%2021WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)10.6%2021WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)89.0%2024 1.1%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)87.0%2024 3.3%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.362024 2.7%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)512024 2.0%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Male Adults (%)14.4%2022 2.0%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Female Adults (%)6.6%2022 2.9%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)4.22021WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)6.52020WHO
Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)73.321027582021WHO
Remaining Life Expectancy at Age 60 (WHO)21.213471812021WHO
Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)63.562551422021WHO
Infant Mortality, Under Age 1 (WHO)27.7102023492024WHO
Under-5 Mortality (WHO)30.6336656532024WHO
Neonatal Mortality, 0–27 Days (WHO)21.2421229862024WHO
Maternal Deaths (WHO Estimates)252.90848282023WHO
Estimated Tuberculosis Incidence (WHO)512024WHO
TB Mortality, Excluding HIV (per 100K)1.32024WHO
People Living with HIV880002025WHO
Malaria Deaths (WHO Estimates)02024WHO
Estimated Malaria Incidence (WHO)0.1911184422024WHO
Diabetes Prevalence, Age 18+ (age-standardized, %)17.5213652022WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (WHO/UNICEF)872025WHO
Measles First-Dose Coverage (MCV1, WHO/UNICEF)952025WHO
Hepatitis B Three-Dose Coverage (HepB3, WHO/UNICEF)862025WHO
Physicians (total)24,2502024 11.8%WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel20,0842024 13.9%WHO
Dentists (total)3,2342024 6.2%WHO
Pharmacists (total)2762024 26.6%WHO
Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)2.22019WHO
Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)6.72019WHO
Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)32019WHO
UHC Service Coverage Index (SDG 3.8.1)732023WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)27.42021WHO
Current Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, US$)488.87274172023WHO
Energy & Environment18 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB / WHO
Agriculture12 indicators · 2022–2024 · WB
Technology12 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB
Infrastructure6 indicators · 2019–2024 · WB
Gender8 indicators · 2018–2025 · WB
Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption-0.452023 2.2%WB
Government Effectiveness0.132023 287.0%WB
Political Stability0.242023 4.1%WB
Regulatory Quality0.172023 146.1%WB
Rule of Law-0.132023 37.7%WB
Voice & Accountability0.332023 4.1%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)37.7%2023 2.6%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)56.6%2023 12.1%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)48.1%2023 5.6%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)53.6%2023 2.3%WB
Military6 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Military Spending (% of GDP)0.8%2024 0.4%WB
Military Expenditure (USD)$981.0M2024 3.7%WB
Armed Forces Personnel71,0002020WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)1.5%2020WB
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)4.0%2024 1.7%WB
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)10.92023 11.7%WB
Poverty & Inequality12 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
Social Protection7 indicators · 2020–2021 · WB
Tourism5 indicators · 2018–2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
International Tourism, Arrivals2.7M2020WB
International Tourism, Departures210,0002020WB
Tourism Receipts (USD)$7.56B2018WB
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$444.0M2020WB
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)37.7%2018WB
Urban Development8 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB / WHO

Similar economies — same region or income group