Dominican Republic — IMF Forecasts

OverviewForecastsTrade
YearProjected Value
20263.70
20274.40
20284.70
20294.90
20305.00
20315.00

How the 2026 forecast for Dominican Republic changed

9 IMF World Economic Outlook rounds · April 2021 to April 2025

The IMF has published 9 World Economic Outlook rounds carrying a projection for Dominican Republic in 2026, running from April 2021 to April 2025. Each round restates the same year, so the distance between the first estimate and the latest is a record of how the institution changed its mind.

Real GDP growth for 2026 was first put at 5.0% in April 2021 and stands at 4.8% as of April 2025, a total revision of 0.2% cut.

Across the same rounds, unemployment rate lowered from 5.5% to 5.3%; government gross debt lowered from 60.6 % of GDP to 57.1 % of GDP; current account balance lowered from -2.7 % of GDP to -3.4 % of GDP; and gdp, current prices raised from $119.3bn to $135.1bn.

IMF projections for Dominican Republic in 2026, by publication round
IndicatorFirst estimateLatestRevisionPath
Real GDP growth
9 rounds from April 2021
5.0%4.8%-0.2%
Inflation (average CPI)
9 rounds from April 2021
4.0%4.0%-0.0%
Unemployment rate
9 rounds from April 2021
5.5%5.3%-0.2%
Government gross debt
9 rounds from April 2021
60.6 % of GDP57.1 % of GDP-3.5 % of GDP
Current account balance
9 rounds from April 2021
-2.7 % of GDP-3.4 % of GDP-0.7 % of GDP
GDP, current prices
9 rounds from April 2021
$119.3bn$135.1bn+$15.8bn

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, every archived release. Figures are the projection each round published for 2026, not a later restatement. Rounds that did not carry an indicator are omitted rather than interpolated, so a shorter path means fewer published estimates. Dominican Republic overview · methodology

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