Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3897 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Dominican Republic, 1986–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 0.3897 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Dominican Republic peaked at 0.5212 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.3698, in 2022.
That places Dominican Republic 31st out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 0.4778 | — |
| 1989 | 0.5045 | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 0.5105 | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.4742 | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 0.489 | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 0.5151 | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 0.5 | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 0.4967 | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.5212 | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 0.5205 | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.4997 | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 0.5196 | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4886 | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4811 | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.4888 | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.4733 | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 0.4771 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.4613 | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4766 | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 0.4428 | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 0.4518 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4572 | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.4219 | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 0.4369 | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 0.4192 | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3963 | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 0.3853 | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.3698 | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 0.384 | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 0.3897 | +1.5% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 0.3897 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3588, 1.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 0.3897 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4447, 88% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4911 | 0.4778 | 0.5045 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.4913 | 0.4742 | 0.5105 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.5031 | 0.4811 | 0.5212 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4518 | 0.4192 | 0.4771 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.385 | 0.3698 | 0.3963 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More poverty & inequality data for Dominican Republic
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.24 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,455 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 14.27 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.3% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Dominican Republic?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Dominican Republic was 0.3897 in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5212 in 2003.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3698 in 2022.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Dominican Republic ranks 31st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.