Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank was 0.575 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Dominican Republic, 2013–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2022, gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Dominican Republic stood at 0.575. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Dominican Republic peaked at 0.6582 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.575, in 2022.
Dominican Republic ranks 28th of 109 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.6437 | 0.6225 | 0.6582 | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.5862 | 0.575 | 0.5928 | 3 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Dominican Republic
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.3% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.417 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1256 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1256 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1482 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 12.3% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2295 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Dominican Republic?
- Gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Dominican Republic was 0.575 in 2022, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6582 in 2013.
- What is the lowest gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.575 in 2022.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank?
- Dominican Republic ranks 28th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank. 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. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.