Income inequality: Atkinson index in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.2295 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Dominican Republic, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: atkinson index in Dominican Republic is 0.2295, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Dominican Republic peaked at 0.3296 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.2295, in 2021.
Dominican Republic ranks 102nd of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.329 | — |
| 2011 | 0.3296 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.3119 | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 0.328 | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2949 | -10.1% |
| 2015 | 0.303 | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 0.2705 | -10.8% |
| 2017 | 0.2695 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.2755 | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 0.2671 | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 0.2395 | -10.3% |
| 2021 | 0.2295 | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 0.2295 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2295 | +0.0% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 0.2295 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2515, 91% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 0.2295 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3457, 66% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2979 | 0.2671 | 0.3296 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.232 | 0.2295 | 0.2395 | 4 |
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: atkinson index in Dominican Republic?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Dominican Republic was 0.2295 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3296 in 2011.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2295 in 2021.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Dominican Republic ranks 102nd out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.