Population living in slums in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Population living in slums was 11.2% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Population living in slums in Dominican Republic, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
In 2022, population living in slums in Dominican Republic stood at 11.2%. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Dominican Republic peaked at 30.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 11.2%, in 2016.
That places Dominican Republic 94th out of 174 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Population living in slums in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 30.2% | — |
| 2002 | 27.8% | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 25.4% | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 23.1% | -9.3% |
| 2008 | 20.7% | -10.2% |
| 2010 | 18.3% | -11.4% |
| 2012 | 16.0% | -12.9% |
| 2014 | 13.6% | -14.8% |
| 2016 | 11.2% | -17.4% |
| 2018 | 11.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 11.2% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 11.2% | +0.0% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 11.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.8%, 71% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 11.2% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14.5%, 78% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.4% | 20.7% | 30.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 14.1% | 11.2% | 18.3% | 5 |
| 2020s | 11.2% | 11.2% | 11.2% | 2 |
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 population living in slums in Dominican Republic?
- Population living in slums in Dominican Republic was 11.2% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 30.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.2% in 2016.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for population living in slums?
- Dominican Republic ranks 94th out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), published as part of Population living in slums (% of urban population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 12 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements.