Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 88.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Dominican Republic, 1986–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Dominican Republic stood at 88.5%. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Dominican Republic peaked at 97.6% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 88.5%, in 2024.
That places Dominican Republic 75th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 93.3% | — |
| 1989 | 97.6% | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 96.2% | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 94.1% | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 93.4% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 92.1% | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 92.6% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 92.9% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 94.3% | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 95.7% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 94.3% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 92.9% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 93.7% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 94.7% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 93.4% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 93.5% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 93.6% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 94.3% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 93.1% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 92.7% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 91.6% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 90.3% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 93.0% | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 91.7% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 90.6% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 93.0% | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 93.7% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 93.8% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 91.3% | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 88.5% | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 95.4% | 93.3% | 97.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 94.6% | 93.4% | 96.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 93.7% | 92.1% | 95.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.4% | 90.3% | 94.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.1% | 88.5% | 93.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More poverty & inequality data for Dominican Republic
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Dominican Republic?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Dominican Republic was 88.5% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 97.6% in 1989.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.5% in 2024.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Dominican Republic ranks 75th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.