Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 92.8% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Latest (2022)
92.8%
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
61st
of 119 countries
All-time high
97.3%
in 1989
All-time low
89.3%
in 2016
Years of data
28
1986–2022
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Dominican Republic, 1986–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Dominican Republic is 92.8%, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Dominican Republic peaked at 97.3% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 89.3%, in 2016.
That places Dominican Republic 61st out of 119 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 92.5% | — |
| 1989 | 97.3% | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 95.7% | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 93.4% | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 92.7% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 91.4% | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 91.7% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 92.2% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 93.7% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 94.9% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 93.8% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 92.3% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 93.2% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 94.1% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 92.6% | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 92.8% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 93.0% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 93.6% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 92.5% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 91.9% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 90.4% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 89.3% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 91.6% | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 90.8% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 89.7% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 91.8% | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 92.8% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 92.8% | -0.0% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 92.8% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 97% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 92.8% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 92.0%, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 94.9% | 92.5% | 97.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 94.0% | 92.7% | 95.7% | 3 |
| 2000s | 93.0% | 91.4% | 94.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.6% | 89.3% | 93.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.5% | 91.8% | 92.8% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More poverty & inequality data for Dominican Republic
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Dominican Republic?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Dominican Republic was 92.8% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 97.3% in 1989.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.3% in 2016.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Dominican Republic ranks 61st out of 119 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.