Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 78.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Dominican Republic is 78.3%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is down 5.7% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Dominican Republic peaked at 95.7% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 78.3%, in 2024.
Dominican Republic ranks 73rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 88.2% | — |
| 1989 | 95.7% | +8.6% |
| 1992 | 93.4% | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 90.0% | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 89.2% | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 87.0% | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 87.8% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 88.4% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 90.8% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 92.6% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 90.1% | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 88.6% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 90.0% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 91.0% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 89.5% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 89.1% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 89.7% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 90.3% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 89.1% | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 87.0% | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 85.9% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 84.3% | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 86.8% | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 84.9% | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 83.8% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 86.1% | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 88.2% | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 87.4% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 83.0% | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 78.3% | -5.7% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 78.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 87% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 78.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 84.3%, 93% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 92.0% | 88.2% | 95.7% | 2 |
| 1990s | 90.9% | 89.2% | 93.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 89.6% | 87.0% | 92.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.1% | 83.8% | 90.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.6% | 78.3% | 88.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More poverty & inequality data for Dominican Republic
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day in Dominican Republic?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Dominican Republic was 78.3% 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 $30 a day recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 95.7% in 1989.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.3% in 2024.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Dominican Republic ranks 73rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 $30 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 $30 per day.