Proportion of population living below the national poverty line in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Proportion of population living below the national poverty line was 17.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Proportion of population living below the national poverty line in Dominican Republic, 2016–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 17.3% for proportion of population living below the national poverty line in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.9% on the previous year and down 50.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of population living below the national poverty line in Dominican Republic peaked at 34.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 17.3%, in 2025.
That places Dominican Republic 36th out of 73 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Proportion of population living below the national poverty line in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 34.8% | — |
| 2017 | 31.2% | -10.3% |
| 2018 | 28.3% | -9.3% |
| 2019 | 25.8% | -8.8% |
| 2020 | 30.4% | +17.8% |
| 2021 | 30.7% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 27.7% | -9.8% |
| 2023 | 23.0% | -17.0% |
| 2024 | 19.0% | -17.4% |
| 2025 | 17.3% | -8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 30.0% | 25.8% | 34.8% | 4 |
| 2020s | 24.7% | 17.3% | 30.7% | 6 |
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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 proportion of population living below the national poverty line in Dominican Republic?
- Proportion of population living below the national poverty line in Dominican Republic was 17.3% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of population living below the national poverty line recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 34.8% in 2016.
- What is the lowest proportion of population living below the national poverty line recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.3% in 2025.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for proportion of population living below the national poverty line?
- Dominican Republic ranks 36th out of 73 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of population living below the national poverty line rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of population living below the national poverty line (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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