Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 22.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Dominican Republic, 1986–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 22.3% for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in 2024.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Dominican Republic peaked at 28.5% in 1986 and was at its lowest, 19.8%, in 2021.
That places Dominican Republic 30th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 28.5% | — |
| 1989 | 28.0% | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 25.9% | -7.4% |
| 1996 | 26.9% | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 27.6% | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 27.6% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 27.4% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 27.7% | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 27.2% | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 26.7% | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 26.7% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 27.2% | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 26.3% | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 25.8% | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 26.0% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 26.8% | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 25.6% | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 24.6% | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 24.8% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 24.9% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 24.9% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 26.0% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 21.5% | -17.2% |
| 2018 | 21.4% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 21.7% | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 20.5% | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 19.8% | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 21.3% | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 22.0% | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 22.3% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 28.3% | 28.0% | 28.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 26.8% | 25.9% | 27.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 26.9% | 25.8% | 27.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.2% | 21.4% | 26.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.2% | 19.8% | 22.3% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Dominican Republic?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Dominican Republic was 22.3% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 28.5% in 1986.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.8% in 2021.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Dominican Republic ranks 30th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 60% of the median.