Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 14.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 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 $8.30 a day in Dominican Republic is 14.0%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.3% on the previous year and down 58.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Dominican Republic peaked at 64.0% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 14.0%, in 2024.
That places Dominican Republic 69th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 $8.30 a day in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 36.3% | — |
| 1989 | 64.0% | +76.3% |
| 1992 | 51.0% | -20.3% |
| 1996 | 40.9% | -19.8% |
| 1997 | 38.3% | -6.3% |
| 2000 | 39.8% | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 39.2% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 39.0% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 47.8% | +22.4% |
| 2004 | 55.6% | +16.4% |
| 2005 | 46.6% | -16.1% |
| 2006 | 43.5% | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 43.0% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 44.2% | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 41.5% | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 42.0% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 40.2% | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 39.6% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 39.3% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 33.5% | -14.8% |
| 2015 | 29.4% | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 27.4% | -7.0% |
| 2017 | 23.8% | -13.0% |
| 2018 | 20.9% | -12.1% |
| 2019 | 18.8% | -10.2% |
| 2020 | 21.7% | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 21.8% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 20.2% | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 16.9% | -16.6% |
| 2024 | 14.0% | -17.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 50.2% | 36.3% | 64.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 43.4% | 38.3% | 51.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 44.0% | 39.0% | 55.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.5% | 18.8% | 42.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.9% | 14.0% | 21.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 66 Jordan 15.3% compare
- 67 Kazakhstan 15.2% compare
- 68 Montenegro 14.5% compare
- 70 Uzbekistan 12.4%
- 71 Thailand 11.7% compare
- 72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.7% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Dominican Republic
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $8.30 a day in Dominican Republic?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Dominican Republic was 14.0% 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 $8.30 a day recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 64.0% in 1989.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.0% in 2024.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Dominican Republic ranks 69th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.3%. 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 $8.30 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 $8.30 per day.