Dominican Republic Poverty Rate 1986-2023
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Dominican Republic poverty rate for 2020 was 23.80%, a 3.6% increase from 2019.
- Dominican Republic poverty rate for 2019 was 20.20%, a 2% decline from 2018.
- Dominican Republic poverty rate for 2018 was 22.20%, a 3.3% decline from 2017.
- Dominican Republic poverty rate for 2017 was 25.50%, a 3.2% decline from 2016.
| Dominican Republic Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2020 |
23.80% |
3.60% |
| 2019 |
20.20% |
-2.00% |
| 2018 |
22.20% |
-3.30% |
| 2017 |
25.50% |
-3.20% |
| 2016 |
28.70% |
-1.70% |
| 2015 |
30.40% |
-4.40% |
| 2014 |
34.80% |
-5.70% |
| 2013 |
40.50% |
-0.70% |
| 2012 |
41.20% |
-0.40% |
| 2011 |
41.60% |
-2.10% |
| 2010 |
43.70% |
0.80% |
| 2009 |
42.90% |
-3.00% |
| 2008 |
45.90% |
1.60% |
| 2007 |
44.30% |
-0.70% |
| 2006 |
45.00% |
-3.20% |
| 2005 |
48.20% |
-8.80% |
| 2004 |
57.00% |
8.00% |
| 2003 |
49.00% |
9.00% |
| 2002 |
40.00% |
-0.50% |
| 2001 |
40.50% |
-0.60% |
| 2000 |
41.10% |
1.70% |
| 1997 |
39.40% |
-2.90% |
| 1996 |
42.30% |
-10.20% |
| 1992 |
52.50% |
-12.80% |
| 1989 |
65.30% |
27.70% |
| 1986 |
37.60% |
27.70% |
