Labour force participation in Dominican Republic
The ILO estimates that 64.8% of people aged 15 and over in Dominican Republic were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2019.
Dominican Republic, 2025
64.8%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
62nd of 181
Labour force participation in Dominican Republic over time
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% of working-age population aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Dominican Republic | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.8% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 64.6% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 64.3% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 63.2% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 63.2% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 60.4% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 65.2% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 63.8% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 62.4% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 62.5% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 64.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 62.0%, the figure has changed by +2.8 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Dominican Republic has the 62nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for Dominican Republic
All statistics for Dominican Republic
Women's labour force participation
53.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
61.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
5.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
12.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
7.0%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
19.0%
2025 · World Bank