Extreme poverty rate in Dominican Republic
0.8% of people in Dominican Republic lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1986.
Dominican Republic, 2024
0.8%
Change from 2023
−0.5percentage points
World, 2024
10.1%
Extreme poverty rate in Dominican Republic over time
View
Dominican Republic
World
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Dominican Republic | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.8% | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | – |
| 2018 | 1.1% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 3.3% | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 4.1% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 4.4% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 5.4% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 5.3% | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 5.5% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 6.3% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 7.1% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | 7.8% | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 8.1% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 9.9% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 14.6% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 10.7% | 32.2% |
| 2002 | 9.0% | 33.7% |
| 2001 | 6.6% | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 1.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 4.1%, the figure has changed by −3.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 10.1%.
More for Dominican Republic
All statistics for Dominican Republic
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
17.3%
2025 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
2.5%
2024 · World Bank
Gini index
39.0 (0 to 100)
2024 · World Bank
Income share held by the richest 10%
29.5%
2024 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
2.0%
2024 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
14.0%
2024 · World Bank