Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Dominican Republic
2.0% of people in Dominican Republic lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1986.
Dominican Republic, 2024
2.0%
Change from 2023
−1.0percentage points
World, 2024
18.2%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Dominican Republic over time
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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 | 2.0% | 18.2% |
| 2023 | 3.0% | 19.3% |
| 2022 | 3.2% | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 3.7% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 4.3% | 22.1% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | – |
| 2018 | 3.0% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | 4.2% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 6.7% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 7.5% | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 8.8% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | 11.6% | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 12.1% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 11.7% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 14.1% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 14.2% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | 15.9% | 39.3% |
| 2007 | 15.4% | 40.5% |
| 2006 | 15.9% | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 18.6% | 43.7% |
| 2004 | 24.9% | 45.4% |
| 2003 | 19.0% | 47.2% |
| 2002 | 15.6% | 48.6% |
| 2001 | 13.7% | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.0 percentage points from 3.0% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 8.8%, the figure has changed by −6.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 18.2%.