Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Dominican Republic
14.0% of people in Dominican Republic lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1986.
Dominican Republic, 2024
14.0%
Change from 2023
−2.9percentage points
World, 2024
46.2%
Poverty rate at $8.30 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 | 14.0% | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 16.9% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 20.2% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 21.8% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 21.7% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 18.8% | – |
| 2018 | 20.9% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 23.8% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 27.4% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 29.4% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 33.5% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 39.3% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 39.6% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 40.2% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 42.0% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 41.5% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 44.2% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 43.0% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 43.5% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 46.6% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 55.6% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 47.8% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 39.0% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | 39.2% | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.9 percentage points from 16.9% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 33.5%, the figure has changed by −19.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 46.2%.