Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Dominican Republic
17.3% of people in Dominican Republic lived below the national poverty line in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2016.
Dominican Republic, 2025
17.3%
Change from 2024
−1.7percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Dominican Republic over time
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Dominican Republic
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Dominican Republic |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.3% |
| 2024 | 19.0% |
| 2023 | 23.0% |
| 2022 | 27.7% |
| 2021 | 30.7% |
| 2020 | 30.4% |
| 2019 | 25.8% |
| 2018 | 28.3% |
| 2017 | 31.2% |
| 2016 | 34.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.7 percentage points from 19.0% in 2024.
- Since 2016, when it was 34.8%, the figure has changed by −17.5 percentage points.