Dominican Republic poverty rate for 2022 was 21.50%, a 1.7% decline from 2021.
Dominican Republic poverty rate for 2021 was 23.20%, a 0% increase from 2020.
Dominican Republic poverty rate for 2020 was 23.20%, a 3% increase from 2019.
Dominican Republic poverty rate for 2019 was 20.20%, a 2% decline from 2018.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.