Dominican Republic poverty rate for 2023 was 16.90%, a 3.3% decline from 2022.
Dominican Republic poverty rate for 2022 was 20.20%, a 1.6% decline from 2021.
Dominican Republic poverty rate for 2021 was 21.80%, a 0.1% increase from 2020.
Dominican Republic poverty rate for 2020 was 21.70%, a 2.9% increase from 2019.
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.