Poverty · Dominican Republic
Yearly data from 1986 to 2024, from the World Bank.
Dominican Republic's gini index was 39 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 11.96% from 44.3 in 2014 (1.27% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 39 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 41.9 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 44.3 | 2014 |
| Highest | 52.1 | 2003 |
| Lowest | 37 | 2022 |
| Average since 2015 | 41.12 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 47.8 | 1986 |
Over five years it is down 6.92% from 41.9 in 2019 (1.42% a year on average, compounded). Since 1986 it is down 18.41% from 47.8 in 1986 (0.53% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 9 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
In 2024, Dominican Republic's gini index rose 0.6 on 2023 (from 38.4 to 39).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2023), the average change was −0.48 and a typical year strayed about 1.78 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.4 in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.5 in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.91 a year. A straight line explains 82% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2024, Dominican Republic had the 13th highest value of the 20 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.
Limitations: Gini coefficients are not unique. It is possible for two different Lorenz curves to give rise to the same Gini coefficient. Furthermore it is possible for the Gini coefficient of a developing country to rise (due to increasing inequality of income) while the number of people in absolute poverty decreases. This is because the Gini coefficient measures relative, not absolute, wealth. Another limitation of the Gini coefficient is that it is not additive across groups, i.e. the total Gini of a society is not equal to the sum of the Gini's for its sub-groups.
| Year | Gini index |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 39 |
| 2023 | 38.4 |
| 2022 | 37 |
| 2021 | 38.5 |
| 2020 | 39.6 |
| 2019 | 41.9 |
| 2018 | 43.7 |
| 2017 | 42.2 |
| 2016 | 45.7 |
| 2015 | 45.2 |
| 2014 | 44.3 |
| 2013 | 47.7 |
| 2012 | 46.1 |
| 2011 | 47.7 |
| 2010 | 47.3 |
| 2009 | 48.9 |
| 2008 | 48.1 |
| 2007 | 48.9 |
| 2006 | 52 |
| 2005 | 50 |
| 2004 | 52.1 |
| 2003 | 52.1 |
| 2002 | 49.7 |
| 2001 | 50 |
| 2000 | 51.5 |
| 1999 | no data |
| 1998 | no data |
| 1997 | 48.9 |
| 1996 | 47.4 |
| 1995 | no data |
| 1994 | no data |
| 1993 | no data |
| 1992 | 51.1 |
| 1991 | no data |
| 1990 | no data |
| 1989 | 50.4 |
| 1988 | no data |
| 1987 | no data |
| 1986 | 47.8 |
Every indicator for Dominican Republic is on the Dominican Republic data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SI.POV.GINI, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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