Dominican Republic's international tourism, receipts (current US$) was US$7.56 billion in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 81.49% from US$4.17 billion in 2008 (6.14% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$7.56 billion | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | US$5.06 billion | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | US$4.17 billion | 2008 |
| Highest | US$7.56 billion | 2018 |
| Lowest | US$1.57 billion | 1995 |
| Average since 2009 | US$5.56 billion | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | US$1.57 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2018, Dominican Republic's international tourism, receipts (current US$) rose 5.2% on 2017 (from US$7.18 billion to US$7.56 billion).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2017), the average change was +7.3% and a typical year strayed about 6.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below 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 17.9% in 1997 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.8% in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$419.81 million a year. A straight line explains 97% 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.
How it compares
In 2018, Dominican Republic had the 4th highest value of the 23 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic | US$7.56 billion | 2018 |
| World | US$1.86 trillion | 2019 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | US$104.59 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Dominican Republic in the 2018 ranking
- Singapore — 1st of 23: US$20.42 billion
- New Zealand — 2nd of 23: US$10.96 billion
- Denmark — 3rd of 23: US$9.1 billion
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 5th of 23: US$5.25 billion
- Sudan — 6th of 23: US$1.04 billion
- St. Lucia — 7th of 23: US$989 million
What this measures
International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Limitations: Tourism can be either domestic or international. The data refers to international tourism, where the traveler's country of residence differs from the visiting country. International tourism consists of inbound (arrival) and outbound (departures) tourism. The data are from the World Tourism Organization (WTO), a United Nations agency. The data on inbound and outbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals and departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips to a country during a given period is counted each time as a new arrival. The data on inbound tourism show the arrivals of nonresident tourists (overnight visitors) at national borders.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 24 values
| Year | International tourism, receipts (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 7,561,000,000 |
| 2017 | 7,184,000,000 |
| 2016 | 6,720,000,000 |
| 2015 | 6,116,000,000 |
| 2014 | 5,630,000,000 |
| 2013 | 5,055,000,000 |
| 2012 | 4,687,000,000 |
| 2011 | 4,391,000,000 |
| 2010 | 4,162,000,000 |
| 2009 | 4,049,000,000 |
International tourism, receipts (current US$) in nearby economies
- Argentina — US$1.7 billion (2020)
- Aruba — US$1.08 billion (2020)
- Bahamas, The — US$1.01 billion (2020)
- Barbados — US$1.07 billion (2016)
- Bolivia — US$243 million (2020)
- Brazil — US$3.1 billion (2020)
- British Virgin Islands — US$484 million (2015)
- Cayman Islands — US$964 million (2019)
- Chile — US$1.03 billion (2020)
- Colombia
More private sector & trade data for Dominican Republic
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 35.58% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$29.75 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$15.58 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) — 81.49% (2023)
- Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) — 0.11% (2023)
- Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$11.89 billion (2023)
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) — 12.05% (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Dominican Republic's international tourism, receipts (current US$)?
- US$7.56 billion in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 381.29% from US$1.57 billion in 1995 (7.07% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$7.56 billion in 2018 and the lowest US$1.57 billion in 1995.
- How does Dominican Republic rank?
- 4th highest of 23 economies with data for 2018.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, receipts (current US$) unusual for Dominican Republic?
- In 2018, Dominican Republic's international tourism, receipts (current US$) rose 5.2% on 2017 (from US$7.18 billion to US$7.56 billion). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2017), the average change was +7.3% and a typical year strayed about 6.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.RCPT.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism 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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