Dominican Republic — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Dominican Republic, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Dominican Republic was 11,059 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 194 in 1961 (about 57.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.32% per year.
Dominican Republic ranks 98 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 46%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 13,889, so Dominican Republic sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 63%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 23 of 40 economies; Dominica (10,989) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 58% in 2005. That is 27% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1972; grown tenfold by 1995. Doubling roughly every 11 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 67th of 111 in 1960 → 85th of 146 in 1970 → 89th of 163 in 1980 → 119th of 192 in 1990 → 90th of 204 in 2000 → 108th of 212 in 2010 → 98th of 210 in 2020 → 78th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11,059.21 | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 10,875.66 | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 10,630.43 | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 10,104.25 | +18.5% |
| 2021 | 8,527.08 | +19.5% |
| 2020 | 7,135.22 | -12.8% |
| 2019 | 8,183.02 | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 7,882.98 | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 7,412.72 | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 7,160.44 | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 6,800.95 | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 6,496.45 | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 6,136.59 | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 6,013.82 | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 5,826.51 | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 5,478.62 | +10.1% |
| 2009 | 4,973.95 | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 5,023.59 | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 4,649.65 | +14.7% |
| 2006 | 4,055.14 | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 3,878.31 | +58.2% |
| 2004 | 2,451.69 | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 2,383.26 | -22.3% |
| 2002 | 3,065.6 | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 2,935.89 | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 2,831.46 | +8.0% |
| 1999 | 2,620.89 | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 2,607.85 | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 2,448.89 | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 2,270.87 | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 2,109.17 | +11.5% |
| 1994 | 1,891.67 | +9.8% |
| 1993 | 1,722.42 | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 1,558.3 | +15.8% |
| 1991 | 1,345.85 | +36.1% |
| 1990 | 989.16 | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 954.91 | +21.8% |
| 1988 | 783.91 | -9.7% |
| 1987 | 868.09 | -6.8% |
| 1986 | 931.66 | +18.8% |
| 1985 | 784.49 | -57.4% |
| 1984 | 1,843.52 | +22.9% |
| 1983 | 1,499.96 | +9.0% |
| 1982 | 1,376.27 | +6.8% |
| 1981 | 1,288.47 | +9.2% |
| 1980 | 1,180.18 | +20.0% |
| 1979 | 983.74 | +13.3% |
| 1978 | 868.4 | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 862.98 | +13.1% |
| 1976 | 762.78 | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 713.17 | +19.8% |
| 1974 | 595.36 | +21.4% |
| 1973 | 490.32 | +14.8% |
| 1972 | 427.22 | +16.0% |
| 1971 | 368.35 | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 337.67 | +17.4% |
| 1969 | 287.7 | +10.8% |
| 1968 | 259.57 | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 256.21 | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 250.88 | +7.6% |
| 1965 | 233.16 | -15.9% |
| 1964 | 277.3 | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 262.19 | +10.7% |
| 1962 | 236.81 | +22.1% |
| 1961 | 193.91 | -5.7% |
| 1960 | 205.73 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Dominican Republic’s GDP per capita in 1961?
193.91 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Dominican Republic’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Dominican Republic’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +5275.6% in total — about 6.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 11,059.21; 2024: 10,875.66; 2023: 10,630.43; 2022: 10,104.25; 2021: 8,527.08. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.