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Dominican Republic — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Dominican Republic, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
5.09%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -25.8% since 1991
Unemployment for Dominican Republic was 5.09% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 7.70% in 2021. The lowest was 4.76% in 2008 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.87% per year.
Dominican Republic ranks 96 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 51%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 5.99%, so Dominican Republic sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 34% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 33%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
5.09%
First (1991)
6.86%
Change
-25.8%
Highest
7.70%
in 2021
Lowest
4.76%
in 2008
Average
6.28%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.87%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.09% |
| 2024 | 5.31% |
| 2023 | 5.56% |
| 2022 | 5.5% |
| 2021 | 7.7% |
| 2020 | 6.13% |
| 2019 | 6.36% |
| 2018 | 5.86% |
| 2017 | 5.83% |
| 2016 | 7.28% |
| 2015 | 7.61% |
| 2014 | 6.72% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. 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.