Informal tourism sector employment rate in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Informal tourism sector employment rate was 52.02 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Informal tourism sector employment rate in Dominican Republic, 2015–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, informal tourism sector employment rate in Dominican Republic stood at 52.02.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, informal tourism sector employment rate in Dominican Republic peaked at 57.24 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 50.31, in 2019.
That places Dominican Republic 19th out of 24 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Informal tourism sector employment rate in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 56.38 | — |
| 2016 | 57.24 | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 54.71 | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 54.03 | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 50.31 | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 52.71 | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 55.89 | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 53.37 | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 53.56 | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 51.94 | -3.0% |
| 2025 | 52.02 | +0.1% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 52.02 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 66.81, 78% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 52.02 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 62.1, 84% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 54.54 | 50.31 | 57.24 | 5 |
| 2020s | 53.25 | 51.94 | 55.89 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More work & labour data for Dominican Republic
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.5342 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.5118 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.5561 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.3757 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 12,209 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,056 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 5,888 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 5,787 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 11,675 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is informal tourism sector employment rate in Dominican Republic?
- Informal tourism sector employment rate in Dominican Republic was 52.02 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest informal tourism sector employment rate recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 57.24 in 2016.
- What is the lowest informal tourism sector employment rate recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.31 in 2019.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for informal tourism sector employment rate?
- Dominican Republic ranks 19th out of 24 countries with data for 2025.
- Is informal tourism sector employment rate rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Informal tourism sector employment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. For more information, refer to the Worker and Sector Profiles (PROF) database description.