Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile was 26.4% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile in Dominican Republic, 2007–2021
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Dominican Republic stood at 26.4%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 151.6% on the previous year and up 187.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Dominican Republic peaked at 26.4% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.1%, in 2007.
Dominican Republic ranks 23rd of 34 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5.1% | — |
| 2008 | 10.1% | +97.3% |
| 2009 | 11.0% | +9.7% |
| 2010 | 12.8% | +15.7% |
| 2011 | 9.2% | -28.0% |
| 2012 | 13.2% | +44.2% |
| 2013 | 13.1% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 12.4% | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 12.8% | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 14.6% | +13.6% |
| 2017 | 24.3% | +66.9% |
| 2018 | 26.2% | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 10.5% | -59.9% |
| 2021 | 26.4% | +151.6% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 26.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 31.6%, 83% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 26.4% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 36.5%, 72% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile in Dominican Republic changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +151.6% | 10.5% | 26.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.7% | 5.1% | 11.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 14.9% | 9.2% | 26.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.4% | 26.4% | 26.4% | 1 |
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 poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Dominican Republic?
- Poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Dominican Republic was 26.4% in 2021, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 26.4% in 2021.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.1% in 2007.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile?
- Dominican Republic ranks 23rd out of 34 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 187.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap