Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile was 20.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile in Dominican Republic, 2007–2021
Source: ASPIRE. Measured in poorest.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Dominican Republic stood at 20.6%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 166.4% on the previous year and up 152.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Dominican Republic peaked at 20.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 2007.
Dominican Republic ranks 24th of 35 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 | poorest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3.3% | — |
| 2008 | 7.1% | +114.2% |
| 2009 | 8.7% | +22.5% |
| 2010 | 10.2% | +16.6% |
| 2011 | 8.2% | -19.8% |
| 2012 | 10.6% | +30.1% |
| 2013 | 10.3% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 10.2% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 9.8% | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 10.1% | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 18.0% | +77.8% |
| 2018 | 17.9% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 7.7% | -56.9% |
| 2021 | 20.6% | +166.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.4% | 3.3% | 8.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 11.3% | 7.7% | 18.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.6% | 20.6% | 20.6% | 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 20.6% 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 20.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 2007.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile?
- Dominican Republic ranks 24th out of 35 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 152.4%. 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). 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