Share of employment in STEM occupations outside the formal sector in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Share of employment in STEM occupations outside the formal sector was 8.6 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of employment in STEM occupations outside the formal sector in Dominican Republic, 2015–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 8.6 for share of employment in stem occupations outside the formal sector in 2025.
That represents a change of down 5.3% on the previous year and up 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment in stem occupations outside the formal sector in Dominican Republic peaked at 12.75 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6.55, in 2020.
That places Dominican Republic 24th out of 39 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of employment in STEM occupations outside the formal sector in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6.89 | — |
| 2016 | 9.5 | +37.8% |
| 2017 | 8.42 | -11.4% |
| 2018 | 8.98 | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 7.26 | -19.2% |
| 2020 | 6.55 | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 9.1 | +38.8% |
| 2022 | 11.63 | +27.8% |
| 2023 | 12.75 | +9.7% |
| 2024 | 9.07 | -28.9% |
| 2025 | 8.6 | -5.3% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 8.6 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.6, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 8.6 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14.75, 58% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8.21 | 6.89 | 9.5 | 5 |
| 2020s | 9.62 | 6.55 | 12.75 | 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 share of employment in stem occupations outside the formal sector in Dominican Republic?
- Share of employment in stem occupations outside the formal sector in Dominican Republic was 8.6 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest share of employment in stem occupations outside the formal sector recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 12.75 in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of employment in stem occupations outside the formal sector recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.55 in 2020.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for share of employment in stem occupations outside the formal sector?
- Dominican Republic ranks 24th out of 39 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of employment in stem occupations outside the formal sector rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Share of employment in STEM occupations outside the formal sector (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.