Social Development in Dominica

75 indicators covering social development for Dominica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 97 2025 up 177.1% 153rd
Political Rights Rating 1 2025 unchanged 153rd
Electoral democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 11th
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 2025 unchanged 153rd
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0015 units per person 2025 up 196.2% 53rd
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 97 2025 up 177.1% 153rd
Sovereign state gleditsch ward, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 10.23 % change on previous year 2025 63rd
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 123.3% 65th
Political rights rating fh, per square kilometre 0.0013 units per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 25th
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0973 units per square kilometre 2023 up 78.0% 62nd
Democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Physical Integrity Rights Score 2.44 2019 up 34.4% 40th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 642 2025 up 621.3% 119th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0097 units per person 2025 up 671.1% 13th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 481.2% 28th
Political Rights Score 37 2025 down 2.6% 34th
Freedom Score 92 2025 down 3.2% 29th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate 17.37 % change on previous year 2025 down 97.0% 17th
Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.72 2024 down 17.9% 90th
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.4587 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,620.0% 25th
LGBT+ Rights Index -0.3901 2019 unchanged 142nd
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 116th
Age of electoral democracy 59 years 2025 up 20.4% 32nd
Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Corruption Perceptions Index 60 2024 up 3.4% 36th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 7.34 2024 down 8.3% 71st
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 7.08 2024 down 7.8% 55th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.4924 2024 down 7.8% 114th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.239 2024 down 9.5% 174th
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 23.8% 2024 down 12.6% 142nd
Homicide rate 27.06 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 111.6% 16th
Homicides 18 homicides 2023 up 100.0% 139th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 27.06 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 111.6% 16th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 27.06 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 111.6% 16th
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 51st
Homicides 12 deaths 2022 up 50.0% 89th
Child homicide rate 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 95th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 90th
Homicides 6.21 deaths 2021 down 5.9% 174th
Homicide rate 8.58 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 10.6% 52nd
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 5.32 2030 up 2.6% 90th
Age of full democracy 59 years 2025 up 20.4% 27th
Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 31.2% 2020 up 5.7% 118th
Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 50.3% 2020 up 3.2% 111th
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 46.4% 2020 down 3.3% 69th
Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 49.7% 2020 down 3.0% 76th
Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 19.1% 2020 down 0.6% 37th
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 23.4% 2020 down 9.1% 69th