Work & Labour in Dominican Republic 1,094 indicators covering work & labour for Dominican Republic. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Part time employment, female 45.9% 2025 down 6.4% 30th Part time employment, male 32.1% 2025 down 4.6% 20th Part time employment, total 38.0% 2025 down 4.1% 23rd Patents - international collaboration in technology development 6 Co-inventions 2022 up 20.0% 86th Labor share of gross domestic product (GDP) 47.7% 2025 down 2.1% 85th Annual working hours per worker 2,072 hours per worker 2023 down 2.4% 52nd Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita 2,072 hours per worker 2023 down 2.4% 52nd Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th 9.8% 2024 down 2.7% 82nd Unemployment rate, by sex and age - 13th ICLS 5.3% 2024 down 21.0% 88th Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita 2,072 hours per worker 2023 down 2.4% 52nd Incidence of part-time employment 29 2025 down 6.3% 50th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO) 559.06 2025 down 12.7% 52nd Legislation on sexual harassment in employment, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 22.29 2025 down 9.4% 36th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO) 421.89 2025 down 10.3% 47th NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 24.69 2025 down 2.2% 22nd Employees 3,039 2025 up 32.9% 57th Unemployment of previously employed persons 240.87 2025 down 15.2% 37th Criminal penalties or civil remedies sexual harassment in employment 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Number of strikes and lockouts 0 2008 down 100.0% 89th Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 40.42 2025 down 1.6% 41st Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 41.58 2025 down 3.5% 43rd Youth unemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 147.43 2025 down 26.5% 40th Youth employees 966.82 2025 up 21.9% 38th Average weekly hours usually worked per employed person 42.58 2025 down 1.1% 28th Average weekly hours usually worked per employee 42.73 2025 down 2.5% 30th Average monthly earnings of employees 30,072 2025 up 130.2% 31st Average monthly earnings of employees 30,072 2025 up 130.2% 29th Unemployment rate 5 2031 down 32.3% 10th Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.367 2025 down 10.7% 32nd Median monthly earnings of employees 23,988 2025 up 152.5% 30th Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment 9.8% 2024 down 2.7% 77th Female share of employment in senior and middle management 47.8% 2025 down 1.0% 10th Median monthly earnings of employees 23,988 2025 up 152.5% 29th Median monthly earnings of employees 23,988 2025 up 152.5% 29th Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of) 1.8 2024 up 0.6% 91st Own-account workers, total 40.0% 2016 up 1.5% 40th Public sector employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 731.2 2025 up 33.2% 35th LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 6.86 2025 down 47.3% 63rd Time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 91.85 2025 down 61.8% 53rd Time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 1.79 2025 down 69.4% 63rd Discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 112.99 2025 down 34.5% 25th Labor market, S1 - Additional requirements for collective dismissal 1 2014 unchanged 1st Labor market, S1 - Firing costs 0.5551 2014 unchanged 68th Labor market, Overall 0.7804 2014 unchanged 26th Labor market, S1 - Procedural inconvenience 0.7833 2014 unchanged 46th Labor market, S1 - Redress measures 1 2014 unchanged 1st Labor market, S1 - Valid grounds 0.6477 2014 unchanged 62nd LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 9.08 2025 down 39.0% 40th Potential labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 233.53 2025 down 38.8% 28th Employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 62.88 2025 up 9.7% 18th Labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 5,420 2025 up 21.7% 34th Persons outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 2,755 2025 up 1.0% 36th Employment-to-population ratio for persons ages 25 to 54 81.12 2025 up 9.9% 37th Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 84.78 2025 up 7.7% 38th Unemployment rate for persons ages 25 to 54 4.32 2025 down 29.8% 37th Informal employment 2,750 2025 up 18.8% 30th Informal employment rate 53.5 2025 down 4.9% 34th Employment outside the formal sector 2,500 2025 up 20.6% 30th Share of employment outside the formal sector 48.63 2025 down 3.4% 26th ← Previous Page 5 of 19 Next →