Social Development in Dominican Republic

148 indicators covering social development for Dominican Republic.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 7 2018 down 12.5% 69th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 20,783 2025 up 1,116.1% 49th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0018 units per person 2025 up 1,001.5% 39th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 577.4% 69th
Political Rights Score 27 2025 down 6.9% 94th
Freedom Score 67 2025 down 4.3% 91st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 1,029 2025 up 37.2% 99th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0001 units per person 2025 up 24.3% 106th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 23.6% 107th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate 31.36 % change on previous year 2025 down 37.3% 12th
Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 17 2018 down 5.6% 70th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 4.36 % change on previous year 2025 up 362.9% 66th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.459 2025 down 3.4% 126th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.888 2025 up 4.8% 57th
Political Corruption Index 0.588 2025 down 19.2% 78th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.588 2025 down 19.2% 78th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.56 2024 up 16.4% 63rd
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 0.2239 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,187.6% 40th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0868 units per square kilometre 2023 up 410.3% 45th
LGBT+ Rights Index 1.07 2019 down 48.3% 106th
Forcibly displaced people 100,533 2025 up 7,265.1% 80th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 1 2016 unchanged 61st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 116th
Age of electoral democracy 30 years 2025 up 50.0% 90th
Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Corruption Perceptions Index 36 2024 up 12.5% 103rd
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 5.18 2024 up 6.9% 95th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.48 2024 up 11.9% 77th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.8601 2024 down 8.2% 68th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.1558 2024 down 73.3% 167th
Self-reported life satisfaction 6.09 2025 up 18.2% 63rd
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.09 2025 up 18.2% 63rd
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 53.0% 2024 down 3.6% 52nd
Homicide rate 10.92 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 43.7% 35th
Homicides 1,237 homicides 2023 down 37.5% 34th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 10.92 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 43.7% 35th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 10.92 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 43.7% 35th
Age of electoral democracy 30 years 2025 up 50.0% 60th
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 down 100.0% 51st
Citizen support for democracy -0.5441 2020 down 423.8% 85th
Homicides 1,496 deaths 2018 up 145.6% 13th
Child homicide rate 3.94 deaths per 100,000 people 2018 up 133.4% 15th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy -0.364 2020 down 458.3% 90th
Homicide rate 14.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2018 up 118.6% 14th
Homicide rate by age of the victim 14.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2018 up 118.6% 14th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 90th
Homicides 2,187 deaths 2021 down 19.1% 38th
Homicide rate 19.67 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 28.0% 18th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 19.54 2021 down 27.7% 19th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 6.47 2030 down 1.5% 77th
Age of full democracy 30 years 2025 up 50.0% 61st