Social Development in Dominican Republic 148 indicators covering social development for Dominican Republic. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Freedom of Association Score 9 2025 unchanged 14th Freedom of Expression Score 8 2025 unchanged 10th Civil Rights Score 5 2025 down 16.7% 54th Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 27.0% 2020 down 5.3% 129th Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 46.5% 2020 down 0.9% 121st Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 48.8% 2020 down 3.0% 48th Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 53.5% 2020 up 0.8% 66th Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 19.5% 2020 up 6.0% 34th Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 26.0% 2020 down 0.6% 65th Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 26.39 2020 down 5.7% 75th Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure 12.15 2020 down 5.7% 75th Average daily intake in grams of alcohol, population 14.11 2020 down 4.9% 69th Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place 0 2010 — 4th Tobacco MPOWER overview: Monitor, Protect people, Offer help, Warn of 2 2024 unchanged 156th Tobacco Raise taxes: Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of 349 2024 up 57.6% 59th Tobacco Raise taxes: National taxes for tobacco and nicotine products 11.2 2024 down 33.9% 78th Age of democracy 23 years 2018 up 76.9% 66th Homicides, by sex of the victim 134 homicides 2023 down 33.3% 36th Homicide rate by sex of the victim 19.58 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 52.4% 29th Press Freedom Index 25.6 2021 down 9.7% 129th Share of prisoners that are pre-trial detainees 64.6% 2025 up 3.7% 11th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption 2.87 2016 down 15.1% 61st Other people in need of international protection by country or 99,484 2025 up 276.4% 7th Laboratories providing drug susceptibility testing (DST) 1 2014 up 100.0% 70th Homicide rate from firearms 6.49 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 55.2% 17th Homicides by firearm 735 homicides 2023 down 49.6% 14th Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner 0.3727 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 79.4% 12th Total number of indoor cinemas 29 2017 up 38.1% 56th ← Previous Page 3 of 3