Self-reported life satisfaction vs. GDP per capita in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Self-reported life satisfaction vs. GDP per capita was 6.09 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Self-reported life satisfaction vs. GDP per capita in Dominican Republic, 2011–2025
Source: Wellbeing Research Centre (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 6.09 for self-reported life satisfaction vs. gdp per capita in 2025. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-reported life satisfaction vs. gdp per capita in Dominican Republic peaked at 6.09 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 4.88, in 2014.
That places Dominican Republic 63rd out of 157 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.21 | 4.88 | 5.69 | 8 |
| 2020s | 5.77 | 5.54 | 6.09 | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Dominican Republic
- Manufacturing, value added 636.71 billion constant LCU (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure 67.8% (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure 101.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure 6.28 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure 84.78 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure 2.4% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 12.3% (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure 79.5% (2025)
- Exports of goods and services 30.12 billion current US$ (2025)
- Gross national expenditure 104.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is self-reported life satisfaction vs. gdp per capita in Dominican Republic?
- Self-reported life satisfaction vs. gdp per capita in Dominican Republic was 6.09 in 2025, according to Wellbeing Research Centre (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest self-reported life satisfaction vs. gdp per capita recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 6.09 in 2025.
- What is the lowest self-reported life satisfaction vs. gdp per capita recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.88 in 2014.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for self-reported life satisfaction vs. gdp per capita?
- Dominican Republic ranks 63rd out of 157 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-reported life satisfaction vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Wellbeing Research Centre (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Self-reported life satisfaction vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average of survey responses. The survey question asks respondents their current position on a hypothetical ladder, where the best possible life for them is a 10, and the worst possible life is a 0.