Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile was 51.7% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile in Dominican Republic, 2007–2021
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 51.7% for poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% on the previous year and up 26.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile in Dominican Republic peaked at 56.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 32.4%, in 2015.
That places Dominican Republic 8th out of 35 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 39.4% | — |
| 2008 | 38.1% | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 38.8% | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 41.9% | +8.0% |
| 2011 | 40.8% | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 39.6% | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 43.0% | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 45.9% | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 32.4% | -29.4% |
| 2016 | 46.2% | +42.5% |
| 2017 | 50.1% | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 54.9% | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 56.0% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 51.7% | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 38.8% | 38.1% | 39.4% | 3 |
| 2010s | 45.1% | 32.4% | 56.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.7% | 51.7% | 51.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 5 Armenia 60.1% compare
- 6 Kosovo 53.2% compare
- 6 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 53.2% compare
- 9 South Africa 47.3% compare
- 10 Kyrgyzstan 42.8% compare
- 11 Sri Lanka 41.2% compare
More reference data data for Dominican Republic
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7575 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.46 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.79 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0601 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.79 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9595 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 13.84 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3273 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile in Dominican Republic?
- Poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile in Dominican Republic was 51.7% in 2021, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 56.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.4% in 2015.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile?
- Dominican Republic ranks 8th out of 35 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty gap reduction due to Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap