Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile was 53.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile in Dominican Republic, 2007–2021
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 53.3% for poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers - 1st quintile in 2021. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers - 1st quintile in Dominican Republic peaked at 53.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 36.7%, in 2015.
That places Dominican Republic 5th out of 36 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 | 42.1% | — |
| 2008 | 42.6% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 42.9% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 43.3% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 46.9% | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 43.0% | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 45.8% | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 44.0% | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 36.7% | -16.5% |
| 2016 | 43.2% | +17.7% |
| 2017 | 51.9% | +20.0% |
| 2018 | 52.4% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 51.0% | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 53.3% | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.5% | 42.1% | 42.9% | 3 |
| 2010s | 45.8% | 36.7% | 52.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.3% | 53.3% | 53.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
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 53.3% 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 53.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.7% in 2015.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers - 1st quintile?
- Dominican Republic ranks 5th out of 36 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 13.7%. 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) -urban. 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