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Go to the current versionDominican Republic recorded in 2025 its lowest poverty rate since 2000 at 17.3%
According to the ECLAC population series with national figures, no value across 26 years fell below 17.3%. Compared to the 19% recorded in 2024, the decrease was 1.7 percentage points.
Historical published finding
Dominican Republic recorded in 2025 its lowest poverty rate since its series began in 2000: 17.3%.
Evidence
Dominican Republic: poverty 2000–2025
The finding preserves the reviewed data even when the source publishes an update.
Snapshot technical details
Query fingerprint: sigev_6fc2c108f12d8 · The text, result, and records remain fixed to this review.
How we calculated it
We query series poverty_rate_pct of dataset cepal-social-anual (CEPALSTAT) for Dominican Republic from 2000 to 2025 in VerDat's normalised layer and check that no year in the series matches or falls below the 2025 value. We require at least 15 years of series and a gap of at least 10 years. The chart reproduces the query; the values are re-verified automatically every day.
26 rows match the query; 26 results remain in the summary.
What it means and what it does not
The data comes from the harmonised ECLAC series and may differ from figures published under national methodology. This low describes where the country stands relative to its own past, not the causes behind it. Additionally, revisions to figures from previous years could alter the date of the record.
Every indicator is a rate, index or ratio — compare and rank, never sum. Survey years differ by country; missing years are gaps, not zeros.
Verification
Records within the query
Records preserved in the editorial snapshot, using the same filters and partition as the chart.
| Period | Value | Country | Year | Indicator | Indicator group | Month | Geography level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60.1 | honduras | 2025 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2025 | 44.72 | bolivia | 2025 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2025 | 28 | colombia | 2025 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2025 | 25.7 | peru | 2025 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2025 | 24 | ecuador | 2025 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2025 | 22.46 | el_salvador | 2025 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2025 | 17.3 | dominican_republic | 2025 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2025 | 16.6 | uruguay | 2025 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2025 | 16 | paraguay | 2025 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) | country |
| 2025 | 15.2 | costa-rica | 2025 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) | country |