Dominican Republic recorded in 2024 its lowest unemployment rate since its 2010 series began at 5.1%
According to the ECLAC annual average rate series, no value fell below 5.1% across the 15 years recorded since 2010. The figure represents a −0.2 pp change compared with 5.3% in 2023.
Current verified finding
Dominican Republic recorded in 2024 its lowest unemployment rate since its series began in 2010: 5.1%.
Evidence
Dominican Republic: unemployment 2010–2024
The finding preserves the reviewed data even when the source publishes an update.
Snapshot technical details
Query fingerprint: sigev_ceca5da20ff79 · The text, result, and records remain fixed to this review.
How we calculated it
We query series unemployment_rate_pct of dataset cepal-social-anual (CEPALSTAT) for Dominican Republic from 2010 to 2024 in VerDat's normalised layer and check that no year in the series matches or falls below the 2024 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.
15 rows match the query; 15 results remain in the summary.
What it means and what it does not
The series uses the ECLAC harmonised annual average rate basis rather than national methodology, meaning it may differ from the country's official data. The figure describes where the country stands relative to its own historical series without identifying causes. Furthermore, revisions to earlier years could alter the date of the record low.
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
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| Period | Value | Year | Country | Indicator | Indicator group | Month | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.14 | 2024 | dominican_republic | Tasa de desocupación, ambos sexos | empleo | Not applicable (annual) | annual |
| 2023 | 5.31 | 2023 | dominican_republic | Tasa de desocupación, ambos sexos | empleo | Not applicable (annual) | annual |
| 2022 | 5.29 | 2022 | dominican_republic | Tasa de desocupación, ambos sexos | empleo | Not applicable (annual) | annual |
| 2021 | 7.38 | 2021 | dominican_republic | Tasa de desocupación, ambos sexos | empleo | Not applicable (annual) | annual |
| 2020 | 5.84 | 2020 | dominican_republic | Tasa de desocupación, ambos sexos | empleo | Not applicable (annual) | annual |
| 2019 | 6.17 | 2019 | dominican_republic | Tasa de desocupación, ambos sexos | empleo | Not applicable (annual) | annual |
| 2018 | 5.66 | 2018 | dominican_republic | Tasa de desocupación, ambos sexos | empleo | Not applicable (annual) | annual |
| 2017 | 5.51 | 2017 | dominican_republic | Tasa de desocupación, ambos sexos | empleo | Not applicable (annual) | annual |
| 2016 | 7.08 | 2016 | dominican_republic | Tasa de desocupación, ambos sexos | empleo | Not applicable (annual) | annual |
| 2015 | 7.33 | 2015 | dominican_republic | Tasa de desocupación, ambos sexos | empleo | Not applicable (annual) | annual |
| 2014 | 6.72 | 2014 | dominican_republic | Tasa de desocupación, ambos sexos | empleo | Not applicable (annual) | annual |
| 2013 | 7.35 | 2013 | dominican_republic | Tasa de desocupación, ambos sexos | empleo | Not applicable (annual) | annual |