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Government debt in Dominican Republic

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Dominican Republic's government debt is 59.00 % — #68 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

59.00%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.6 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Dominican Republic over time

71.80 %42.50 %13.20 %71.80 % · 202013.20 % · 19981997: 13.80 %1998: 13.20 %1999: 16.00 %2000: 16.70 %2001: 20.40 %2002: 21.50 %2003: 48.20 %2004: 34.30 %2005: 38.30 %2006: 36.00 %2007: 32.90 %2008: 33.60 %2009: 36.80 %2010: 37.40 %2011: 39.10 %2012: 42.40 %2013: 46.80 %2014: 45.00 %2015: 44.80 %2016: 46.70 %2017: 49.50 %2018: 50.80 %2019: 53.50 %2020: 71.80 %2021: 62.80 %2022: 59.60 %2023: 60.50 %2024: 58.80 %2025: 59.00 %19972011202559.00 %
29 official observations, 1997 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#68 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
45 %
56 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.20 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
12.80 pp
peak 71.80 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 45.20 pp
since 1997

In Americas: #11 of 26vs median 54.55 %: +4.45 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Dominican Republic: ahead of 45 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtDominican Republic 59.00 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Dominican Republic is ahead of 45 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Dominican Republic
66 Panama56.60 %−2.40 pp
67 Poland58.80 %−0.20 pp
68 Dominican Republic59.00 %—
69 Philippines59.40 %+0.40 pp
70 Colombia59.90 %+0.90 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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