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Unemployment rate in Dominican Republic

How hard is it to have a job there?

Dominican Republic's unemployment rate is 5.09 % — #60 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

5.09%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Dominican Republic over time

7.70 %6.23 %4.76 %7.70 % · 20214.76 % · 20082000: 6.43 %2001: 7.26 %2002: 6.78 %2003: 6.94 %2004: 6.30 %2005: 6.59 %2006: 5.65 %2007: 5.16 %2008: 4.76 %2009: 5.47 %2010: 5.21 %2011: 6.09 %2012: 6.72 %2013: 7.35 %2014: 6.72 %2015: 7.61 %2016: 7.28 %2017: 5.83 %2018: 5.86 %2019: 6.36 %2020: 6.13 %2021: 7.70 %2022: 5.50 %2023: 5.55 %2024: 5.31 %2025: 5.09 %2000201220255.09 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#60 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
52 %
64 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.22 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
2.61 pp
peak 7.70 % in 2021
Full series
▼ 1.34 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #11 of 27vs median 5.25 %: −0.16 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Dominican Republic: ahead of 52 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentDominican Republic 5.09 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Dominican Republic is ahead of 52 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Dominican Republic
58 Malawi5.07 %−0.02 pp
59 New Zealand5.08 %−0.02 pp
60 Dominican Republic5.09 %—
61 Peru5.12 %+0.03 pp
62 Mongolia5.23 %+0.14 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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