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Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic's savings vs inflation is 5.90 %, ranked 5th of 70. And its currency is 0.00 %, ranked 11th of 71.
Of 18 fields published for Dominican Republic, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
39 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$1,263 PPP/mo
The average employee in Dominican Republic earns about $1,263 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
17.50 %
100 saved in Dominican Republic in 2000 buys what 18 buys today — 83 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$1,263 PPP/mo
The average employee in Dominican Republic earns about $1,263 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$826 PPP/mo
The law in Dominican Republic sets the floor at about $826 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
5.90 %
A bank account in Dominican Republic currently gains about 5.9 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
9.77 %
Inflation rate
3.87 %
At 3.9 % a year, prices double in about 19 years if it holds.
Corporate tax
27.00 %
ranked 76th of 96
Public holidays
13 days
ranked 36th of 104
Price level
39 % of US prices
ranked 44th of 125
Where Dominican Republic sits, field by field
Each dot is Dominican Republic’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Savings vs inflation5.90 %5 of 70
- Currency0.00 %11 of 71
- Deposit rate9.77 %13 of 70
- Corporate tax27.00 %76 of 96
- Money's value17.50 %91 of 116
- Lending rate15.25 %49 of 67
- Public holidays13 days36 of 104
- Price level39 % of US prices44 of 125
- Minimum wage$826 PPP/mo31 of 86
- Average monthly salary$1,263 PPP/mo59 of 92
- GDP growth2.12 %81 of 127
- Median salary$1,008 PPP/mo48 of 78
- Government debt59.00 %68 of 124
- Bank spread5.48 %33 of 62
- Unemployment rate5.09 %60 of 124
- GDP per capita$11,05966 of 127
- Inflation rate3.87 %65 of 126
- Debt per person$6,52563 of 123
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Colombia
avg gap 9.6 pp · 17 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 13 days (Dominican Republic) vs 19 days
Brazil
avg gap 14.9 pp · 18 shared fields
Most separates them: bank spread — 5.48 % (Dominican Republic) vs 37.63 %
South Africa
avg gap 15 pp · 16 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 5.09 % (Dominican Republic) vs 32.39 %
Azerbaijan
avg gap 15.8 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 59.00 % (Dominican Republic) vs 20.10 %
| Minimum wage | $826 PPP/mo | ranked 31st of 86 | |
| Average monthly salary | $1,263 PPP/mo | ranked 59th of 92 | |
| GDP growth | 2.12 % | ranked 81st of 127 | |
| Median salary | $1,008 PPP/mo | ranked 48th of 78 | |
| Government debt | 59.00 % | ranked 68th of 124 | |
| Bank spread | 5.48 % | ranked 33rd of 62 | |
| Unemployment rate | 5.09 % | ranked 60th of 124 | |
| GDP per capita | $11,059 | ranked 66th of 127 | |
| Inflation rate | 3.87 % | ranked 65th of 126 | |
| Debt per person | $6,525 | ranked 63rd of 123 |
✓ 18 fields published for Dominican Republic, every one dated and sourced · 17 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Dominican Republic: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, top income tax.
Sources for all 18 figures
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
- Currency — Currency strength vs USD (own calculation from ECB reference-rate snapshots) · 2026-09-22
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2024
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2024
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
What changed
| 9 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 1816 → 6525 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 16.4168038368014 → 59 |