Dominican Republic, year by year

Every index this site holds for Dominican Republic, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.589 in 1990 to 0.776 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 73.9 years2024at birthUp 2.8 years from 71 years in 2005
Internet users: 91%2024of people onlineUp 76 points from 15% in 2006
Urban population: 73%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 3 points from 69% in 2006
Births per woman: 2.222024births per womanDown 0.35 from 2.57 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 15%2021of energy usedDown 6 points from 21% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 9 points from 90% in 2005
Infant mortality: 282024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 3 from 31 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 3 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 1 t from 2 t in 2005
Forest area: 45%2023of land under forestUp 3 points from 42% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 1 value marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.589	67.8	—	—	3.41	28.0	—	48	1.1	33.0	—	—
1991	0.594	68.2	—	55.3	3.35	28.2	78	46	1.1	33.8	—	—
1992	0.604	68.5	—	55.6	3.29	25.4	82	45	1.3	34.6	—	—
1993	0.611	68.9	—	56.0	3.23	26.9	83	43	1.3	35.4	—	—
1994	0.617	69.2	—	56.5	3.16	24.4	84	41	1.4	36.1	—	—
1995	0.624	69.4	0.0	57.1	3.10	22.3	85	39	1.5	36.9	—	—
1996	0.631	69.6	0.1	57.8	3.04	20.3	86	38	1.6	37.7	—	—
1997	0.639	69.8	0.1	58.6	2.92	18.2	86	37	1.8	38.5	—	—
1998	0.645	69.9	0.2	59.5	2.84	20.4	87	35	2.0	39.3	—	—
1999	0.652	70.2	1.1	60.4	2.85	19.9	91	34	2.2	40.0	—	—
2000	0.658	70.4	3.7	61.3	2.87	19.1	89	34	2.2	40.8	—	—
2001	0.663	70.5	4.4	62.3	2.83	18.9	90	33	2.2	41.0	—	—
2002	0.668	70.7	6.8	63.3	2.76	17.9	90	32	2.4	41.3	—	—
2003	0.670	70.9	7.9	64.4	2.70	18.9	89	32	2.1	41.5	—	—
2004	0.673	70.7	8.9	65.9	2.64	20.7	90	31	1.9	41.7	—	—
2005	0.683	71.0	11.5	67.6	2.57	19.4	90	31	2.0	41.9	—	—
2006	0.691	71.0	14.8	69.3	2.51	18.0	90	31	2.2	42.1	4055	9130
2007	0.698	71.1	17.7	71.0	2.51	17.9	97	31	2.2	42.3	4650	9951
2008	0.704	71.3	20.8	72.5	2.55	17.7	98	31	2.2	42.5	5024	10346
2009	0.707	71.6	27.7	73.6	2.57	17.3	98	31	2.0	42.7	4974	10382
2010	0.715	72.0	31.4	74.2	2.56	16.9	98	31	2.1	42.9	5479	11246
2011	0.721	72.5	38.0	74.2	2.53	16.8	98	31	2.1	43.0	5827	11695
2012	0.727	72.8	42.3	74.2	2.50	16.5	98	31	2.2	43.2	6014	11777
2013	0.731	73.0	45.9	74.2	2.47	16.6	98	31	2.1	43.3	6137	12414
2014	0.737	73.2	49.6	74.2	2.45	17.3	99	31	2.1	43.4	6496	13465
2015	0.747	73.0	54.2	74.1	2.43	14.9	99	31	2.3	43.5	6801	14804
2016	0.766	72.9	63.9	74.0	2.41	15.3	99	31	2.4	43.7	7160	16282
2017	0.770	73.4	67.6	73.9	2.40	16.9	100	31	2.2	43.9	7413	16846
2018	0.773	73.6	74.8	73.8	2.40	15.9	99	31	2.4	44.0	7883	17995
2019	0.771	73.1	79.7	73.5	2.37	14.4	99	31	2.6	44.3	8183	19767
2020	0.767	72.6	81.6	73.3	2.33	16.0	100	30	2.5	44.5	7135	18998
2021	0.762	71.8	85.2	72.9	2.29	14.8	98	30	2.7	44.6	8527	22053
2022	0.778	74.2	81.5	72.4	2.27	—	98	29	2.9	44.8	10104	24622
2023	0.776	73.7	86.1	72.4	2.24	—	100	28	2.9	45.0	10630	25861
2024	—	73.9	91.0	72.4	2.22	—	100	28	3.0	—	10876	27582
2025	—	—	—	72.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	11059	28721
On the profile	0.776	73.9	91.0	72.5	2.22	14.8	—	—	3.0	45.0	11059	28721

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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