Over the past 25 years, the Dominican Republic (DR) has experienced a remarkable period of robust
economic growth. The economy continued its rapid expansion in the years leading up to the COVID-19
pandemic, and between 2015 and 2019 the Dominican Republic’s annual GDP growth rate averaged 6.1%.
Tourism, remittances, foreign direct investment, mining revenues, free trade zones, and telecommunications
have helped make the Dominican Republic one of the fastest growing economies in the Latin America and
Caribbean (LAC) region.
Over the past decade, economic growth in the Dominican Republic has substantially reduced poverty rates
and supported the expansion of the middle class. The country is on track to realize its ambition of achieving
high-income status by 2030.