Tax revenue in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Tax revenue was 14.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue in Dominican Republic, 1972–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 14.7% for tax revenue in 2024.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in Dominican Republic peaked at 16.1% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 7.6%, in 1991.
Dominican Republic ranks 95th of 157 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Tax revenue in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 13.9% | — |
| 1973 | 13.4% | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 14.4% | +7.3% |
| 1975 | 16.1% | +11.5% |
| 1976 | 13.3% | -17.5% |
| 1977 | 12.5% | -5.5% |
| 1978 | 11.4% | -9.5% |
| 1979 | 11.0% | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 10.3% | -6.6% |
| 1981 | 9.7% | -5.8% |
| 1982 | 8.0% | -17.9% |
| 1983 | 8.5% | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 9.0% | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 9.7% | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 11.3% | +16.4% |
| 1987 | 11.2% | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 11.7% | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 12.4% | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 10.3% | -16.9% |
| 1991 | 7.6% | -26.3% |
| 1992 | 10.9% | +43.2% |
| 1993 | 11.2% | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 10.5% | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 10.6% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 10.3% | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 11.4% | +10.3% |
| 1998 | 11.4% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 11.5% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 12.2% | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 13.4% | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 13.2% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 11.7% | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 12.5% | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 13.7% | +9.4% |
| 2006 | 14.0% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 14.9% | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 14.2% | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 12.6% | -10.8% |
| 2010 | 12.2% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 12.3% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 13.1% | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 13.5% | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 13.4% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 12.9% | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 13.0% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 13.2% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 13.2% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 13.4% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 12.5% | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 14.4% | +14.8% |
| 2022 | 13.9% | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 14.5% | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 14.7% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13.2% | 11.0% | 16.1% | 8 |
| 1980s | 10.2% | 8.0% | 12.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.6% | 7.6% | 11.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.2% | 11.7% | 14.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.0% | 12.2% | 13.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.0% | 12.5% | 14.7% | 5 |
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More public sector data for Dominican Republic
- Arms imports 10.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.8751 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 11.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 10.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 85.84 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0079 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 3.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 980.99 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 186.73 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue in Dominican Republic?
- Tax revenue in Dominican Republic was 14.7% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 16.1% in 1975.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.6% in 1991.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for tax revenue?
- Dominican Republic ranks 95th out of 157 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.