Latin America & Caribbean · Partial data: missing GF10, GF0107
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
19.5%
+8.5 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
0.81%
+0.3 pts since 1995
Education · 2024
Not available
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
59.0%
of GDP · +45 pts since 1997
Population · 2025
11.5m
46.0% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Dominican Republic yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Healthcare fell from 1.7% to 1.1% of GDP between 2000 and 2004, then rose to 2.9% by 2023.
Defence rose from 0.5% to 1.2% of GDP between 1995 and 2001, then fell to 0.8% by 2025.
Education rose from 1.0% to 4.5% of GDP between 1995 and 2020, then fell to 3.8% by 2023.
Total spending rose from 11.0% to 22.2% of GDP between 1995 and 2020, then fell to 19.5% by 2024.
Gross debt rose from 13.8% to 71.8% of GDP between 1997 and 2020, then fell to 59.0% by 2025.
Population grew from 7.9 million in 1995 to 11.5 million in 2025; the UN projects 13.0 million by 2050.