Official data ·
Of every RD$100 spent by the Dominican central government in 2025, RD$19.87 went to education and RD$17.70 to public debt
The central government of the Dominican Republic spent RD$1,539,429.93 million in 2025 (preliminary figure from the Ministry of Finance and Economy). Of every RD$100, RD$19.87 went to education, RD$17.70 to public debt transactions, RD$10.95 to social protection and RD$9.52 to health, according to Economía con Datos calculations. That is about RD$4,217.62 million per day.
On Tuesdays, Economía con Datos turns an official figure into something you can picture. Today we look at central government spending by function, published by the Ministry of Finance and Economy under the international COFOG classification, and split the 2025 total as if it were RD$100.
In 2025 the central government's outlays totaled RD$1,539,429.93 million (preliminary), or RD$4,217.62 million per day. That is 7.20 % more than in 2024 (RD$1,436,100.83 million) and 2.89 times the 2015 amount (RD$532,629.00 million), in current pesos.
Of every RD$100: RD$27.86 went to general public services (including RD$17.70 for public debt transactions), RD$19.87 to education, RD$18.45 to economic affairs, RD$10.95 to social protection, RD$9.52 to health, RD$5.24 to public order and safety and RD$3.55 to defense.
In 2015, education took RD$23.02 of every RD$100 and debt transactions RD$13.92. The 2025 debt share is the highest in the series, which starts in 2014. Shares, daily amounts and changes are Economía con Datos calculations with Ministry data; 2025 figures are preliminary.
Source: Ministerio de Hacienda y Economía (document in Spanish).
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