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IMF projects 4.6 % growth for the Dominican Republic in 2026 and 4.4 % in 2027
In its October 2026 World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund projects that real GDP of the Dominican Republic will grow 4.6 % in 2026 and 4.4 % in 2027, compared with 2.1 % in 2025. For Latin America and the Caribbean it projects 2.3 % in 2026, and 3.1 % for the world economy.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects real GDP growth of 4.6 % in 2026 and 4.4 % in 2027 for the Dominican Republic, according to the October 2026 World Economic Outlook (WEO) database. The same database records growth of 2.1 % in 2025 and 5.0 % in 2024.
Compared with the region
For Latin America and the Caribbean, the IMF projects 2.3 % in 2026 and 2.5 % in 2027; for the world economy, 3.1 % and 3.4 %. Among Central American and Caribbean countries in the WEO, the highest 2026 projection is Panama's (5.0 %), followed by the Dominican Republic (4.6 %), El Salvador (4.5 %), Guatemala (4.0 %), Nicaragua (3.8 %), Costa Rica (3.3 %) and Honduras (3.3 %). Brazil is projected at 2.2 % and Mexico at 1.5 %.
Other projections for the country
The WEO projects average inflation of 5.1 % in 2026 and 5.3 % in 2027 (3.9 % in 2025), unemployment of 5.3 % in 2026, a current account deficit of 1.5 % of GDP in 2026 and general government gross debt of 57.2 % of GDP in 2026 and 55.3 % in 2027, down from 59.0 % in 2025. Figures for 2026 and 2027 are IMF projections.
Source: Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI), Perspectivas de la economía mundial (WEO), octubre de 2026 (document in Spanish).
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