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We publish «Remittances in the Dominican Republic»
Economía con Datos' third report measures remittances to the Dominican Republic since 2010 with Central Bank and World Bank data: they multiplied by 3.2 to US$11,866.3 million in 2025, 9.2 % of GDP, and sending US$200 from the United States costs 5.98 %.
Economía con Datos published its third report, «Remittances in the Dominican Republic: how much the diaspora sends, from where, to whom, and how much it weighs, 2010-2026». It uses remittance statistics from the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD), by month, country, province, channel and amount, its balance of payments, and World Bank data on remittances and on the cost of sending them (Remittance Prices Worldwide).
Between 2010 and 2025 remittances multiplied by 3.2, from US$3,683.0 million to US$11,866.3 million, 8.1 % a year. They equal 9.2 % of GDP, compared with 6.8 % in 2010, and in 2025 they again exceeded tourism receipts (US$11,321.4 million), as in 2020-2023. In January-September 2026 they reached US$9,489.8 million, 6.5 % more than in the same period of 2025.
From where, to whom, and at what cost
In 2025, 81.50 % of remittances came from the United States, up from 66.45 % in 2010, while Spain fell from 12.13 % to 6.80 %. There were 39.4 million transfers, and the average rose from US$218.61 to US$273.19. According to the World Bank, sending US$200 from the United States cost 5.98 % on average in the first quarter of 2025, the most expensive of the eleven regional corridors compared; the Sustainable Development Goal target is 3 %.
The full report (PDF, in Spanish), its charts and its CSV data files are on the report page, together with an English summary.
Source: Informe completo y archivos de datos (document in Spanish).
This is an English summary by Economía con Datos. Read the full article in Spanish.
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