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Remittances to the Dominican Republic: from US$4,960.9 million in 2015 to US$11,866.3 million in 2025, 2.4 times more in ten years
Remittances received by the Dominican Republic rose from US$4,960.9 million in 2015 to US$11,866.3 million in 2025, according to monthly Central Bank figures: 2.4 times more in a decade. That is US$32.5 million a day in 2025, compared with US$13.6 million in 2015. The share sent from the United States rose from 71.11 % to 81.5 %.
At Economía con Datos we added up, year by year, the monthly remittance figures published by the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) to see how much the money Dominicans abroad send to their families has changed in ten years. The result: US$4,960.9 million in 2015 and US$11,866.3 million in 2025, 2.4 times more.
The difference between the two years is US$6,905.4 million, an increase of 139.2 %, or average growth of 9.1 % per year. Annual totals are sums of monthly data calculated by Economía con Datos; the 2025 total matches the annual balance-of-payments figure. Figures are in current dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and 2024-2026 data are preliminary.
Year by year
Remittances rose every year of the decade but one. The biggest jump was in 2021, from US$8,219.2 million in 2020 to US$10,402.5 million (+26.6 %). The only decline was in 2022 (−5.2 %, to US$9,856.5 million). Since then they have grown 3.1 % in 2023, 6.9 % in 2024 and 9.3 % in 2025 (Economía con Datos calculations).
The pace continues in 2026: US$9,489.8 million arrived from January to September, 142.8 % more than in the same nine months of 2016 (US$3,908.0 million). The highest month in the series, which starts in January 2010, was March 2026, with US$1,149.2 million.
Where the money comes from
According to the Central Bank's table of remittances by country of origin, the United States went from 71.11 % of the total in 2015 to 81.5 % in 2025, while Spain fell from 14.33 % to 6.8 %. In January-September 2026 the US share is 81.82 %. Spread over the year, 2025 remittances equal about US$32.5 million entering the country every day, and US$34.8 million a day in the first nine months of 2026 (Economía con Datos calculations).
Source: Banco Central de la República Dominicana, remesas familiares recibidas por mes (MBP6) (document in Spanish).
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