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Remittances to the Dominican Republic equaled 9.74 % of GDP in 2025, four times the Latin America and Caribbean average
In 2025, personal remittances received in the Dominican Republic equaled 9.74 % of gross domestic product (GDP), according to the World Bank; the Latin America and Caribbean average was 2.45 %. Among ten countries in the region with 2025 data, the Dominican Republic ranked fifth, behind Honduras (30.12 %), El Salvador (27.51 %), Guatemala (20.82 %) and Jamaica (16.29 %). In dollars, remittances received totaled US$12,411.4 million and those sent from the country US$1,173.8 million.
How much does the money the Dominican diaspora sends home weigh compared with other countries in the region? According to the World Bank's World Development Indicators, personal remittances received in the Dominican Republic equaled 9.74 % of GDP in 2025. The Latin America and Caribbean average calculated by the World Bank was 2.45 %, so the Dominican share is 3.98 times that average (Economía con Datos calculation with World Bank data).
Compared with the region
Among the ten countries in the series with 2025 data, the Dominican Republic ranked fifth. Above it were Honduras (30.12 %), El Salvador (27.51 %), Guatemala (20.82 %) and Jamaica (16.29 %); below it, Mexico (3.55 %), Colombia (2.87 %), Costa Rica (0.82 %), Panama (0.70 %) and Chile (0.03 %). Haiti has no 2025 figure yet; in 2024 its remittances equaled 16.95 % of GDP.
Ten years ago
In 2015 remittances equaled 7.32 % of Dominican GDP, 2.42 percentage points less than in 2025. The highest point in the series was 2021, at 11.33 %.
In dollars
In 2025 the Dominican Republic received US$12,411.4 million in personal remittances, 9.35 % more than in 2024 (US$11,350.0 million) and 2.39 times the 2015 amount (US$5,196.2 million). Remittances sent from the country totaled US$1,173.8 million: for every US$100 that came in, US$9.46 went out (Economía con Datos calculations with World Bank data). The World Bank notes that its figures for the Dominican Republic may differ from official national figures.
Source: Banco Mundial, Indicadores del Desarrollo Mundial (document in Spanish).
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