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Unemployment rate in Dominican Republic

Latest: 5.1%
Previous: 5.3%
Change: -0.22 (-4.1%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Unemployment rate over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Unemployment rate in Dominican Republic
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	—
Dec 31, 1991	6.9%
Dec 31, 1992	6.7%
Dec 31, 1993	6.3%
Dec 31, 1994	6.3%
Dec 31, 1995	6.4%
Dec 31, 1996	6.5%
Dec 31, 1997	6.3%
Dec 31, 1998	6.3%
Dec 31, 1999	6.3%
Dec 31, 2000	6.4%
Dec 31, 2001	7.3%
Dec 31, 2002	6.8%
Dec 31, 2003	6.9%
Dec 31, 2004	6.3%
Dec 31, 2005	6.6%
Dec 31, 2006	5.7%
Dec 31, 2007	5.2%
Dec 31, 2008	4.8%
Dec 31, 2009	5.5%
Dec 31, 2010	5.2%
Dec 31, 2011	6.1%
Dec 31, 2012	6.7%
Dec 31, 2013	7.4%
Dec 31, 2014	6.7%
Dec 31, 2015	7.6%
Dec 31, 2016	7.3%
Dec 31, 2017	5.8%
Dec 31, 2018	5.9%
Dec 31, 2019	6.4%
Dec 31, 2020	6.1%
Dec 31, 2021	7.7%
Dec 31, 2022	5.5%
Dec 31, 2023	5.6%
Dec 31, 2024	5.3%
Dec 31, 2025	5.1%

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