Dominican Republic
- Capital
- Santo Domingo
- Region
- Caribbean
- Population, 2025
- 12 million
- Currency
- DOP
- Area
- 48,671 km²
Across Dominican Republic's 26 priced cities, one person needs about $1,249 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $607.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
52out of 100
- Purchasing power25%35
- Safety20%40
- Health care15%79
- Climate10%No data
- Air quality10%83
- Connectivity10%36
- Cost10%59
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #94
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
40.0
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
14.4
New York = 100
Purchasing power
51.1
New York = 100
One person
$1,249
A month, rent included
Net salary
$607
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$734
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$11,059
2025
Growth
+2.1%
2025
Unemployment
5.1%
2025
Inflation
3.9%
2025
Life expectancy
73.9 years
2024
Internet users
91%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 25%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 27%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 18%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 27%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 40.4
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 59.6
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 10.9
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #96 worldwide
- 74
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #34 worldwide
- 126
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +48%
Cities in Dominican Republic
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1La Vega | 65 | 36.5 | $136 | — | — | 102.4K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 2La Romana | 63 | 39.4 | — | — | — | 208.4K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 3San Pedro de Macoris | 63 | 38.7 | — | — | — | 217.9K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 4San Francisco de Macoris | 60 | 42.0 | — | — | — | 124.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 5Punta Cana | 60 | 44.3 | $959 | — | — | 100K | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 6Bella Vista | 58 | — | — | — | — | 175.7K | Low confidence |
| 7San Cristóbal | 58 | — | — | — | — | 154K | Low confidence |
| 8Santo Domingo Oeste | 58 | — | — | — | — | 701.3K | Low confidence |
| 9Higuey | 57 | 40.9 | $305 | $458 | 57.0 | 123.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 10Santo Domingo Este | 57 | 37.3 | — | $600 | 74.9 | 700K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 11Samana | 54 | 38.7 | $136 | — | — | 11.4K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 12Puerto Plata | 53 | 34.7 | $452 | $341 | 40.0 | 146K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 13Bajos de Haina | 52 | 37.6 | — | — | — | 66.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 14Moca | 52 | 37.6 | — | — | — | 61.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 15Boca Chica | 52 | 38.3 | — | — | — | 46.3K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 16Santiago de los Caballeros | 52 | 37.7 | $683 | $549 | 50.2 | 1.2M | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 17Bonao | 52 | 40.2 | — | — | — | 73.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 18Azua | 52 | 39.9 | — | — | — | 59.1K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 19Hato Mayor del Rey | 52 | 40.1 | — | — | — | 36K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 20Nagua | 52 | 40.6 | — | — | — | 33.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 21Santa Cruz del Seibo | 52 | 40.0 | — | — | — | 23.5K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 22Miches | 52 | 40.6 | — | — | — | 9.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 23Esperanza | 52 | 42.0 | — | — | — | 42.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 24Jarabacoa | 52 | 42.0 | — | — | — | 30K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 25Constanza | 52 | 42.0 | — | — | — | 29.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 26Cabarete | 50 | 40.1 | $700 | — | — | — | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 27Sosua | 49 | 40.9 | $881 | — | — | 7.7K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 28Las Terrenas | 48 | 40.6 | $1,018 | — | — | 7.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 29Barahona | 48 | — | — | — | — | 77.2K | Low confidence |
| 30San Juan de la Maguana | 48 | — | — | — | — | 73K | Low confidence |
| 31Santo Domingo | 46 | 41.6 | $734 | $607 | 51.1 | 2.2M | High confidence, 32 contributors |