Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index … 0-12 DB15-20 Score in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index … 0-12 DB15-20 Score was 8.33 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-12) (DB15-20) in Dominican Republic, 2013–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-12) (db15-20) in Dominican Republic is 8.33, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
That places Dominican Republic 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index … 0-12 DB15-20 Score in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 8.33 | — |
| 2014 | 8.33 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 8.33 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 8.33 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8.33 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 8.33 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 8.33 | +0.0% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 8.33 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 50, 17% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 8.33 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 41.67, 20% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 171 Angola 8.33 compare
- 171 Cape Verde 8.33 compare
- 171 Ecuador 8.33 compare
- 171 Kuwait 8.33 compare
- 171 Mozambique 8.33 compare
- 171 Oman 8.33 compare
- 171 Paraguay 8.33 compare
- 171 Philippines 8.33 compare
- 171 Qatar 8.33 compare
- 171 San Marino 8.33 compare
- 171 Syria 8.33 compare
- 171 Venezuela 8.33 compare
More private sector data for Dominican Republic
- Merchandise trade 35.6% (2025)
- Food imports 18.6% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 67.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 29.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 5.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 54.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 15.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 14.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,352 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-12) (db15-20) in Dominican Republic?
- Getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-12) (db15-20) in Dominican Republic was 8.33 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-12) (db15-20) recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 8.33 in 2013.
- What is the lowest getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-12) (db15-20) recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.33 in 2013.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-12) (db15-20)?
- Dominican Republic ranks 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-12) (db15-20) rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-12) (DB15-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the strength of legal rights benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB15-20 studies.