Global: Ease of doing business score in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Global: Ease of doing business score was 59.99 DB17-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Global: Ease of doing business score in Dominican Republic, 2015–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB17-20 methodology.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 59.99 DB17-20 methodology for global: ease of doing business score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 3.6% over five years.
Dominican Republic ranks 116th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Global: Ease of doing business score in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | DB17-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 57.9 DB17-20 methodology | — |
| 2016 | 57.7 DB17-20 methodology | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 59.12 DB17-20 methodology | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 59.32 DB17-20 methodology | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 59.99 DB17-20 methodology | +1.1% |
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More private sector data for Dominican Republic
- Merchandise trade 35.6% (2025)
- Food imports 17.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 29.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 25.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 58.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 15.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,352 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1223 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is global: ease of doing business score in Dominican Republic?
- Global: ease of doing business score in Dominican Republic was 59.99 DB17-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest global: ease of doing business score recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 59.99 DB17-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest global: ease of doing business score recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.7 DB17-20 methodology in 2016.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for global: ease of doing business score?
- Dominican Republic ranks 116th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Global: Ease of doing business score (DB17-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The ease of doing business score is the simple average of the scores for each of the Doing Business topics: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies for topics that underwent methodology updates.