Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP was 8.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Dominican Republic, 2020–2024
Source: UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 8.8% for spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in 2024. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.1% on the previous year and up 159.3% over five years.
Dominican Republic ranks 45th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3.4% | — |
| 2021 | 6.0% | +76.4% |
| 2022 | 7.4% | +23.2% |
| 2023 | 8.1% | +9.4% |
| 2024 | 8.8% | +9.1% |
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More economy & growth data for Dominican Republic
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 4.27 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.04 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps -114.00 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -9.9 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 4.92 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 9.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0386 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 426.96 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 9.71 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Dominican Republic?
- Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Dominican Republic was 8.8% in 2024, according to UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 8.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4% in 2020.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp?
- Dominican Republic ranks 45th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Money received by the destination country from foreign visitors, including spending on accommodation, food, transport, entertainment, shopping, and fares paid to the country’s own airlines, as a share of, as a share of GDP.