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Dominican Republic vs Haiti
How Dominican Republic and Haiti compare on 37 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Dominican Republic was higher: 73.7 years against 64.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Dominican Republic was higher: $9,287 against $1,111
- Population · In 2023, Haiti was higher: 11.6 million people against 11.3 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Dominican Republic was higher: 0.8% of GDP against 0.12% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Dominican Republic was higher: 3 tonnes against 0.3 tonnes
- Life expectancyDominican Republic: 73.7 years in 2023Haiti: 64.9 years in 2023
- PopulationDominican Republic: 11.3 million people in 2023Haiti: 11.6 million people in 2023
- GDP per personDominican Republic: $9,287 in 2025Haiti: $1,111 in 2025
- TemperatureDominican Republic: 25 °C in 2025Haiti: 26 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyDominican Republic: 73.7 years in 2023Haiti: 64.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityDominican Republic: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Haiti: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityDominican Republic: 25.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Haiti: 43.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionDominican Republic: 2.98% in 2017Haiti: 2.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateDominican Republic: 8.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Haiti: 8.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationDominican Republic: 11.3 million people in 2023Haiti: 11.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthDominican Republic: 0.86% a year in 2023Haiti: 1.17% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateDominican Republic: 2.24 births per woman in 2023Haiti: 2.66 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationDominican Republic: 72.5% in 2025Haiti: 55.6% in 2025
- Median ageDominican Republic: 27.7 years in 2023Haiti: 23.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overDominican Republic: 7.6% in 2023Haiti: 4.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateDominican Republic: -3.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Haiti: -2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personDominican Republic: $9,287 in 2025Haiti: $1,111 in 2025
- GDP growthDominican Republic: 2.1% a year in 2025Haiti: -4.2% a year in 2024
- InflationDominican Republic: 3.9% a year in 2025Haiti: 25.8% a year in 2024
- Government debtDominican Republic: 59% of GDP in 2025Haiti: 15.1% of GDP in 2024
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingDominican Republic: 0.8% of GDP in 2025Haiti: 0.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsDominican Republic: $1.04B in 2025Haiti: $30.4M in 2025
- Military spending per personDominican Republic: $90 in 2025Haiti: $3 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingDominican Republic: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Haiti: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelDominican Republic: 71,000 people in 2020Haiti: 1,000 people in 2020
- National powerDominican Republic: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Haiti: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersDominican Republic: 1.48% of the labour force in 2020Haiti: 0.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsDominican Republic: 13 million TIV in 2025Haiti: 1 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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