Dominican Republic vs Haiti
Dominican Republic vs Haiti: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 13 million TIV in Dominican Republic and 1 million TIV in Haiti, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 12 million TIV, or 13 times that in Haiti.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Dominican Republic has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Haiti.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Dominican Republic | Haiti | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 million | 1 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 10 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 9 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 5 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 4 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | – | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 12 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 51 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 10 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 2 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 36 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 9 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 5 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 13 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 6 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 4 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 3 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 2 million | 10 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 25 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 3 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 36 million | 4 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 5 million | 3 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 9 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 9 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 0 | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 12 million | 1 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 2 million | 1 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 5 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 0 | 5 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 7 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 2 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 0 | 8 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 1 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 9 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 10 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 5 million | 1 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 7 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 15 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 9 million | 6 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Dominican Republic vs Haiti
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