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Dominican Republic's Income Convergence Signals Path to Advanced Economy Status in Coming Decades
The country leads Latin America in rapidly narrowing the income gap with the United States.
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The country leads Latin America in rapidly narrowing the income gap with the United States
Despite being one of Latin America’s poorest countries in the mid-1960s, the Dominican Republic has made remarkable progress in terms of income convergence.
Income convergence is typically measured by comparing the per capita income of a country to that of a more prosperous nation, often the United States. For the Dominican Republic, this ratio reached 32 percent in 2022, indicating that the country’s standard of living is approximately one-third that of the United States. This stands in contrast to Latin America as a whole, where the average standard of living is around one-quarter that of the United States.
With the right policies, the country has the potential to become an advanced economy in the next 40 years.