Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Dominican Republic instead of Paraguay, you would:

Health

be 11.3% less likely to be obese

In Paraguay, 34.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Dominican Republic, that number is 30.8% of people as of 2024.

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be 34.0% less likely to die by suicide

Paraguay has a suicide rate of 6.4 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Dominican Republic, it is 4.2 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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see 20.5% less spent on your healthcare

Paraguay spends $1,469 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Dominican Republic spends $1,169 as of 2023.

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have 37.7% fewer doctors per person

Paraguay has 38.9 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Dominican Republic has 24.3 as of 2023.

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Economy

make 57.4% more money

Paraguay has a GDP per capita of $7,027 as of 2025, while in Dominican Republic, the GDP per capita is $11,059 as of 2025.

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Life

be 2.1 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Paraguay, approximately 58.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Dominican Republic, 124.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 91.0% more likely to die during infancy

In Paraguay, approximately 14.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Dominican Republic, on the other hand, 27.7 children do as of 2024.

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have 10.7% fewer children

In Paraguay, there are approximately 19.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Dominican Republic, there are 17.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 11.5% more likely to have internet access

In Paraguay, approximately 81.6% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Dominican Republic, about 91.0% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 45.0% less on healthcare

Paraguay spends 8.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Dominican Republic, that number is 4.6% of GDP as of 2023.

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Safety

be 61.1% more likely to be murdered

Paraguay has a homicide rate of 6.8 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Dominican Republic, that number is 10.9 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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be 30.5% more likely to die in a road accident

In Paraguay, road accidents kill 21.0 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Dominican Republic, they kill 27.4 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 13.0% less home broadband

Paraguay has 12.9 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2023. Dominican Republic has 11.2 as of 2024.

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live with 21.5 times more strain on fresh water

Paraguay withdraws 2% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Dominican Republic withdraws 40% as of 2022.

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use 21.8% less electricity

Paraguay uses 2,389 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Dominican Republic uses 1,867 kWh as of 2023.

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Environment

emit 2.6 times more CO2

Paraguay emits 1.2 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Dominican Republic emits 3.0 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), World Health Organization (2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021). How we calculate this

Compare further: Paraguay vs. Dominican Republic

Cost of Living Comparison · 6 categories - 2026 data
Dominican Republic is 18.0% more expensive than Paraguay overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Paraguay is about 8 times bigger than Dominican Republic.
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Moving from Paraguay to Dominican Republic · UN DESA 2020
25 people born in Paraguay live in Dominican Republic.
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Dominican Republic: At a glance

Dominican Republic is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 48,320 sq km. The Taino - indigenous inhabitants of Hispaniola prior to the arrival of the Europeans - divided the island into five chiefdoms and territories. Christopher COLUMBUS explored and claimed the island on his first voyage in 1492; it became a springboard for Spanish conquest of the Caribbean and the American mainland. In 1697, Spain recognized French dominion over the western third of the island, which in 1804 became Haiti. The remainder of the island, by then known as Santo Domingo, sought to gain its own independence in 1821 but was conquered and ruled by the Haitians for 22 years; it finally attained independence as the Dominican Republic in 1844. In 1861, the Dominicans voluntarily returned to the Spanish Empire, but two years later they launched a war that restored independence in 1865. A legacy of unsettled, mostly non-representative rule followed, capped by the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas TRUJILLO from 1930 to 1961. Juan BOSCH was elected president in 1962 but was deposed in a military coup in 1963. In 1965, the United States led an intervention in the midst of a civil war sparked by an uprising to restore BOSCH. In 1966, Joaquin BALAGUER defeated BOSCH in an election to become president. BALAGUER maintained a tight grip on power for most of the next 30 years when international reaction to flawed elections forced him to curtail his term in 1996. Since then, regular competitive elections have been held in which opposition candidates have won the presidency. Former President Leonel FERNANDEZ Reyna (first term 1996-2000) won election to a new term in 2004 following a constitutional amendment allowing presidents to serve more than one term, and was later reelected to a second consecutive term. In 2012, Danilo MEDINA Sanchez was elected president.
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