What is freedom of association index in Dominican Republic?

Freedom of association index in Dominican Republic was 0.876 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest freedom of association index recorded in Dominican Republic?

The highest recorded value was 0.878 in 2024.

What is the lowest freedom of association index recorded in Dominican Republic?

The lowest recorded value was 0.034 in 1789.

How does Dominican Republic rank for freedom of association index?

Dominican Republic ranks 32nd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Dominican Republic?

Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom of Association Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Freedom of Association Index in Dominican Republic

Name: Freedom of Association Index in Dominican Republic
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Dominican Republic: Freedom of Association Index was 0.876 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.876

Change on year

down 0.2%

World rank

32nd

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.878

in 2024

All-time low

0.034

in 1789

Years of data

216

1789–2025

Freedom of Association Index in Dominican Republic, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for freedom of association index in Dominican Republic is 0.876, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, freedom of association index in Dominican Republic peaked at 0.878 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.034, in 1789.

Dominican Republic ranks 32nd of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Freedom of Association Index in Dominican Republic, year by year

Annual values for Freedom of Association Index in Dominican Republic, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.034	—
1790	0.034	+0.0%
1791	0.034	+0.0%
1792	0.034	+0.0%
1793	0.034	+0.0%
1794	0.034	+0.0%
1795	0.034	+0.0%
1796	0.034	+0.0%
1797	0.034	+0.0%
1798	0.034	+0.0%
1799	0.034	+0.0%
1800	0.034	+0.0%
1801	0.034	+0.0%
1802	0.034	+0.0%
1803	0.034	+0.0%
1804	0.034	+0.0%
1805	0.034	+0.0%
1806	0.034	+0.0%
1807	0.034	+0.0%
1808	0.034	+0.0%
1809	0.034	+0.0%
1810	0.034	+0.0%
1811	0.034	+0.0%
1812	0.034	+0.0%
1813	0.034	+0.0%
1814	0.034	+0.0%
1815	0.034	+0.0%
1816	0.034	+0.0%
1817	0.034	+0.0%
1818	0.034	+0.0%
1819	0.034	+0.0%
1820	0.034	+0.0%
1821	0.034	+0.0%
1822	0.034	+0.0%
1844	0.221	+550.0%
1845	0.229	+3.6%
1846	0.229	+0.0%
1847	0.229	+0.0%
1848	0.246	+7.4%
1849	0.274	+11.4%
1850	0.274	+0.0%
1851	0.274	+0.0%
1852	0.274	+0.0%
1853	0.266	-2.9%
1854	0.266	+0.0%
1855	0.266	+0.0%
1856	0.266	+0.0%
1857	0.266	+0.0%
1858	0.267	+0.4%
1859	0.224	-16.1%
1860	0.224	+0.0%
1861	0.035	-84.4%
1862	0.035	+0.0%
1863	0.035	+0.0%
1864	0.035	+0.0%
1865	0.042	+20.0%
1866	0.359	+754.8%
1867	0.359	+0.0%
1868	0.359	+0.0%
1869	0.359	+0.0%
1870	0.359	+0.0%
1871	0.359	+0.0%
1872	0.359	+0.0%
1873	0.359	+0.0%
1874	0.355	-1.1%
1875	0.354	-0.3%
1876	0.358	+1.1%
1877	0.359	+0.3%
1878	0.358	-0.3%
1879	0.357	-0.3%
1880	0.357	+0.0%
1881	0.356	-0.3%
1882	0.299	-16.0%
1883	0.277	-7.4%
1884	0.142	-48.7%
1885	0.142	+0.0%
1886	0.114	-19.7%
1887	0.114	+0.0%
1888	0.114	+0.0%
1889	0.112	-1.8%
1890	0.112	+0.0%
1891	0.112	+0.0%
1892	0.115	+2.7%
1893	0.115	+0.0%
1894	0.115	+0.0%
1895	0.115	+0.0%
1896	0.113	-1.7%
1897	0.111	-1.8%
1898	0.111	+0.0%
1899	0.117	+5.4%
1900	0.522	+346.2%
1901	0.522	+0.0%
1902	0.522	+0.0%
1903	0.522	+0.0%
1904	0.522	+0.0%
1905	0.522	+0.0%
1906	0.522	+0.0%
1907	0.522	+0.0%
1908	0.512	-1.9%
1909	0.507	-1.0%
1910	0.507	+0.0%
1911	0.507	+0.0%
1912	0.506	-0.2%
1913	0.505	-0.2%
1914	0.513	+1.6%
1915	0.525	+2.3%
1916	0.409	-22.1%
1917	0.409	+0.0%
1918	0.409	+0.0%
1919	0.409	+0.0%
1920	0.409	+0.0%
1921	0.409	+0.0%
1922	0.409	+0.0%
1923	0.409	+0.0%
1924	0.393	-3.9%
1925	0.472	+20.1%
1926	0.472	+0.0%
1927	0.533	+12.9%
1928	0.518	-2.8%
1929	0.508	-1.9%
1930	0.158	-68.9%
1931	0.087	-44.9%
1932	0.087	+0.0%
1933	0.087	+0.0%
1934	0.085	-2.3%
1935	0.085	+0.0%
1936	0.085	+0.0%
1937	0.085	+0.0%
1938	0.086	+1.2%
1939	0.086	+0.0%
1940	0.086	+0.0%
1941	0.086	+0.0%
1942	0.084	-2.3%
1943	0.084	+0.0%
1944	0.084	+0.0%
1945	0.084	+0.0%
1946	0.085	+1.2%
1947	0.09	+5.9%
1948	0.09	+0.0%
1949	0.09	+0.0%
1950	0.09	+0.0%
1951	0.09	+0.0%
1952	0.087	-3.3%
1953	0.086	-1.1%
1954	0.086	+0.0%
1955	0.086	+0.0%
1956	0.087	+1.2%
1957	0.087	+0.0%
1958	0.086	-1.1%
1959	0.102	+18.6%
1960	0.055	-46.1%
1961	0.075	+36.4%
1962	0.35	+366.7%
1963	0.603	+72.3%
1964	0.336	-44.3%
1965	0.336	+0.0%
1966	0.324	-3.6%
1967	0.346	+6.8%
1968	0.346	+0.0%
1969	0.346	+0.0%
1970	0.312	-9.8%
1971	0.306	-1.9%
1972	0.306	+0.0%
1973	0.306	+0.0%
1974	0.319	+4.2%
1975	0.35	+9.7%
1976	0.35	+0.0%
1977	0.35	+0.0%
1978	0.554	+58.3%
1979	0.789	+42.4%
1980	0.789	+0.0%
1981	0.789	+0.0%
1982	0.801	+1.5%
1983	0.808	+0.9%
1984	0.808	+0.0%
1985	0.808	+0.0%
1986	0.797	-1.4%
1987	0.797	+0.0%
1988	0.797	+0.0%
1989	0.797	+0.0%
1990	0.797	+0.0%
1991	0.811	+1.8%
1992	0.811	+0.0%
1993	0.811	+0.0%
1994	0.807	-0.5%
1995	0.805	-0.2%
1996	0.844	+4.8%
1997	0.847	+0.4%
1998	0.848	+0.1%
1999	0.849	+0.1%
2000	0.85	+0.1%
2001	0.851	+0.1%
2002	0.85	-0.1%
2003	0.849	-0.1%
2004	0.846	-0.4%
2005	0.844	-0.2%
2006	0.855	+1.3%
2007	0.858	+0.4%
2008	0.86	+0.2%
2009	0.861	+0.1%
2010	0.856	-0.6%
2011	0.854	-0.2%
2012	0.852	-0.2%
2013	0.839	-1.5%
2014	0.839	+0.0%
2015	0.831	-1.0%
2016	0.827	-0.5%
2017	0.817	-1.2%
2018	0.817	+0.0%
2019	0.827	+1.2%
2020	0.869	+5.1%
2021	0.874	+0.6%
2022	0.874	+0.0%
2023	0.874	+0.0%
2024	0.878	+0.5%
2025	0.876	-0.2%

Dominican Republic compared with similar countries

Dominican Republic's 0.876 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7185, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Dominican Republic's 0.876 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.839, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.034	0.034	0.034	1
1790s	0.034	0.034	0.034	10
1800s	0.034	0.034	0.034	10
1810s	0.034	0.034	0.034	10
1820s	0.034	0.034	0.034	3
1840s	0.238	0.221	0.274	6
1850s	0.2643	0.224	0.274	10
1860s	0.1842	0.035	0.359	10
1870s	0.3577	0.354	0.359	10
1880s	0.2027	0.112	0.357	10
1890s	0.1136	0.111	0.117	10
1900s	0.5195	0.507	0.522	10
1910s	0.4699	0.409	0.525	10
1920s	0.4532	0.393	0.533	10
1930s	0.0931	0.085	0.158	10
1940s	0.0863	0.084	0.09	10
1950s	0.0887	0.086	0.102	10
1960s	0.3117	0.055	0.603	10
1970s	0.3942	0.306	0.789	10
1980s	0.7991	0.789	0.808	10
1990s	0.823	0.797	0.849	10
2000s	0.8524	0.844	0.861	10
2010s	0.8359	0.817	0.856	10
2020s	0.8742	0.869	0.878	6

Countries ranked near Dominican Republic

29 Barbados 0.879 compare
29 Jamaica 0.879 compare
29 Papua New Guinea 0.879 compare
32 Australia 0.876 compare
34 Italy 0.875 compare
35 Cape Verde 0.874 compare
35 Portugal 0.874 compare
35 Solomon Islands 0.874 compare

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More social development data for Dominican Republic

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 20 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1,240 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 3 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1,240 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is freedom of association index in Dominican Republic?: Freedom of association index in Dominican Republic was 0.876 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest freedom of association index recorded in Dominican Republic?: The highest recorded value was 0.878 in 2024.
What is the lowest freedom of association index recorded in Dominican Republic?: The lowest recorded value was 0.034 in 1789.
How does Dominican Republic rank for freedom of association index?: Dominican Republic ranks 32nd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Dominican Republic?: Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom of Association Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Freedom of Association Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,011 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which parties, including opposition parties, are allowed to form and participate in elections and the extent to which civil society organizations are allowed to form and operate freely.