Dominican Republic

Highlights

  1. Approximately 84% of the population is an Internet user.
  2. Internet Society rates the choice of Internet service providers as poor.
  3. Internet Society gives Dominican Republic an overall Internet resilience score of 40%, which means it has medium capacity to withstand unexpected faults or challenges to normal operation.
  4. Out of the 1000 most-visited websites, 25% can be reached on a local server or cache in Dominican Republic. This falls below Internet Society's target of 50%.
  5. As of 2023, the population of Dominican Republic was 11,331,265. The United Nations defines it as a small island developing state.
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Region
Americas
Sub-region
Caribbean
Population
11,331,265
Classification
  • Small Island Developing State
  • Upper middle income country

Internet Usage Permanent link

Internet penetration

84%

of the population used the Internet at least once over a 3-month period

85%
Americas average
199520002005201020152020

Usage by gender

Proportion of the population that uses the Internet, by gender

Note: Measurement methods vary by country.

  • Female: 86%
  • Male: 83%

Urban and rural Internet penetration

Percentage of the population that uses the Internet in rural and urban areas

Note: Measurement methods vary by country.

  • Urban: 87%
  • Rural: 74%

Average download speed

Based on an average of 300 users

  • 35.36 Mbps
    Broadband
  • 23.60 Mbps
    Mobile

Average Internet cost

1.41%

of average income (GNI) is needed to cover a low-consumption basket, using at least 3G technology.

2018201920202021202220232024

Network Infrastructure Permanent link

Mobile 4G and 5G coverage

  • 99%
    has access to at least one device with 4G mobile Internet
  • 66%
    has access to at least one device with 5G mobile Internet

Active networks

The building blocks of the Internet, identified by Autonomous System (AS) numbers.

157
active networks

International connections

Routes to the global Internet

Upstream diversity is

Very Good
More than 2 connections to the global Internet improves the ability to recover from unexpected events.

Adoption of IPv6

37%
of users can access online resources using IPv6, the new generation of the Internet Protocol
43%
Americas average
20212022202320242025

Market Overview Permanent link

Data centers

Number of data centers in operation

3

active data centers

Internet Exchange Points

3

IXPs in Dominican Republic

6
Americas average
28% of 197

registered networks connect via an IXP

Nov 2023Jan 2024Mar 2024May 2024Jul 2024Sep 2024Nov 2024Jan 2025Mar 2025May 2025

Total number of IXP members in Dominican Republic

Locally cached content

25%

of the top 1000 websites in Dominican Republic can be accessed through an in-country server or cache

71%
Americas average

Top Internet service providers

Top Internet Service Providers (ISPs) by market share

  • Compania Dominicana de Telefonos S. A.: 48%
  • ALTICE DOMINICANA S.A.: 20%
  • WIRELESS MULTI SERVICE VARGAS CABRERA, S. R. L: 2%
  • WIND Telecom S.A.: 2%
  • SPACEX-STARLINK: 1%

Digital public services rating

The UN's measure of a country's e-government ecosystem readiness

63%

Market competition

Poor

market competitiveness for Internet customers and end users

Security Permanent link

Global Cybersecurity Index

Estimates the ability of a country or economy to prevent and manage cyber incidents

75 / 100

Routing security practices

The use of resource public key infrastructure (RPKI), which connects IP prefixes to the correct autonomous system (AS)

ROA

Route origin authorization uses a cryptographic signature to certify network announcements

  • 80%
    of IPv4 prefixes protected
  • 74%
    of IPv6 prefixes protected

ROV

Route origin validation filters out route announcements

  • 5%
    of networks are using ROV to filter out invalid prefixes and networks

DNSSEC status

  • Inactive

Adoption of DNSSEC

48%

of DNS queries are protected by DNSSEC, across all web traffic

37%
Americas average

Footnotes Permanent link

The geographic boundaries and country names shown do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Internet Society concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities. Regions and Sub-Regions are taken from the UN Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Series M, No. 49).

Pulse uses the most recent possible data from international sources. For some indicators in Pulse, the source data may be updated more frequently. For more information on how often we update individual data points, see the Indicator page.