Dominican Republic – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

DOM

Country

Dominican Republic

Score

42.59

Rank

82

Technology

33.79

People

40.85

Governance

52.38

Impact

43.34

1. Mobile tariffs	48.79	93
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	46.33	65
3. Households with internet acccess	27.05	91
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	93.72	57
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	34.39	80
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	67.69	70
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	22.85	54

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	48.23	88
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	0	98

1. Availability of latest technologies	51.65	67
2. Company investment in emerging technology	23.14	92
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	21.7	109
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	n/a	n/a
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	0	97
6. Robot density	n/a	n/a

1. Medium and high-tech industry	n/a	n/a
2. High-tech exports	16.23	54
3. PCT patent applications	n/a	n/a
4. Labour productivity per employee	22.75	65

1. Happiness	49.49	72
2. Freedom to make life choices	78.28	44
3. Income inequality	45.53	91
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	59.71	80

1. Access to basic services	87.19	82
2. Pollution	91.85	31
3. Road safety	0.31	119
4. Reading proficiency in schools	25.36	66
5. Maths proficiency in schools	13.49	67
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	95.56	70

1. Internet users	72.37	51
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	22.47	82
3. Use of virtual social networks	54.26	60
5. Tertiary enrolment	43.52	47
5. Adult literacy rate	90.39	54
6. ICT skills	23.61	49

1. Firms with website	30.38	80
2. Internet shopping	9.51	75
3. Professionals	18.75	76
4. Technicians and associate professionals	25.84	76
5. Extent of staff training	36.42	66
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	n/a	n/a

1. Government online services	62.31	77
2. Publication and use of open data	32.21	51
3.ICT use and government efficiency	n/a	n/a
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	n/a	n/a

1. Rule of law	44.3	84
2. Software piracy rate	18.92	79
3. Secure Internet servers	40.93	94
4. Cybersecurity	45.07	89
5. Online trust and safety	77.17	19

1. Regulatory quality	49.71	76
2. Ease of doing business	52.63	95
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	30.3	97
4. E-commerce legislation	75	66
5. Social safety net protection	31.96	82
6. ICT regulatory environment	96.72	8

1. E-Participation	63.7	76
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	49.8	87
3. Availability of local online content	40.85	81
4. Gender gap in internet use	67.65	13
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	57.03	80