Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets was -7.50 billion in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Dominican Republic, 2012–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Dominican Republic stood at -7.50 billion. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.5% on the previous year and down 269.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Dominican Republic peaked at -1.72 billion in 2012 and was at its lowest, -7.50 billion, in 2025.
That places Dominican Republic 69th out of 86 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | -1.72 billion | — |
| 2013 | -2.24 billion | +30.0% |
| 2014 | -2.15 billion | -3.9% |
| 2015 | -2.03 billion | -5.6% |
| 2016 | -1.96 billion | -3.5% |
| 2017 | -2.14 billion | +9.0% |
| 2018 | -2.68 billion | +25.4% |
| 2019 | -4.93 billion | +83.7% |
| 2020 | -4.49 billion | -8.8% |
| 2021 | -1.88 billion | -58.2% |
| 2022 | -6.00 billion | +219.6% |
| 2023 | -5.77 billion | -3.9% |
| 2024 | -6.61 billion | +14.6% |
| 2025 | -7.50 billion | +13.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | -2.48 billion | -4.93 billion | -1.72 billion | 8 |
| 2020s | -5.38 billion | -7.50 billion | -1.88 billion | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Dominican Republic
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 331,594 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 29.98 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 6.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 640,346 SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 58.35 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 10.64 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 10.73 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 10.79 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 10.79 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 936.73 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Dominican Republic?
- Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Dominican Republic was -7.50 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was -1.72 billion in 2012.
- What is the lowest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was -7.50 billion in 2025.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets?
- Dominican Republic ranks 69th out of 86 countries with data for 2025.
- Is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 269.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value), Total foreign currency loans securities and deposits (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government excluding Social . Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.