The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Dominican Republic  
Rank: 100 · Score: 28.1  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 11.2   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 113.2   M&A volume (quartile) Bottom
GDP per capita (US$) 10,085.1   Venture capital investments (quartile) 2nd
GDP growth (per cent) 4.2   Private equity investments (quartile) Bottom
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 100 27, 25, 27, 25, 25 28.1
1 Economic Activity 58 67, 52, 99, 59, 67 73.0
2 Depth of Capital Market 97 30, 28, 26, 27, 28 12.4
3 Taxation 82 56, 55, 48, 43, 43 81.5
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 84 33, 38, 36, 41, 41 56.1
5 Human and Social Environment 96 17, 21, 21, 25, 29 25.0
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 111 13, 13, 13, 12, 14 24.3


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Dominican Republic  
Latin America
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Panama 70.1 28.5 75.3 59.6 25.2 35.0
Uruguay 68.0 14.2 86.7 65.9 32.2 48.4
Ecuador 75.5 14.6 77.8 47.6 23.2 35.2
Dominican Republic 73.0 12.4 81.5 56.1 25.0 24.3
Bolivia 67.4 13.9 55.5 24.9 17.6 33.4
Guatemala 77.0 6.9 88.9 45.2 21.4 26.1
El Salvador 66.0 6.3 73.1 39.7 23.1 26.5
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023