Dominican Republic

Latin America & Caribbean · Santo Domingo

Rank #78 of 173

30.0Strength score

Photos

(1965) Brazilian soldiers in the Dominican Republic — (1965) Brazilian soldiers in the Dominican RepublicU.S. Information Agency, NARA · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Dominican Republic Medical Site CP25 (9188202) — Dominican Republic Medical Site CP25 (9188202)U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Deven Fernandez · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

EMB-314 Super Tucano Dominican Republic Air Force — EMB-314 Super Tucano Dominican Republic Air ForceMatt Morgan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance75
Air power—
Manpower75
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $1.0B #88
Budget as % of GDP: 0.80% #139
Spending per person: $90 #83
GDP: $127.4B #64
Population: 11,520,487 #84

Manpower

Active personnel: 71,000 (World Bank figure) #58
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 71,000 #64

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

Compare with…

Others in the region

21Brazil67.6 VS
33Colombia62.2 VS
34Chile62.2 VS
36Mexico60.4 VS
42Argentina58.4 VS
52Venezuela, RB32.3 VS
54Peru31.7 VS
71Ecuador30.4 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)