Dominican Republic exposure#
This page summarises the exposure model for Dominican Republic in Caribbean Central America, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.
National summary#
The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| COM | 95.1K | 0.0M | $34.3B | 2.80% | 0.00% | 7.86% |
| IND | 46.1K | 0.0M | $20.1B | 1.36% | 0.00% | 4.60% |
| RES | 3,255.5K | 11.5M | $381.8B | 95.84% | 100.00% | 87.54% |

Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in Dominican Republic.

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in Dominican Republic.

Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for Dominican Republic.
Subnational summary#
The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_1 | ||||||
| Santo Domingo | 811.0K | 2,967.6K | $119.1B | 23.87% | 25.76% | 27.32% |
| Distrito Nacional | 252.8K | 1,099.9K | $64.5B | 7.44% | 9.55% | 14.80% |
| Santiago | 350.4K | 1,151.0K | $47.3B | 10.32% | 9.99% | 10.85% |
| San Cristóbal | 216.6K | 736.6K | $22.2B | 6.38% | 6.39% | 5.10% |
| La Altagracia | 142.9K | 477.5K | $19.3B | 4.21% | 4.14% | 4.42% |
| La Vega | 156.9K | 474.8K | $15.9B | 4.62% | 4.12% | 3.64% |
| Puerto Plata | 122.6K | 362.5K | $13.6B | 3.61% | 3.15% | 3.11% |
| Duarte | 109.0K | 330.0K | $12.6B | 3.21% | 2.86% | 2.90% |
| San Pedro de Macorís | 110.8K | 360.6K | $11.8B | 3.26% | 3.13% | 2.70% |
| La Romana | 81.4K | 308.0K | $11.7B | 2.40% | 2.67% | 2.69% |
| Espaillat | 81.5K | 250.4K | $8.0B | 2.40% | 2.17% | 1.84% |
| San Juan | 81.2K | 262.4K | $7.6B | 2.39% | 2.28% | 1.74% |
| Peravia | 72.8K | 225.2K | $7.4B | 2.14% | 1.95% | 1.70% |
| Monseñor Nouel | 67.6K | 209.7K | $7.3B | 1.99% | 1.82% | 1.68% |
| Azua | 74.2K | 252.8K | $7.1B | 2.18% | 2.19% | 1.62% |
| Valverde | 66.3K | 196.3K | $6.8B | 1.95% | 1.70% | 1.55% |
| Barahona | 62.1K | 214.0K | $6.1B | 1.83% | 1.86% | 1.39% |
| Monte Plata | 73.7K | 219.8K | $5.9B | 2.17% | 1.91% | 1.35% |
| María Trinidad Sánchez | 57.4K | 167.8K | $5.6B | 1.69% | 1.46% | 1.28% |
| Sánchez Ramírez | 58.1K | 173.8K | $5.6B | 1.71% | 1.51% | 1.28% |
| Monte Cristi | 45.2K | 132.8K | $3.9B | 1.33% | 1.15% | 0.88% |
| Samaná | 41.9K | 119.7K | $3.8B | 1.23% | 1.04% | 0.88% |
| Hato Mayor | 36.2K | 108.0K | $3.6B | 1.07% | 0.94% | 0.82% |
| Hermanas Mirabal | 34.7K | 103.2K | $3.0B | 1.02% | 0.90% | 0.69% |
| Baoruco | 33.2K | 115.5K | $3.0B | 0.98% | 1.00% | 0.69% |
| El Seibo | 33.9K | 106.2K | $2.8B | 1.00% | 0.92% | 0.63% |
| Dajabón | 25.8K | 80.0K | $2.3B | 0.76% | 0.69% | 0.52% |
| San José de Ocoa | 25.1K | 73.6K | $2.2B | 0.74% | 0.64% | 0.51% |
| Santiago Rodríguez | 23.6K | 69.4K | $2.0B | 0.70% | 0.60% | 0.46% |
| Independencia | 18.3K | 64.1K | $1.7B | 0.54% | 0.56% | 0.40% |
| Elías Piña | 19.4K | 69.3K | $1.5B | 0.57% | 0.60% | 0.35% |
| Pedernales | 10.3K | 37.6K | $0.9B | 0.30% | 0.33% | 0.21% |

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.
Taxonomy summary#
The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.

Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in Dominican Republic.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACRO_TAXONOMY | TAXONOMY | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| MR|MCF | MR+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 658,910 | 2,052,841 | $73,810.8M | 19.40% | 17.82% | 16.92% |
| CR+ | CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:4/RES | RES | 44,606 | 642,646 | $41,821.4M | 1.31% | 5.58% | 9.59% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 582,665 | 1,950,587 | $35,396.5M | 17.15% | 16.93% | 8.12% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:>4/RES | RES | 14,795 | 478,835 | $30,319.3M | 0.44% | 4.16% | 6.95% |
| W | W/LPB/CDN+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 479,749 | 1,500,212 | $27,819.8M | 14.12% | 13.02% | 6.38% |
| MR|MCF | MR+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 191,224 | 676,791 | $24,337.7M | 5.63% | 5.87% | 5.58% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 352,925 | 1,087,265 | $22,321.4M | 10.39% | 9.44% | 5.12% |
| MR|MCF | MR+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 116,541 | 342,541 | $21,729.3M | 3.43% | 2.97% | 4.98% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:>4/RES | RES | 10,133 | 306,416 | $20,636.7M | 0.30% | 2.66% | 4.73% |
| MR|MCF | MR+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 172,540 | 442,484 | $18,406.7M | 5.08% | 3.84% | 4.22% |
| MR+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 162,995 | 432,719 | $17,905.0M | 4.80% | 3.76% | 4.11% | |
| CR+ | CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:3/RES | RES | 21,967 | 226,184 | $13,071.9M | 0.65% | 1.96% | 3.00% |
| MR|MCF | MR+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/RES | RES | 62,972 | 229,833 | $12,172.9M | 1.85% | 1.99% | 2.79% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 179,708 | 495,339 | $10,576.0M | 5.29% | 4.30% | 2.43% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 13,576 | 0 | $6,541.3M | 0.40% | 0.00% | 1.50% |
| W | W/LPB/CDN+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 83,038 | 247,549 | $4,813.1M | 2.44% | 2.15% | 1.10% |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 12,804 | 0 | $4,677.1M | 0.38% | 0.00% | 1.07% |
| S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 15,166 | 0 | $3,889.2M | 0.45% | 0.00% | 0.89% | |
| OT | MATO/LPB/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 89,477 | 289,765 | $3,623.4M | 2.63% | 2.52% | 0.83% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 4,214 | 0 | $3,420.3M | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.78% |
| MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 13,575 | 0 | $3,270.5M | 0.40% | 0.00% | 0.75% | |
| S | S+SR/LFBR/CDL+ERL/H:12-24/COM | COM | 630 | 0 | $2,257.9M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.52% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 6,343 | 0 | $2,160.2M | 0.19% | 0.00% | 0.50% |
| MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 4,454 | 0 | $2,127.9M | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.49% | |
| S | S+SL/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 8,035 | 0 | $2,053.7M | 0.24% | 0.00% | 0.47% |
| S+SR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 7,410 | 0 | $1,905.6M | 0.22% | 0.00% | 0.44% | |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 4,733 | 0 | $1,608.9M | 0.14% | 0.00% | 0.37% |
| CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 6,632 | 0 | $1,594.5M | 0.20% | 0.00% | 0.37% | |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 4,214 | 0 | $1,528.5M | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.35% |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:4/RES | RES | 1,417 | 21,974 | $1,327.9M | 0.04% | 0.19% | 0.30% |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 4,976 | 0 | $1,273.5M | 0.15% | 0.00% | 0.29% |
| S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 1,334 | 0 | $1,141.1M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.26% | |
| S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 2,102 | 0 | $1,069.9M | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.25% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 1,334 | 0 | $1,064.7M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.24% |
| MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 4,449 | 0 | $1,062.8M | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.24% | |
| MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 1,405 | 0 | $995.6M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.23% | |
| OT | MATO/LPB/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 23,770 | 71,630 | $917.0M | 0.70% | 0.62% | 0.21% |
| S | S+SR/LFBR/CDM+ERM/H:12-24/COM | COM | 202 | 0 | $700.1M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.16% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 2,046 | 0 | $688.1M | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.16% |
| S | S+SL/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 2,606 | 0 | $664.1M | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.15% |
| S+SR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 2,464 | 0 | $633.8M | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.15% | |
| S+SR/LFBR/CDL+ERL/H:7/COM | COM | 373 | 0 | $615.2M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.14% | |
| CR+ | CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 2,427 | 0 | $576.3M | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.13% |
| CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 1,694 | 0 | $567.7M | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.13% | |
| S | S+SL/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 1,499 | 0 | $539.4M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.12% |
| S+SR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 1,499 | 0 | $539.2M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.12% | |
| CR- | CR+PCPS/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 1,500 | 0 | $503.6M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.12% |
| CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 836 | 9,369 | $501.3M | 0.02% | 0.08% | 0.11% | |
| S | S+SR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 920 | 0 | $472.7M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.11% |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 878 | 0 | $412.3M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.09% |
| CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 453 | 0 | $357.8M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.08% | |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 667 | 0 | $338.0M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 396 | 0 | $332.5M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.08% | |
| S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:7/COM | COM | 184 | 0 | $298.5M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.07% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM | COM | 419 | 0 | $289.7M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 324 | 0 | $243.3M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.06% |
| S+SR/LFBR/CDM+ERM/H:7/COM | COM | 115 | 0 | $182.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.04% | |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 254 | 0 | $173.8M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| CR+ | CR+PCPS/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 508 | 0 | $166.6M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| S | S+SR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 453 | 0 | $159.9M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| S+SL/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 452 | 0 | $159.5M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.04% | |
| S+SR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 303 | 0 | $152.5M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.03% | |
| OT | MATO/LPB/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 3,776 | 9,224 | $145.0M | 0.11% | 0.08% | 0.03% |
| CR+ | CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 283 | 0 | $128.7M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:12-24/COM | COM | 34 | 0 | $109.9M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| CR+ | CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 136 | 0 | $98.8M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| S | S+SR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 123 | 0 | $96.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| S+SL/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 123 | 0 | $95.7M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% | |
| CR- | CR+PCPS/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 123 | 0 | $90.0M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| CR/LFM/CDN+ERL/H:4/RES | RES | 83 | 1,460 | $78.2M | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.02% | |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:7/COM | COM | 48 | 0 | $75.5M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM | COM | 98 | 0 | $67.8M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 1,328 | 4,624 | $65.6M | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.02% |
| CR+ | CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM | COM | 71 | 0 | $46.5M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:12-24/COM | COM | 7 | 0 | $24.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% | |
| S | S+SR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 27 | 0 | $21.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| S+SL/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 27 | 0 | $21.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| CR+ | CR+PCPS/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 29 | 0 | $21.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 29 | 0 | $4.6M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| W+WLI/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 12 | 0 | $3.9M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 67 | 192 | $3.3M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 6 | 0 | $1.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| W+WLI/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 4 | 0 | $1.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |