Bilateral relations

Australia and the Dominican Republic formally established diplomatic relations in 1997. Australia’s Ambassador in Mexico City holds non-resident accreditation to the Dominican Republic. Australia has an Honorary Consul in Santo Domingo.

The Dominican Republic’s Ambassador in Tokyo holds non-resident accreditation for Australia.

Australia and the Dominican Republic are members of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Trade Organisation (WTO) and United Nations (UN).

The Dominican Republic is a member of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, Forum for East-Asia Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC), Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Organisation of American States (OAS) and the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) grouping.

Further economic and trade information can be found in our Dominican Republic trade/economic fact sheet [PDF].

Fast facts

Dominican Republic visitors to Australia (2021-22 Dept of Home Affairs) ^#

41

Australian visitors to the Dominican Republic (primary destination 2021-22 Dept of Home Affairs) ^#

29

Resident Australian population born in Dominican Republic (2021 Census)

234

Australian residents of Caribbean Islander descent (2021 Census)

4,759

Dominican Republic students in Australia (2023 Dept of Education) ^*

25

Agreements with Dominican Republic

2012 – MoU on Australian Volunteers for International Development

Travel

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Austrade

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Australian Embassy in Mexico

Ruben Dario 55

Col. Polanco

Mexico City 11580

Mexico

Tel: +52-55-11012200

General: australianembassy.mexico@dfat.gov.au

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Twitter: @AusEmbMex

^# This financial year data is owned by Home Affairs. It provides quarterly updates to this data on its website

^* This Jan-Sep 2023 data is owned by the Department of Education. It provides updates to these numbers on its website