The border provinces with Haiti are the poorest in the Dominican Republic. According to a Poverty Map published by the Ministry of Economy, Elias Pina is the poorest province, with a poverty rate of 83.2%. Others that follow are Pedernales (74.6%), Bahoruco 74.5%, Independencia 72.9% and El Seibo in the east with 70.7%.
Provincias que lideran el índice de pobreza en República Dominicana