Dominican Republic
Country
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General information
Business
Central government debt | 16.42 % of GDP |
Expense | 17.81 % of GDP |
GDP | 113,537,000,000.00 current US$ |
Inflation | 8.81 annual % |
Self-employed | 43.65 % of total employment |
Tax revenue | 14.38 % of GDP |
Unemployment | 5.61 % of total labor force |
Vulnerable employment | 40.44 % of total employment |
Environment
Agricultural land | 24,290.00 km² |
Alternative and nuclear energy | 2.34 % of total energy use |
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 22,881.30 kt |
Electricity production from coal sources | 12.86 % of total |
Electricity production from natural gas sources | 22.03 % of total |
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 6.37 % of total |
Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
Electricity production from oil sources | 53.48 % of total |
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 5.27 % of total |
Net energy imports | 86.72 % of energy use |
Fertility rate | 2.27 births per woman |
Forest area | 21,521 km² |
Fossil fuel energy consumption | 86.56 % of total |
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | 2,133.26 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Median age | 23.40 years |
Methane emissions | 9,243.11 kt of CO2 equivalent |
Nitrous oxide emissions | 3,395.51 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Female Population | 5,594,560 |
Male Population | 5,634,261 |
Renewable energy consumption | 16.69 % of total final energy consumption |
Rural land area | 45,389.60 km² |
Rural population | 1,813,679 |
Urban land area | 2,504.49 km² |
Urban population | 9,415,142 |
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 1.38 % of total population |
Health
Birth rate | 18.43 per 1,000 people |
Death rate | 6.68 per 1,000 people |
Health expenditure per capita | 354.10 current US$ |
Health expenditure | 4.94 % of GDP |
Incidence of HIV | 0.39 per 1,000 uninfected population |
Hospital beds | 1.56 per 1,000 people |
Life expectancy at birth | 73 years |
Suicide mortality rate | 4.90 per 100,000 population |
Other
Access to electricity | 98.10 % of population |
Individuals using the Internet | 85.24 % of population |
Net migration | -29,099 |
Press freedom | 2.80 |
Politics
Armed forces personnel | 71,000 |
Democracy score | 6.54 |
Democracy type | Flawed democracy |
Military expenditure | 0.72 % of GDP |
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 27.89 % |
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Source
SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago