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Key facts

  • Currency: Dominican peso
  • Capital city: Santo Domingo
  • Region: Caribbean
  • Continent: Americas
  • Land area: 47,531 km²
  • Population: 11,228,821
  • Political Leader: Danilo Medina (President)

Latest news (see all)

Wesley Bryan would rather be at Hilton Head. He's leading in the Dominican Republic

Read: The Star

2024-04-18

No Turning a Blind Eye to Protection of Dominican Republic's Natural Resources, Says Environment Minister

Read: Global Issues

2024-04-04

Son of Dominican Republic Politician Is Fatally Shot in Houston, Police Say

Read: The New York Times

2024-04-03

US citizen arrested in Dominican Republic, accused of killing 3 women in Honduras

Read: Fox News

2024-03-31

Break the silence on the Dominican Republic's human rights record

Read: The Hill

2024-03-31

Dominican Republic is urged to stop deporting people to Haiti as people flee surge in gang violence

Read: ABC News

2024-03-19

Dominican Republic is urged to stop deporting people to Haiti as people flee surge in gang violence

Read: The Star

2024-03-19

Metrics

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

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