Caribbean

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Key facts

continent: Americas
number of countries: 13
land area: 208,081 km²
population: 39,932,508 people

Summary

The Caribbean region is located in the Americas. It has a land area of 208,081 km² square kilometers and a population of 39,932,508 people. There are 13 countries in this region.

In the news

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From the data

On environment:

Caribbean is one of the regions in Americas. Caribbean is one of the 22 regions in our database.

Agricultural land: 111,839.40 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy: 0.61 % of total energy use
Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 77,137.71 kt
Electricity production from coal sources: 2.57 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources: 27.27 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 3.55 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources: 56.28 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 3.22 % of total
Net energy imports: 27.58 % of energy use
Fertility rate: 1.71 births per woman
Forest area: 72,089 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption: 28.85 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, hfc, pfc and sf6: -15,802.29 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 29.48 year
Methane emissions: 37,618.37 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 9,102.70 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 20,092,969 people
Male population: 19,839,541 people
Renewable energy consumption: 12.87 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 207,192.66 km²
Rural population: 11,586,284 people
Urban land area: 9,384.86 km²
Urban population: 28,346,224 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 3.33 % of total population

Geographical distribution of records in Caribbean

Countries agricultural land per population in Caribbean

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Caribbean

Countries historical methane emissions per agricultural land in Caribbean

Countries historical nitrous oxide emissions per agricultural land in Caribbean

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Caribbean

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Caribbean

Countries historical GDP per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Caribbean

Countries historical methane emissions per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Caribbean

Countries historical nitrous oxide emissions per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Caribbean

Countries historical urban land area per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Caribbean

Countries historical urban population per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Caribbean

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Caribbean

Countries historical birth rate per access to electricity in Caribbean

Countries historical fertility rate per access to electricity in Caribbean

Countries historical life expectancy at birth per access to electricity in Caribbean

Countries historical renewable energy consumption per access to electricity in Caribbean

Countries historical self-employed workers per access to electricity in Caribbean

Countries historical vulnerable employment per access to electricity in Caribbean

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Caribbean

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Caribbean

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Caribbean

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Caribbean

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Caribbean

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Caribbean

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Caribbean

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Caribbean

Countries historical life expectancy at birth per fertility rate in Caribbean

Countries historical median age per fertility rate in Caribbean

Evolution of historical forest area in Caribbean

Countries historical rural land area per forest area in Caribbean

Evolution of historical fossil energy consumption in Caribbean

Countries historical renewable energy consumption per fossil fuel energy consumption in Caribbean

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Caribbean

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Caribbean

Evolution of historical internet access in Caribbean

Evolution of historical total land area in Caribbean

Countries historical methane emissions per land area in Caribbean

Evolution of historical median age in Caribbean

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Caribbean

Countries historical nitrous oxide emissions per methane emissions in Caribbean

Countries historical population per methane emissions in Caribbean

Countries historical rural land area per methane emissions in Caribbean

Countries historical urban land area per methane emissions in Caribbean

Countries historical urban population per methane emissions in Caribbean

Evolution of historical net migration in Caribbean

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Caribbean

Countries historical population per nitrous oxide emissions in Caribbean

Countries historical rural population per nitrous oxide emissions in Caribbean

Countries historical urban land area per nitrous oxide emissions in Caribbean

Countries historical urban population per nitrous oxide emissions in Caribbean

Evolution of historical population in Caribbean

Countries historical urban land area per population in Caribbean

Evolution of historical female population in Caribbean

Evolution of historical male population in Caribbean

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Caribbean

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Caribbean

Evolution of historical rural population in Caribbean

Countries historical urban land area per rural population in Caribbean

Evolution of historical total urban land in Caribbean

Countries historical urban population per urban land area in Caribbean

Evolution of historical urban population in Caribbean

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Caribbean

Countries historical date per population in Caribbean

Countries historical land area per agricultural land in Caribbean

Countries in Caribbean

On culture:

We have books about "Caribbean" in our database.

On health:

Birth rate: 13.23 per 1,000 people
Death rate: 8.84 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita: 808.98 current US$
Health expenditure: 6.73 % of GDP
Incidence of hiv: 0.33 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds: 2.89 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth: 73 year
Suicide mortality rate: 4.93 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Caribbean

Countries historical fertility rate per birth rate in Caribbean

Countries historical life expectancy at birth per birth rate in Caribbean

Countries historical self-employed workers per birth rate in Caribbean

Countries historical vulnerable employment per birth rate in Caribbean

Countries historical median age per birth rate in Caribbean

Evolution of historical death rate in Caribbean

Countries historical life expectancy at birth per death rate in Caribbean

Evolution of average health expenditure per capita in Caribbean

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Caribbean

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Caribbean

Evolution of historical average hospital beds in Caribbean

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Caribbean

Countries historical self-employed workers per life expectancy at birth in Caribbean

Countries historical vulnerable employment per life expectancy at birth in Caribbean

Evolution of historical average suicide rate in Caribbean

On business:

Central government debt: 65.56 % of GDP
Expense: 25.85 % of GDP
Gdp: 325,612,607,444.79 current US$
Self-employed workers: 33.27 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 19.62 % of GDP
Unemployment: 8.54 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 29.97 % of total employment

Countries health expenditure per expense in Caribbean

Evolution of historical central government debt in Caribbean

Evolution of historical average expense in Caribbean

Evolution of historical GDP in Caribbean

Evolution of median inflation in Caribbean

Evolution of historical self employed in Caribbean

Countries historical vulnerable employment per self-employed workers in Caribbean

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Caribbean

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Caribbean

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Caribbean

On politics:

Armed forces personnel: 162,000 people
Democracy score: 2.20
Military expenditure: 1.14 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 24.83 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Caribbean

Countries historical methane emissions per armed forces personnel in Caribbean

Countries historical nitrous oxide emissions per armed forces personnel in Caribbean

Countries historical population per armed forces personnel in Caribbean

Countries historical rural population per armed forces personnel in Caribbean

Countries historical urban land area per armed forces personnel in Caribbean

Countries historical urban population per armed forces personnel in Caribbean

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Caribbean

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Caribbean

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This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank

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