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Caribbean

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Caribbean is a region. It is located in Americas. It comprises 13 countries for a land area of 208,748 km² and a population of 39,481,939 people.

Key facts

continent: Americas
number of countries: 13
land area: 208,748 km²
population: 39,481,939 people

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central government debt: 63.90 % of GDP
expense: 25.47 % of GDP
GDP: 325,057,205,378.65 current US$
self-employed workers: 33.39 % of total employment
tax revenue: 19.31 % of GDP
unemployment: 8.51 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 29.87 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 162,000 people
democracy score: 28.63
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 311,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 76.62 % of population
military expenditure: 1.16 % of GDP
net migration: -97,627 people
press freedom: 16.92
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 24.83 %
birth rate: 13.23 per 1,000 people
death rate: 8.84 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 813.81 current US$
health expenditure: 6.72 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.33 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 3.23 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 73.31
suicide mortality rate: 4.93 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 111,839.40 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.61 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 94.57 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 95.51 % of population
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: 72,254 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 28.85 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 148.36 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 30.05
methane emissions: 40.60 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 9.68 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 19,940,432 people
male population: 19,541,507 people
renewable energy consumption: 12.78 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 207,192.66 km²
rural population: 11,426,884 people
urban land area: 9,384.86 km²
urban population: 28,055,055 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 3.33 % of total population

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Dataset of cities in Caribbean

Dataset of countries in Caribbean

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

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Evolution of historical female population in Caribbean

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Caribbean

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Caribbean

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

Map of the distribution of cities in Caribbean by population

Map of the density of countries in Caribbean

Correlation of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions by countries yearly in Caribbean

Correlation of birth rate and vulnerable employment of countries yearly in Caribbean

Correlation of urban land area and urban population by countries yearly in Caribbean

Correlation of methane and nitrous oxide emissions by countries yearly in Caribbean

This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank.

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