Dominican Republic

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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

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

Dominican Republic ramps up border security amid Haiti crisis, shows off new border wall

Read: Fox News

2024-03-19

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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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Coordinates: [19°0′N, -70°66′S]

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