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Key facts
- Continent: Americas
- Number of countries: 13
- Land area: 208,081 km²
- Population: 39,699,448
Latest news (see all)
Ariel Henry resigns as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government in the Caribbean country
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2024-04-25
Dominica joins other Caribbean islands in striking down laws prohibiting gay sex
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2024-04-24
Dominica joins other Caribbean islands in striking down laws prohibiting gay sex
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2024-04-23
Caribbean ambassador proposes establishment of assembly to seek reparations for transatlantic slavery
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2024-04-17
Windrush scandal victim finally back in UK after 40 year exile in Caribbean
Read: Independent
2024-04-15
Metrics
General information
Business
| Central government debt | 65.76 % of GDP |
| Expense | 25.93 % of GDP |
| GDP | 314,840,000,000.00 current US$ |
| Inflation | 92.75 annual % |
| Self Employed Pct | 33.27 |
| Tax Revenue Pct Gdp | 19.73 |
| Unemployment Pct | 9.04 |
| Vulnerable Employment Pct | 29.97 |
Environment
| Agricultural land | 111,839.00 km² |
| Alternative and nuclear energy | 0.61 % of total energy use |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 77,137.70 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 | 1.73 births per woman |
| Forest area | 72,170 km² |
| Fossil fuel energy consumption | 28.85 % of total |
| Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | -15,802.30 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Median age | 29.12 years |
| Methane emissions | 37,618.30 kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Nitrous oxide emissions | 9,102.71 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Population Female | 19,966,862 |
| Population Male | 19,732,586 |
| Renewable Energy Consumption Pct | 13.07 |
| Rural Land | 207,193.00 |
| Rural Population | 11,706,390 |
| Urban Land | 9,384.85 |
| Urban Population | 27,993,058 |
| Urban Population Under 5M | 3.33 |
Health
| Birth Rate | 13.42 per 1,000 people |
| Death rate | 9.49 per 1,000 people |
| Health expenditure per capita | 758.00 current US$ |
| Health expenditure | 6.41 % of GDP |
| Incidence of HIV | 0.32 per 1,000 uninfected population |
| Hospital Beds | 2.89 per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy at birth | 72 years |
| Suicide mortality rate | 4.93 |
Other
| Access to electricity | 95.31 % of population |
| Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence | 171,000 |
| Individuals using the Internet | 79.51 % of population |
| Net migration | -78,209 |
| Press freedom | 16.92 |
Politics
| Armed forces personnel | 162,000 |
| Democracy score | 28.63 |
| Military expenditure | 1.14 % of GDP |
| Women Parliament Seats Pct | 24.65 |
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