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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	71 165	78 845	121 444^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6.9	-6.7	2.4^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	6 820.0	7 162.0	10 718.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	5.9	6.5	6.8^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	30.6	32.4	33.3^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	63.5	61.2	59.9^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	9.7	9	7.4^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	18.4	19.5	19.2^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	71.9	71.6	73.4^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	7.6	6.1	5.4^j
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	48.2 / 76.2	47.4 / 73.7	53.2 / 76.5^j
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	122	141	179^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	115	150^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	9 389	9 844	12 924^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	18 687	18 508	32 693^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 9 298	- 8 664	- 19 769^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 280	- 1 329	- 4 167^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.1	1.1	0.8^a
Urban population (% of total population)	78.6	81.8^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	2.5^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.4	2.3	2.2^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	76.4 / 69.7	76.7 / 68.9	77.2 / 70.8^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	29.2 / 8.8	27.7 / 10.5	26.2 / 12.2^a
International migrant stockⁿ (000/% of total pop.)	549.3 / 5.3	603.8 / 5.5	738.7 / 6.5^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	135.1^o	31.1	127.6^p,e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	34.9	33.5	30.8^a
Health: Current expenditure^j,r (% of GDP)	4.7^q	4.9	4.6^s
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.5^t	1.9	2.4^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	106.8 / 117.0	103.5 / 108.2	99.9 / 103.3^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	90.3 / 88.0	93.4 / 91.5	90.7 / 88.5^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	80.5 / 70.0	73.6 / 62.1	67.3 / 55.3^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	17.5^u	8.7	10.9^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	20.8	27.9^v	36.8^v

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	54.2^w	81.6^j,x	84.6^j,b
Threatened species (number)	153	203	380^e
Forested area (% of land area)	43.5	44.5	44.8^s
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	21.2 / 2.0	24.9 / 2.3	28.9 / 2.6^s
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	33	45	44^j,s
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	32	35	39^s
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^y (000)	5 600	2 405	7 163^s
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	76.6	76.6	76.6^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	46.9 / 34.5	46.9 / 34.8	46.9 / 34.9^s
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	44.8 / 51.3	43.0 / 48.7	42.3 / 47.6^s
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.41	0.5	0.57^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		Refers to the urban population of the Municipalities of Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Santo Domingo Este, Santo Domingo Oeste, and Santo Domingo Norte.
d		2019
e		2024
f		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
i		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		Including refugees.
o		Revised estimate includes only individuals born in the country where both parents were born abroad. This estimate does not include subsequent generations of individuals of foreign descent as such it does not include all persons without nationality.
p		Since the adoption of Law 169-14 in May 2014, important steps have been taken by the Dominican Republic to confirm Dominican nationality through the validation of birth certificates of individuals born in the country to two migrant parents before 2007. Naturalization decisions concerning this population had been issued by June 2024.
q		Data are based on SHA2011.
r		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
s		2022
t		2011
u		2014
v		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
w		Population aged 12 years and over.
x		Population aged 5 years and over.
y		Arrivals by air only.