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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	53 160	71 155	88 941^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	8.3	6.9	5.1^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	5 483.1	6 920.6	8 282.1^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	6.5	5.9	5.6^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	29.9	30.6	31.4^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h (% of GVA)	63.6	63.5	63^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	12.4	10	8.8^i,d
Employment in industry (% of employed)	18.5	18.5	19.9^i,d
Employment in services (% employed)	69.1	71.5	71.3^i,d
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	5.2	7.6	5.9^d
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	42.4 / 73.8	49.6 / 78.0	51.6 / 77.4^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	100	122	141^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	79	100	118^b
International trade: exports^k (million current US$)	4 767	8 384	10 297^i,d
International trade: imports^k (million current US$)	15 138	17 348	17 046^i,d
International trade: balance^k (million current US$)	- 10 371	- 8 964	- 6 749^i,d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 4 024	- 1 280	- 1 541^d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^l (average annual %)	1.3	1.2	1.1^d
Urban population (% of total population)	73.8	78.6	81.8^b
Urban population growth rate^l (average annual %)	3.2	2.5	...
Fertility rate, total^l (live births per woman)	2.6	2.4	2.4^d
Life expectancy at birth^l (females/males, years)	74.6 / 68.5	75.9 / 69.6	77.1 / 70.7^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	30.6 / 8.5	28.8 / 9.6	27.2 / 11.4^a
International migrant stock^m (000/% of total pop.)	395.5 / 4.1	549.3 / 5.3	603.8 / 5.6^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	2.4ⁿ	135.1^o	31.1^d
Infant mortality rate^l (per 1 000 live births)	29.5	27.5	25.9^d
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	5.6	5.8	5.7^p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.1^q	1.5^r	1.5^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	2^s	...	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	103.4 / 117.3	106.2 / 116.4	109.4 / 114.9^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	82.8 / 73.6	83.8 / 76.2	85.0 / 78.3^b
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	78.0 / 65.4	80.5 / 70.0	76.6 / 64.4^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	25.5	17.8^t	10^p
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	19.7	20.8	27.9^u

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	31.4ⁱ	54.2^v	74.8^p
Threatened species (number)	126	153	251
Forested area (% of land area)	42.9	43.5ⁱ	44^i,p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	19.0 / 2.0	21.5 / 2.1	23.2 / 2.2^p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	28	23ⁱ	32^i,p
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	31	32	34^p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^w (000)	4 125	5 600	6 446^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	74.1	76.9	76.9^d
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.37	0.41	0.15^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
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		2020
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Includes irrigation canals.
g		Excludes publishing activities.
h		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		Imports FOB.
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Including refugees.
n		Data as at the end of December.
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		2018
q		2008
r		2011
s		2007
t		2014
u		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
v		Users in the last 3 months.
w		Arrivals by air only.