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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	71 155	78 845	113 537^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6.9	-6.7	4.9^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	6 838.0	7 167.9	10 111.2^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	5.9	6.5	6.2^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	30.6	32.4	35.4^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	63.5	61.2	58.4^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	9.7	9	7.7^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	18.4	19.5	20.3^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	71.9	71.6	72^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	7.6	6.1	5.5^j
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	48.0 / 75.9	47.3 / 73.5	51.5 / 75.8^j
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	122	141	174^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	112	128^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	9 389	9 844	10 036^j,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	18 687	18 508	27 497^j,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 9 298	- 8 664	- 17 461^j,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 280	- 1 337	- 4 376^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
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	77.1 / 70.7^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	29.2 / 8.8	27.7 / 10.5	26.6 / 11.8^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	549.3 / 5.3ⁿ	603.8 / 5.6ⁿ	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	135.1^o	31.1	118^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	34.9	33.5	31.5^a
Health: Current expenditure^j,q (% of GDP)	4.7^p	4.9	4.9^r
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.5^s	1.9	2.2^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.6	4.5	3.7^r
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	106.8 / 117.0	103.5 / 108.2	98.6 / 102.3^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	90.3 / 88.0	93.4 / 91.5	91.3 / 89.5^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	80.5 / 70.0	73.6 / 62.1	68.9 / 56.5^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	17.6^t	8.7	12.4^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	20.8	27.9^u	27.9^u

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	54.2^v,w	81.6^j,x	89^j,b
Threatened species (number)	153	203	348^e
Forested area (% of land area)	43.5	45.1	45.3^r
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	21.2 / 2.0	24.3 / 2.2	27.7 / 2.5^r
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	33	44	48^r
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	32	34	39^r
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^y (000)	5 600	2 405	7 163^b
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^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	44.8 / 51.3	43.0 / 48.7	42.3 / 47.6^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.41	0.5	0.5^r

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
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		2023
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes 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		Data are based on SHA2011.
q		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
r		2021
s		2011
t		2014
u		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
v		Users in the last 3 months.
w		Population aged 12 years and over.
x		Population aged 5 years and over.
y		Arrivals by air only.