Facts and figures of the Dominican Republic

(Numbers in parentheses refer to the OECD average)
The land, people and electoral cycle

Population (million)c

10.5

Official language

Spanish

Under 15 (%)c

30 (18)

Form of government

Constitutional republic

Population density (per km2)c

218 (37)

Last election

May 15th 2016

Land area (thousand km2)

48.3

The economy

GDP, current prices (billion USD)c

68.1

Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)c

24.7 (28.5)

GDP growthc

7.0 (2.2)

Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)c

29.3 (28.2)

GDP per capita, PPP (thousands, constant 2011 international USD)c

13.4 (38.0)

GDP shares (%)c

Inflation ratec

0.8 (0.2)

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

5.8 (1.6)

General government total expenditure (% of GDP)d

17.6

Industry, including construction

27.3 (24.2)

General government revenue (% of GDP)d

14.4

Services

66.9 (74.2)
Well-being

Life satisfaction (average on 1-10 scale)c

5.1 (6.5)

Proportion of population under national minimum income standard (%)c

32.4

Life expectancyb

74 (80)

Unemployment rate (%)b

15.0 (7.3)

Income inequality (Gini coefficient)a

47 (32)

Youth unemployment rate (ages 15 to 24, %)b

31.4 (16.4)

Gender inequality (SIGI index)b

0.04 (0.02)

Satisfaction with the availability of affordable housing (% satisfied)c

47 (46)

Labour force participation (% of 15 to 64 year old)b

69.2 (70.7)

Enrolment ratesb

Employment-to-population ratio (15 and over, %)b

55.1 (55.2)

Primary (Net)

84 (96)

Population with access to improved sanitation facilities(%)c

84.0

Secondary (Gross)

78 (104)

Mean years of schoolingc

7.8

Tertiary (Gross)

48 (70)

Notes: a) Data from 2013; b) Data for 2014; c) Data for 2015; d) Data for 2016.

Sources: World Bank, World Development Indicators (database), http://data.worldbank.org/, Washington, DC; OECD, SIGI Social Institutions and Gender index, http://www.genderindex.org/; IMF, World Economic Outlook Database, International Monetary Fund, April 2017 edition, Washington, DC; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Data Centre, http://data.uis.unesco.org/; Gallup (2015), Gallup World Poll (database), Gallup Organisation.