National Identity
- Official name
- Dominican Republic
- Official name (in Spanish)
- República Dominicana
- Name etymology
the name is a latinized form of the Spanish term Santo Domingo, meaning "holy Sunday;" Spanish explorers originally settled the island on a Sunday in 1496, and the name was first given to the island of Hispaniola as a whole in 1697
Sources:- Constitution of the Dominican Republic ↗ - Presidency of the Dominican Republic
- The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
- Coat of arms
- National flag
- The width/length ratio is 2:3 (for every 2 units of width it will have 3 units of length).
Translated from the Presidency of the Dominican Republic The National Flag is composed of the colours ultramarine blue and vermilion red, in alternating quarters, placed in such a way that the blue is towards the upper part of the staff, separated by a white cross of a width of half the height of a quarter, and bearing the National Coat of Arms in the centre.
Unofficial translation by WorldometerTranslated from the Presidency of the Dominican Republic Unofficial translation by WorldometerTranslated from the Duarte Institute of the Dominican Republic Given that there is no legal text that assigns a special meaning to the colours of our flag and of the coat of arms, the renowned historian Juan Daniel Balcácer arrives at the conclusion that: “These are, evidently, personal appreciations expressed by distinguished men of letters that tradition has gathered and spread over the years”.
Unofficial translation by WorldometerTranslated from the Presidency of the Dominican Republic The first flag
The first arrangement of these colours was made by Juan Pablo Duarte, who conceived the original design, and on 16 July 1838 obtained the approval of the Trinitarians for its making. Duarte placed a blue stripe along the upper edge of the flag and a red stripe along the lower edge, placing the white cross in its centre.
It was made by several women, among them María Trinidad Sánchez, María de Jesús Pina, Isabel Sosa and Concepción Bona. The first flag flew proudly for the first time on 27 February 1844, the day of National Independence.
Unofficial translation by WorldometerTranslated from the Presidency of the Dominican Republic Then, on 6 November 1844, the Constituent Congress promulgated the First Constitution of the Republic, in which the National Flag was adopted as the symbol of the Homeland, alternating a blue quarter with a red one,
Unofficial translation by WorldometerSources:- presidencia.gob.do ↗ - the Presidency of the Dominican Republic
- presidencia.gob.do ↗ - the Presidency of the Dominican Republic
- institutoduartiano.gob.do ↗ - the Duarte Institute of the Dominican Republic
- National anthem
- Himno Nacional1:37
- Title (in Spanish)
- Himno Nacional
- Title (in English, translated)
- National Anthem
- Unofficial title (in Spanish)
- Quisqueyanos valientes
- Title (in English, translated)
- Valiant Sons of Quisqueye
- Lyrics
1Quisqueyanos valientes, alcemos Nuestro canto con viva emoción, Y del mundo a la faz ostentemos Nuestro invicto, glorioso pendón.
¡Salve! el pueblo que, intrépido y fuerte. A la guerra a morir se lanzó, cuando en bélico reto de muerte Sus cadenas de esclavo rompió.
2Ningún pueblo ser libre merece Si es esclavo, indolente y servil; Si en su pecho la llama no crece Que templó el heroísmo viril.
Mas Quisqueya la indómita y brava Siempre altiva la frente alzará; Que si fuere vil veces esclava Otras tantas ser libre sabrá.
3Que si dolo y ardid la expusieron De un intruso señor al desdén, ¡Las Carreras! ¡Beler! Campos fueron Que cubiertos de gloria se ven.
Que en la cima de heroíco baluarte, De los libres el verbo encarnó, Donde el genio de Sánchez y Duarte A ser libre o morir enseñó.
4Y si pudo inconsulto caudillo De esas glorias el brillo empañar, De la guerra se vió en Capotillo La bandera de fuego ondear.
Y el incendio que atónito deja De Castilla al soberbio león, De las playas gloriosas le aleja Donde flota el cruzado pendón.
5Compatriotas, mostremos erguida Nuestra frente, orgullosos de hoy más; Que Quisqueya será destruida Pero sierva de nuevo, jamás.
Que es santuario de amor cada pecho De la patria se siente vivir; Y es su escudo invencible, el derecho; Y es su lema: ser libre o morir.
6Libertad que aún se yergue serena La victoria en su carro triunfal, Y el clarín de la guerra aún resuena Pregonando su gloria inmortal.
¡Libertad! Que los ecos se agiten Mientras llenos de noble ansiedad Nuestros campos de gloria repiten ¡Libertad! ¡Libertad! ¡Libertad!
Source: - Citizens
- Dominicans
- Official name:Constitution of the Dominican Republic ↗ - Presidency of the Dominican Republic
- Official name, Citizens:The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
- National flag:presidencia.gob.do ↗ - the Presidency of the Dominican Republic
- National flag:presidencia.gob.do ↗ - the Presidency of the Dominican Republic
- National flag:institutoduartiano.gob.do ↗ - the Duarte Institute of the Dominican Republic
- National anthem:nationalanthems.info ↗
Geography
- Location
- Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
- Total area
- 48,670 km²
- Land area
- 48,320 km²
- Water area
- 350 km²
- Land borders
- 376 km(1 country)
- Haiti
- 376 km
Source:- The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
- Coastline
- 1,288 km
- Terrain
Rugged highlands and mountains interspersed with fertile valleys - Mean elevation
- 424 m
- Highest point
- 3,098 mPico Duarte
- Lowest point
- −46 mLago Enriquillo
- Climate
Tropical maritime little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall - Avg. temperature
- 24.2 °C
- Avg. daily range
- 20.9 to 28.3 °C
- Annual precipitation
- 1,068 mm
Temperature °CMeanDaily rangePrecipitation mmMonthly climate normals Month Avg. high, °C Mean, °C Avg. low, °C Precipitation, mm January 26.5 22.3 18.9 42 February 26.9 22.5 18.9 39 March 27.3 23 19.5 61 April 27.9 23.8 20.5 92 May 28.4 24.5 21.4 145 June 29.3 25.4 22.1 99 July 29.8 25.7 22.3 87 August 29.9 25.7 22.5 114 September 29.6 25.4 22.2 129 October 28.9 24.8 21.8 125 November 27.7 23.8 20.8 87 December 27 22.9 19.6 48 Country-wide averages over 1991–2020.
Sources:- The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
- Climate Change Knowledge Portal (ERA5 reanalysis) ↗ - World Bank
- Weather
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- Land use2023
- Arable20.2%Perm. crops11.3%Pasture23.8%Forest46.6%
- Arable land
- 975,760 hectares (20.2%)
- Permanent crops
- 543,600 hectares (11.3%)
- Permanent meadows & pastures
- 1,148,549 hectares (23.8%)
- Forest
- 2,244,216 hectares (46.6%)
- Other land
- 0 hectares (0.0%)
Source: - Major lakes
- Lago de Enriquillo500 km²
- Natural hazards2026
- Tropical cyclones10.0Very high#1/191Earthquakes9.2Very high#10/191Epidemics7.4Very high#13/191Tsunamis5.2High#57/191Coastal floods4.8Medium#69/191River floods2.2Very low#138/191Drought0.4Very low#170/191
Scores out of 10, ranks out of 191 countries.
Source:- INFORM Risk Index ↗ - European Commission Joint Research Centre
- Location, Land borders, Coastline, Terrain, Mean elevation, Highest point, Lowest point, Climate, Major lakes:The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
- Climate:Climate Change Knowledge Portal (ERA5 reanalysis) ↗ - World Bank
- Land use:FAOSTAT Land Use domain ↗ - FAO
- Natural hazards:INFORM Risk Index ↗ - European Commission Joint Research Centre
Demographics
- Population change2026
- +0.77% per year+89,013 people/yearWorld Rank117thof 237
- Birth rate
- 17.0 per 1,000 population
- Death rate
- 6.4 per 1,000 population
- Net migration rate
- −3.0 per 1,000 population
- 2026
- 28.7 yearsWorld Rank149thof 237
- Age structure2026
- 0-14 years25.8%15-64 years65.7%65 years +8.5%
- Share aged 65 and over
- 8.5%
- Share aged under 18
- 31.1%
- Total dependency ratio
- 52
- Youth dependency ratio
- 39
- Elderly dependency ratio
- 13
- Sex ratio
- 0.99 male / female
MaleAgeFemalePopulation by age group, % of total population Age Male Female 80+ 0.5% 0.9% 70-79 1.7% 2.1% 60-69 3.4% 3.9% 50-59 4.8% 5.0% 40-49 6.1% 6.2% 30-39 7.5% 7.4% 20-29 8.2% 7.9% 10-19 8.8% 8.5% 0-9 8.7% 8.4% - 2026
- 0.07 above the replacement level for the Dominican Republic ()2.17 births per womanreplacement 2.10123World Rank96thof 237
- 1.02 daughters per woman0.02 above replacement, long-run each generation larger than the lastreplacement 1.000.511.5
- 2026
- +10.5 per 1,000 populationfor every 1,000 people, 10.5 more births than deaths a year
- 2026
- −3.0 per 1,000 population
- Urbanization2026
- 72.7% live in cities8,436,784 urban residents
- Largest cities2022
- Santo Domingo, Santiago de los Caballeros, Los Alcarrizos, La RomanaRankCity or TownPopulation (2022 census)1Santo Domingo2,752,7842Santiago de los Caballeros612,5953Los Alcarrizos282,7994La Romana265,3135Higüey210,2786San Pedro de Macorís207,3787San Cristóbal167,4668San Francisco de Macorís143,7269Puerto Plata132,87810La Vega123,677Source:
- National Statistics Office, Dominican Republic (2022 census), via City Population by Thomas Brinkhoff ↗
- Population distribution
- Coastal development is significant, especially in the southern coastal plains and the Cibao Valley, where population density is highest; smaller population clusters exist in the interior mountains (Cordillera Central).
- Ethnic groups2014
- Mixed70.4%Black15.8%White13.5%Other0.3%
- Mixed
- 70.4%
- Mestizo/Indio
- 58.0%
- Mulatto
- 12.4%
In the Dominican Republic "indio" means mixed ancestry or skin color between light and dark, not indigenous ancestry.Respondents self-identified their race.
Source:- The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
- Religions2023
- Evangelical50.2%Roman Catholic30.1%None18.5%Unspecified1.2%
- Languages
- Spanish (Español)
- Population, Population change, Median age, Age structure, Total fertility rate, Net reproduction rate, Natural change, Net migration rate:UN World Population Prospects ↗
- Urbanization:UN World Urbanization Prospects ↗
- Largest cities:National Statistics Office, Dominican Republic (2022 census), via City Population by Thomas Brinkhoff ↗
- Population distribution, Ethnic groups, Religions:The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
Government & Administration
- Form of state
- RepublicThe President of the Republic is head of State and of government, elected by direct vote every four years, and may serve one further consecutive term but never stand for the office again (Arts. 122, 124).Source:
- System of government
- PresidentialThe President freely appoints and removes ministers; the chambers can interpellate ministers but a censure only recommends removal, and Congress serves a fixed four-year term with no power of dissolution in the text (Arts. 77, 78, 95, 128).Source:
- Constitución de la República Dominicana, proclamada el 27 de octubre de 2024 ↗, Arts. 77, 78, 95, 128
- Territorial organisation
- Unitary
- Official websites
- Government
- President
- Parliament (in Spanish)
- Capital
- Santo Domingo2.8 million people(2022)
- National holidays
- 12 days in 2026
- ThuJan 1New Year's Day
- MonJan 5Epiphany
- WedJan 21Lady of Altagracia
- MonJan 26Juan Pablo Duarte Day
- FriFeb 27National Independence Day
- FriApr 3Good Friday
- MonMay 4Labor Day
- ThuJun 4Corpus Christi
- SunAug 16Restoration Day
- ThuSep 24Our Lady of Mercedes Day
- MonNov 9Constitution Day
- FriDec 25Christmas Day
Nationwide public holidays only, excluding regional, bank and government-only days.
- Time
- ASTAtlantic Standard TimeUTC−4
- Currency
- Dominican Peso (DOP)
- Entry requirements
- Official visa and entry information (in Spanish)
- Calling code
- +1-809, +1-829, +1-849
- Internet TLD
- .do
- ISO 3166-1 codes
- DO, DOM
- Infrastructure
- Passengers carried
- 113,752 by the country's airlines(2019)
- Heliports
- 8
- Aircraft departures
- 7,062 by the country's airlines(2019)
- Air freight
- 0 million tonne-km(2019)
- Aircraft registration prefix
- HI
Sources:- The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
- World Development Indicators ↗ - World Bank
- 2025
- 37 / 100World Rank99thof 182
Significant improverUp 9 points since 2020, when it scored 28.
Confidence intervalCorruption index score by year Year Score Lower bound Upper bound 2012 32 28 37 2013 29 23 35 2014 32 27 37 2015 33 29 37 2016 31 28 34 2017 29 25 33 2018 30 26 34 2019 28 23.6 32.4 2020 28 24.9 31.1 2021 30 28.1 31.9 2022 32 29.9 34.1 2023 35 32.3 37.7 2024 36 32.2 39.8 2025 37 32.2 41.8 Source:- Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 ↗ - Transparency International, CC BY 4.0
- Form of state, System of government, Territorial organisation:Constitución de la República Dominicana, proclamada el 27 de octubre de 2024 ↗ - Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic
- National holidays:Open World Holidays Framework (vacanza/holidays) ↗
- Infrastructure:The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
- Infrastructure:World Development Indicators ↗ - World Bank
- Corruption Perceptions Index:Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 ↗ - Transparency International, CC BY 4.0
Economy
- Upper middle income
- GDP growth (real)2026
- +4.6% per yearWorld Rank40thof 195
- GDP per capita (PPP)2026
- GDP per capita (nominal)
- $13,245 (82nd in the world)
Source:- 2025
- Services60.1% of GDPIndustry28.4% of GDPAgriculture4.6% of GDPManufacturing12.3%part of industry
- Households
- +67.8%
- Government
- +11.7%
- Investment
- +24.7%
- Exports
- +23.6%
- Imports
- −27.9%
The shape of the economyGDP by end useSource:- World Development Indicators ↗ - World Bank
- Inflation2026
- 5.1%up 1.2 percentage points1.2pp from 2025
- Labor force2024
- 5.4 million (47% of population)World Rank80thof 187
- Labor force participation2024
- 64.6% of people aged 15+
- Unemployment2024
- 5.3%
- Youth unemployment2024
- 12.9% ages 15 to 24
- Labor productivity2024
- $26.5 per hour worked at PPP
- Budget balance2026
- 3.6% of GDP deficit
- Current account
- 1.5% of GDP, $2.2 billion deficit
Source: - Debt2024
- Central government debt46.1% of GDPInterest on debt3.4% of GDP
- Trade2025
- Goods$16 billion52.5%
- Services$14.4 billion47.5%
- Total exports
- $30.4 billion
- Change from 2024
- up 6.2 percent on the previous year6.2%
Sources:- World Development Indicators ↗ - World Bank
- The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
- 2024
- +0.05World Rank79thof 145
- Projected GDP growth
- +3.8% a year over the next 10 years
Source:- Atlas of Economic Complexity ↗ - Harvard Growth Lab
- Agricultural products2024
- Papayas, Avocados, Okra, and 7 more
- 1Papayas73.2×
- 2Avocados60.3×
- 3Okra34.8×
- 4Plantains and cooking bananas20.6×
- 5Pineapples11.8×
- 6Bananas8.1×
- 7Coconuts (in shell)5.4×
- 8Watermelons5.4×
- 9Meat of chickens (fresh or chilled)1.8×
- 10Hen eggs in shell (fresh)1.7×
ProductSource:- FAOSTAT ↗ - Food and Agriculture Organization
- Gold reserves2025
- 0.57 tonnesWorth $79.9 million, 0.5% of total official reserves by value
- Industries
- tourism, sugar processing, gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco, electrical components, medical devices
- Income level, GDP by sector, Trade, Gold reserves:World Development Indicators ↗ - World Bank
- GDP (nominal), GDP growth (real), GDP per capita (PPP), Inflation, Budget balance:IMF World Economic Outlook ↗
- Labor force, Labor force participation, Unemployment, Youth unemployment, Labor productivity:ILOSTAT ↗ - International Labour Organization
- Debt:IMF Global Debt Database ↗
- Debt:IMF Public Finances in Modern History ↗
- Trade, Industries:The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
- Economic Complexity Index:Atlas of Economic Complexity ↗ - Harvard Growth Lab
- Agricultural products:FAOSTAT ↗ - Food and Agriculture Organization
Cost of Living
- Cost of living index
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- Monthly costs (excluding rent)
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- Rent
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- Buying an apartment
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- Average gross salary2025
- DOP 30,072 per month$485 (USD), $1,263 (PPP)
- Median
- DOP 23,988 per month($387)
- Men
- DOP 32,218 per month($520)
- Women
- DOP 28,006 per month($452)
Source:- ILOSTAT ↗ - International Labour Organization
- 2024
- DOP 19,450 per month, gross$327 (USD), $826 (PPP)
- Average gross salary, Minimum wage:ILOSTAT ↗ - International Labour Organization
Society
- 2023
- 0.776HighWorld Rank89thof 193Dominican RepublicWorld
Human Development Index by year Year Dominican Republic World 1990 0.589 0.608 1991 0.594 0.611 1992 0.604 0.614 1993 0.611 0.617 1994 0.617 0.620 1995 0.624 0.625 1996 0.631 0.631 1997 0.639 0.636 1998 0.645 0.641 1999 0.652 0.646 2000 0.658 0.651 2001 0.663 0.657 2002 0.668 0.662 2003 0.670 0.669 2004 0.673 0.675 2005 0.683 0.681 2006 0.691 0.688 2007 0.698 0.694 2008 0.704 0.698 2009 0.707 0.701 2010 0.715 0.707 2011 0.721 0.713 2012 0.727 0.717 2013 0.731 0.721 2014 0.737 0.726 2015 0.747 0.731 2016 0.766 0.735 2017 0.770 0.739 2018 0.773 0.741 2019 0.771 0.745 2020 0.767 0.742 2021 0.762 0.742 2022 0.778 0.752 2023 0.776 0.756 Source:- Human Development Report ↗ - United Nations Development Programme
- 2024
- 39
- Mean years of schooling2023
- 9.4 years
- Expected for a child today
- 13.6 years
Source:- Human Development Report ↗ - United Nations Development Programme
- Literacy2024
- 94% of adults
- Education expenditure2023
- 3.8% of GDP
- Share of government spending
- 20.6%
Source:- World Development Indicators ↗ - World Bank
- Internet users2024
- 91% of the population
- Households with Internet access
- 58.3%
Source:- ITU DataHub ↗ - International Telecommunication Union
- Mobile subscriptions2024
- 10.7 million
- Fixed telephone lines
- 1,149,345
- Fixed broadband
- 11.2 subscriptions per 100 people
Counts subscriptions, not people.
Source:- ITU DataHub ↗ - International Telecommunication Union
- Credit-card ownership2024
- 21% of adults
- Debit-card ownership
- 43%
- Account at a bank or mobile-money provider
- 65%
- Mobile-money account
- 18%
- Made or received a digital payment
- 53%
Source:- Global Findex Database ↗ - World Bank
- Refugees hosted2025
- 18 people
- Asylum seekers
- 986
- Internally displaced persons
- 54All due to disasters
- Refugees from the Dominican Republic abroad
- 1,021
Sources:- Refugee Data Finder ↗ - UN Refugee Agency
- Global Internal Displacement Database ↗ - Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
- Inbound tourists2024
- Official tourism site8.5 million arrivalsup 32% against 201932% above 2019World Rank34thof 139
- Per resident
- 7.5 arrivals per 10 residents
- Same-day visitors
- 2.6 million arrivals
- Visitor spending in the country
- $11 billion
- Spending per arrival
- $1,285
- Residents' trips abroad
- 928,767 overnight trips
- Residents' spending abroad
- $1.1 billion
- Hotel beds
- 226,594(2021, latest available)
- 9.6 nights(estimated)(2021, latest available)
Overnight arrivals by year2010 to 2024A tourist stays at least one night. Arrivals count trips, not people.
Source:- UN Tourism Data Dashboard ↗ - UN Tourism
- UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- 1 site1 cultural
Site Colonial City of Santo Domingo Source:- The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
- Human Development Index, Mean years of schooling:Human Development Report ↗ - United Nations Development Programme
- Income inequality (Gini), Education expenditure:World Development Indicators ↗ - World Bank
- Literacy:UIS Data Browser ↗ - UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- Internet users, Mobile subscriptions:ITU DataHub ↗ - International Telecommunication Union
- Credit-card ownership:Global Findex Database ↗ - World Bank
- Refugees hosted:Refugee Data Finder ↗ - UN Refugee Agency
- Refugees hosted:Global Internal Displacement Database ↗ - Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
- Inbound tourists:UN Tourism Data Dashboard ↗ - UN Tourism
- UNESCO World Heritage Sites:The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
Crime & Safety
- Travel advisory (US)
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- Active humanitarian crisisAug 2026
- Medium4.2 out of 10International displacementSeverity by monthSep 2024 to Aug 2026What the score is made ofImpact of the crisis6.5Conditions of people affected2.7Complexity of the crisis4.0
Data reliability as rated by INFORM: Medium. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.
Source:- INFORM Severity Index ↗ - European Commission Joint Research Centre
- Homicide rate2024
- Medium by global standards9.1 per 100,000 peopleWorld Rank21stof 115
- Crime rates
- 7 offence categories
Offence Per 100,000 Count Year Homicide (victims) 9.1 1,042 2024 Serious assault 26.2 2,965 2023 Sexual violence 47.9 5,423 2023 Kidnapping 0.9 102 2020 Burglary 133.1 14,649 2020 Theft 25.1 2,824 2022 Vehicle theft 22.9 2,572 2022 A low figure can also mean weak recording.
Source:- UNODC Data Portal ↗ - UN Office on Drugs and Crime
- Prison population2023
- 229 per 100,000 people
- Persons held
- 25,948
Source:- UNODC Data Portal ↗ - UN Office on Drugs and Crime
- Active humanitarian crisis:INFORM Severity Index ↗ - European Commission Joint Research Centre
- Homicide rate, Crime rates, Prison population:UNODC Data Portal ↗ - UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Health
- Life expectancy2026
- 74.1 years
- Health expenditure2023
- 4.6% of GDP$489 per person
- Physicians2023
- 2.43 per 1,000 population
- Hospital beds2023
- 0.8 per 1,000 population
- Infant mortality2026
- 24.2 per 1,000 live births
- Maternal mortality2023
- 124 per 100,000 live births
- Alcohol consumption2022
- 5.2 litres of pure alcohol per adult per year
- Alcohol and Tobacco Spending2023
- 3.8% of household spendingWorld Rank34thof 105
- World median
- 3.1%
Source:- The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
- Road traffic deaths2019
- 64.6 per 100,000 population
- Life expectancy, Infant mortality:UN World Population Prospects ↗
- Health expenditure, Physicians, Hospital beds, Road traffic deaths:World Development Indicators ↗ - World Bank
- Maternal mortality:Maternal mortality estimates ↗ - UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-agency Group
- Alcohol consumption:Global Health Observatory ↗ - World Health Organization
- Alcohol and Tobacco Spending:The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
Environment
- CO₂ emissions2024
- 34.2 Mt per yearup 4.4 percent on the previous year4.4% from 2023
- CO₂ per capita
- 3 t per personWorld Rank97thof 207
- Share of global CO₂
- 0.09%
- Methane (CH₄)
- 12.2 Mt CO₂-eq
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 3.14 Mt CO₂-eq
- Fluorinated gases
- 2.05 Mt CO₂-eq
- All greenhouse gases
- 51.6 Mt CO₂-eq
Source:- Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) ↗ - European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- 2024
- 8.7 µg/m³ of PM2.50.4 years of life expectancy lost against the WHO guidelineMost polluted144thof 236
- WHO guideline
- 5 µg/m³
- National standard
- 15 µg/m³
Source:- Air Quality Life Index ↗ - Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago
- Environmental issues
- soil eroding into the sea damages coral reefs
- deforestation
- International agreements
- 19 of 20 landmark treaties in forceParty to 75 multilateral environmental agreements
Treaty Standing Joined Climate Paris Agreement in force 2017 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in force 1999 Kyoto Protocol in force 2005 Ozone layer Montreal Protocol in force 1993 Vienna Convention (Ozone Layer) in force 1993 Biodiversity Convention on Biological Diversity in force 1997 CITES in force 1987 Convention on Migratory Species (Bonn) in force 2017 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in force 2006 Nagoya Protocol in force 2015 Land and heritage Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in force 2002 World Heritage Convention in force 1985 UN Convention to Combat Desertification in force 1997 Chemicals and waste Basel Convention in force 2000 Rotterdam Convention (PIC) in force 2006 Stockholm Convention (POPs) in force 2007 Minamata Convention on Mercury in force 2018 Oceans UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in force 2009 High Seas Treaty (BBNJ) signed 2023, not ratified MARPOL 73/78 in force 1999 Source:- International Environmental Agreements Database ↗ - Université Laval
- CO₂ emissions:Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) ↗ - European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Air pollution:Air Quality Life Index ↗ - Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago
- Environmental issues:The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
- International agreements:International Environmental Agreements Database ↗ - Université Laval
Food & Water
- No access to safe drinking water2022
- 15.3% of the population
- Renewable water2022
- 24 billion m³ per year
- Per person
- 2,092 m³ per year
- Dependency ratio
- 0% originates outside the country
- Annual water withdrawal
- 9.1 billion m³ per year
- Withdrawn for agriculture
- 83%
- Water stress
- 40% of available freshwater withdrawn
Source:- AQUASTAT ↗ - Food and Agriculture Organization
- Undernourishment2022
- 5.8% of the population600,000 people
- Obesity2024
- 30.8% of adults
- Men
- 24.2%
- Women
- 37.2%
Source:- Global Health Observatory ↗ - World Health Organization
- Underweight children2019
- 3% of children under five
- No access to safe drinking water, Renewable water:AQUASTAT ↗ - Food and Agriculture Organization
- Undernourishment:Food security indicators (FAOSTAT) ↗ - Food and Agriculture Organization
- Obesity:Global Health Observatory ↗ - World Health Organization
- Underweight children:World Development Indicators ↗ - World Bank
Energy
- Energy consumption2024
- Per capita
- 44.1 GJ per person
- Share of world total
- 0.08%
- Supply
- Deficitproduces 3.5% of what it consumes, 2024
Source:- International Energy Statistics ↗ - U.S. Energy Information Administration
- Electricity2024
- No electricity trade24 TWh generated per year
- Generation
- 24 TWh per year
- Consumption
- 21 TWh per year
Source:- International Energy Statistics ↗ - U.S. Energy Information Administration
- Oil, gas & coal
- Production endedlast produced in 2009Consumption2024148,388 b/dImports201824,908 b/d
Oil imports and exports count crude oil only.
- Energy consumption, Electricity, Oil, gas & coal:International Energy Statistics ↗ - U.S. Energy Information Administration
Defense
- Military expenditure2024
- 0.8% of GDP$981 million, 4% of government spending
- Military personnel2025
- approximately 55,000–60,000Armed Forces; up to 35,000 National Police
- Military service2025
- Voluntarymen and women 17 to early 20s, ages vary depending on military service and position; under 18 admitted with permission of parents
As of 2024, women made up approximately 17% of the active-duty military.
Source:- The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
- Nuclear weapons2026
- None - no nuclear arsenal
- Military expenditure:SIPRI Military Expenditure Database ↗ - Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
- Military expenditure:World Development Indicators ↗ - World Bank
- Military personnel, Military service:The World Factbook: Dominican Republic - CIA
- Nuclear weapons:Status of World Nuclear Forces ↗ - Federation of American Scientists
