Dominican Republic, is a country located at Central America, it has an area of 146,839 Km2.

Dominican Republic, with a population of 10,709,000 people, it is ranked at 87º position by population of 196 countries and it has a moderate population density, 73 people per km2.

It's capital is Santo Domingo and its currency is Dominican pesos

Dominican Republic is holding the 64 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2023 was 67,581 millions of euros (73,094 millions of dollars), ( 60.02% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €6,311 euros per inhabitant$6,825 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Dominican Republic was on February of 2025 and it was 3.6%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Dominican Republic, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.766 points in 2022, leaving it in 82th place in the table of 193 countries published.

If the reason to visit Dominican Republic are business, you must know it's in the 115th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Dominican Republic, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Dominican Republic Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2023€112,599M
Annual GDP [+]2023$121,785M
GDP per capita [+]2023€10,514
GDP per capita [+]2023$11,372
Debt (M.€.) [+]202367,581
Debt ($M) [+]202373,094
Debt (%GDP) [+]202360.02%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€6,311
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$6,825
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-3,664
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-3,963
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-3.25%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202321,360.5
Expenditure ($M) [+]202323,103.1
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20224,257.2
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20224,486.6
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202322.03%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20222,880.4
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20223,033.1
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202214.43%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023834.1
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2023902.1
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20233.92%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202318.97%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€1,995
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$2,157
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€401
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$422
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€256
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$270
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€78
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$84
Moody's Rating [+]08/10/2023Ba3
S&P Rating [+]12/19/2022BB
Fitch Rating [+]05/08/2020BB-
Corruption Index [+]202335
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201978º
Fragile States Index [+]202460.2
RTI Raking [+]2024124º
Innovation Ranking [+]202497º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q35.4%
Unemployed [+]2024Q3286K
NMW [+]2024$357.3
NMW [+]2024€339.6
Human Capital Ranking [+]201793º
Markets
Euro / Dominican pesos [+]07/22/202357.2766
US Dollar exchange rate [+]07/22/202354.4403
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]February 20253.6%
Money Market
Key rates [+]01/01/20255.75%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020115º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 201912,606
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20192.11
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015161.38
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202213.9%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201318.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202025.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20227,163,400
Exports [+]2023€11,959.6M
Exports [+]2023$12,931.9M
Exports % GDP [+]202310.62%
Imports [+]2023€26,656.0M
Imports [+]2023$28,823.1M
Imports % GDP [+]202323.67%
Trade balance [+]2023€-14,696.4M
Trade balance [+]2023$-15,770.3M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-13.05%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201562º
Density [+]202373
Global Peace Ranking [+]202497º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20176,190.5
% Immigrant [+]20205.78%
% Emigrant [+]202015.40%
Birth Rate [+]202218.11‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017960.6
Crude death rate [+]20226.07‰
Fertility Rate [+]20222.25
% risk of poverty [+]202123.9%
Population [+]202310,709,000
Immigrant stock [+]2020603,794
Emigrant stock [+]20201,608,567
HDI [+]20220.766
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202482º
Life expectancy [+]202274.17
Suicides [+]2015720
Suicide rate [+]20157.22
Number of homicides [+]20221,389
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202212.37
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20232.74
Consumption GWh [+]202322,193
Generation GWh [+]202324,562
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/20244,384
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/2024661,103
Fully vaccinated [+]12/28/20236,130,377
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/2024409.38
Doses administered [+]12/28/202316,430,339