Dominican Republic
Country in Americas
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 11.5M (2025). World rank 84 of 216; in Americas, 14 of 46. Area: 48,671 km². World rank 132 of 249; in Americas, 24 of 56. GDP: $127.4B (2025). World rank 66 of 210; in Americas, 11 of 45. From 2015 to 2025: population 10.4M → 11.5M, GDP $71B → $127.4B, and GDP per person $6,801 → $11,059. Better than all its neighbours (Haiti): life expectancy and GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Dominican Republic
- Local name
- República Dominicana
- Capital
- Santo Domingo
- Region
- Americas
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Luis Abinader
- Head of government
- Luis Abinader
- Independence
- February 27, 1844
- Women in parliament
- 37.4% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 11,520,487 2025
- Area
- 48,671 km²
- GDP
- $127.4B 2025
- GDP per person
- $11,059 2025
- Life expectancy
- 73.9 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- Dominican Peso (DOP)
- Time zones
- UTC−4
- Calling code
- +1
- Emergency numbers
- 911
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- A, B
- Mains voltage
- 110 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 1,288
- Neighbours
- Haiti
- Agricultural land
- 51.5% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Pico Duarte, 3,098 m
- Lowest point
- Lake Enriquillo, -46 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 424
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 26
- Warmest month in the capital
- August, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 25°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,410 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 236.7 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.8% 2025
- Living in cities
- 72.5% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -35.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 6.5% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 26.2% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 65.6% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 8.2% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 77.1 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 70.7 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 2.2 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 17.6 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6.3 2024
Society
- Religions
- Protestant 50.2%, Catholic 30.1%, and no religion 18.5% (2023)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 56.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 48.2 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 53.2 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 58.7 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 64 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $28,721 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +2.1% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $10,620 2025
- Inflation
- +3.9% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 39 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 4.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 28.4% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 60.1% 2025
- Unemployment
- 5.1% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 12.3% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 53.7% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 23.6% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 27.9% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -1.4% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +3.9% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 9.7% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 14.7% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 39 2024
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.8% 2024
Education
- Adult literacy
- 94% 2024
- Primary school enrolment
- 102% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 76.4% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 57.7% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 3.8% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.6% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $489 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 25.1% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 2.4 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 2.1 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.8 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 89% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 27.7 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 30.6 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 124 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 17.6% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 63.3% 2022
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 97.5% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 90.1% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 93% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 10.9 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 64.6 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 4.2 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 76.3 2025
- Natural hazards
- tropical cyclones, floods, and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 13.5 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 3 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 4.5 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 46.7% 2024
- Protected areas
- 15.3% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 2,092 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 39.5% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 91% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 94 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 11.2 2024
- Internet domain
- .do
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 99.5% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 2,034 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 14.8% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 17.1% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 84% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 996,238 2023
- Airports
- 32 2025
- Railways, km
- 496 2014
Science and innovation
- Researchers per million people
- 20 2022
- Scientific articles per year
- 105 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 11 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 7.7% 2024