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Dominican Rep.

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  • Dominican Rep. has a population of about 11.5M; its total GDP of $127.4B ranks #64 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 48,272 km² is about 25% of the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Tourism receipts stands out most against the median: $7.6B — rank #26 of 165 countries with data.

Dominican Rep.: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 11.5M (2025) #84 / 169 median 11.5M · 1.0×
Population growth 0.8% (2025) #103 / 169 median 1.1% · 73%
Urban population share 72.5% (2025) #56 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.1×
Population aged 65+ 8.2% (2025) #81 / 169 median 7.4% · 1.1×
Fertility rate 2.2 (2024) #78 / 169 median 2.1 · 1.1×
Birth rate 17.6‰ (2024) #77 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 1.1×
Death rate 6.2‰ (2024) #112 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 88%
Net migration -35.3K (2025) #143 / 169 N/A
Surface area 48,272 km² #131 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 25%
Population density derived 239/km² (2025) #24 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 3.3×
Economy
GDP (total) $127.4B (2025) #64 / 168 median $80.7B · 1.6×
GDP per capita $11,059 (2025) #64 / 168 median $6,834 · 1.6×
GNI per capita $10,620 (2025) #64 / 168 median $6,350 · 1.7×
GDP growth (annual) 2.1% (2025) #110 / 168 median 3.1% · 69%
Inflation rate 3.9% (2025) #64 / 162 median 3.3% · 1.2×
Unemployment rate 5.1% (2025) #86 / 168 median 5.1% · 99%
Gini index 39.0 (2024) #51 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.1×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.8% (2024) #102 / 153 median 2.5% · 32%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 23.6% (2025) #113 / 163 median 35.0% · 68%
Imports share of GDP 27.9% (2025) #124 / 163 median 40.2% · 69%
Agriculture share of GDP 4.6% (2025) #101 / 168 median 7.2% · 64%
Manufacturing share of GDP 12.3% (2025) #72 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.1×
International tourist arrivals 2.7M (2020) #50 / 162 median 1.1M · 2.4×
Tourism receipts $7.6B (2018) #26 / 165 median $705M · 11×
Health & education
Life expectancy 73.9 years (2024) #84 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.0×
Infant mortality 27.7‰ (2024) #48 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 2.1×
Under-five mortality 30.6‰ (2024) #54 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 1.9×
DPT immunization 87.0% (2024) #99 / 166 median 90.5% · 96%
Hospital beds 0.8 per 1,000 (2023) #137 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 37%
Health spending share of GDP 4.6% (2023) #112 / 165 median 6.5% · 70%
Secondary school enrollment 76.4% (2024) #114 / 167 median 90.5% · 84%
Education spending share of GDP 3.8% (2023) #97 / 165 median 4.1% · 91%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.776 (2023) #74 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.0×
Internet users 91.0% (2024) #43 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.1×
Mobile subscriptions 93.7 per 100 (2024) #123 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 81%
Fixed broadband 11.2 per 100 (2024) #89 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 93%
Electricity access 99.5% (2024) #93 / 169 median 99.9% · 100%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 3.0 t (2024) #78 / 165 median 2.6 t · 1.1×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 34.2 Mt (2024) #62 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 1.6×
Renewable electricity share 17.1% (2021) #118 / 169 median 34.1% · 50%
Renewable energy consumption 14.8% (2021) #117 / 169 median 26.9% · 55%
Forest area 45.0% (2023) #48 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.4×
Agricultural land 55.4% (2023) #45 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.3×
Arable land 20.2% (2023) #48 / 168 median 11.0% · 1.8×
PM2.5 exposure 13.5 µg/m³ (2023) #127 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 68%
Military spending 0.8% (2024) #131 / 157 median 1.8% · 43%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Dominican Rep.'s true-shape outline

Dominican Rep.'s border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 48,272 km².

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Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).