International Rankings of Dominica 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Dominica, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Dominica, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	32	22	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	170	16000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	29	81 %	2021
Internet users - total	196	58320	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	49	10	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	185	7500	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	72	86	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	196	62000	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	208	184.000 million US Dollars	2021
Budget - revenues	209	180.000 million US Dollars	2021
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	82	5.9 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	98	178.763 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	188	280.400 million US Dollars	2017
Exports	206	104.959 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	213	557.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	48	54.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	22	26.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	109	60.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	140	62.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	79	21.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	37	22.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	154	12.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	81	65.1 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	207	302.000 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	87	5.01 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	183	0.73 %	2020
Labor force	206	25000 US Dollars	2000
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	44	40 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	16	32 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	148	28 %	2002
Population below poverty line	59	29 %	2009
Public debt	39	82.7 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	210	787.700 million US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	61	6.68 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	121	10900 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	184	190.843 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	10	40.9 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	13	23 %	2000
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	199	182000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	196	82.078 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	193	42000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	191	8.100 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	65	74.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	75	24.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	68	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	67	0.6 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	111	37.513 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	187	1200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	199	1237 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	175	0.18 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	181	0.04 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	110	18.17 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	107	34.7	2018
Land use - arable land	107	8	2018
Land use - forest	30	59.2	2018
Land use - other	172	6.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	8	24	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	147	2.7	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	95	0.03 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	168	200.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	140	1.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	111	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	122	0.84	2025
Urbanization - urban population	65	72	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	189	751 sq km	0
Area - total	190	751 sq km	0
Area - water	197	188 sq km	0
Coastline	145	148 km	0
Elevation - highest point	124	1447 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	161	N/A sq km	0
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	107	34.7	2018
Land use - arable land	107	8	2018
Land use - forest	30	59.2	2018
Land use - other	172	6.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	8	24	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	147	2.7	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	90	1.64 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	13	4.39 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	62	6.32 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	70	0.29 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	128	13.64 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	60	5.7 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	150	40.3 %	2023
Death rate	78	8.12 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	87	13.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	86	7.6 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	158	41.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	134	28 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	36	95.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	2023
Drinking water source - total	103	N/A % of population	2023
Drinking water source - unimproved	29	4.3 % of population	0
Education expenditures	31	5.5 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	71	0.98 %	2023
Hospital bed density	34	3.8 beds/1,000 population	0
Infant mortality rate - female	147	6.91 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	107	14.89 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	127	11 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	61	81.53 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	67	75.51 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	62	78.45 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	122	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2023
Median age - female	71	35.5 years	2020
Median age - male	63	34.4 years	0
Median age - total	63	34.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	174	5.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	30	27.9 %	2016
Physicians density	105	1.1 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	202	74656	2023
Population growth rate	141	0.02 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	2023
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	2023
Sanitation facility access - total	122	N/A % of population	2023
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	19	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	23	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	85	2.01 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	122	0.84	2025
Urbanization - urban population	65	72	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Transportation
Airports	121	2	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	96	84	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	132	762 km	2018
Roadways - total	154	1512 km	2018
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Dominica on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Dominica 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Dominica 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.