International Rankings of Dominican Republic 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Dominican Republic, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Dominican Republic, 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	107	9.15	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	73	951970	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	75	74.82 %	2018
Internet users - total	65	7.706 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	124	11.65	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	71	1.211 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	160	86.05	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	92	8.948 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	83	13.620 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	85	11.330 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	59	3.00 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	90	165.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	91	23.094 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	100	51	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	91	60	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	66	85	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	45	84	2020
Exports	100	10.120 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	70	88.956 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	134	24.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	103	12.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	68	69.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	38	28.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	74	21.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	104	5.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	48	33.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	89	61.40 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	30	44 %	2018
Gross national saving	62	24	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	28	37.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2013
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	32	1.90 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	89	17.700 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	57	3.10 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	68	1.80 %	2019
Labor force	82	4.732 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	83	14 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	62	21 %	2014
Labor force - by occupation - services	64	65 %	2014
Population below poverty line	85	21 %	2019
Public debt	119	37.20 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	68	197.735 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	39	4.60 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	92	18413 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	87	6.873 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	148	14.90 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	110	5.10 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	82	23.790 million	2017
Crude oil - imports	67	16980	2015
Electricity - consumption	79	15.640 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	22	77	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	54	16	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	34	7	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	92	3.839 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	81	18.030 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	87	1.161 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	60	1.161 billion cubic meters	2017
Refined petroleum products - consumption	71	134000	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	53	108500 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	92	16060 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	76	25 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	99	8 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	140	13 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	58	52	2018
Land use - arable land	62	17	2018
Land use - forest	68	41	2018
Land use - other	162	8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	29	10	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	64	25	2018
Total renewable water resources	116	23.500 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	45	7.563 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	61	659.900 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	54	855.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	79	1.64	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	37	83	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	56	4.064 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	60	333241 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	62	8.20 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	129	48320 sq km	N/A
Area - total	130	48670 sq km	N/A
Area - water	120	350 sq km	N/A
Coastline	76	1288 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	45	3098 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	44	46 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	82	424 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	67	3070 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	139	376 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	58	52	2018
Land use - arable land	62	17	2018
Land use - forest	68	41	2018
Land use - other	162	8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	29	10	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	64	25	2018
Total renewable water resources	115	23.500 billion	2017
Population Density	58	219.32 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	62	1 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	65	18.15	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	101	40.54	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	120	8.17	N/A
Birth rate	76	18.24 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	31	69.50 %	2014
Current Health Expenditure	54	6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	128	6.29 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	77	11.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	78	8.60 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	92	53.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	77	42.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	15	98 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	73	8 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	77	3 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	55	2 % of population	N/A
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	29	0.90	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	32	1900	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	43	72000	2020
Hospital bed density	53	1.60 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	74	19.19 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	78	24.08 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	76	21.68 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	134	74 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	127	71 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	130	72 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	65	95.00	2017
Median age - female	103	28 years	2020
Median age - male	95	28 years	N/A
Median age - total	97	28 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	64	21	2013
Net migration rate	134	2.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	32	27.60 %	2016
Physicians density	92	1.53 physicians/1,000 population	2011
Population	85	10.597 million	2021
Population growth rate	91	0.92 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	31	96 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	105	4 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	81	5 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	41	14 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	15 years	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	21	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	22	1.00	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.89 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	15	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	72	2.23 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	59	23	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	83	12	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	72	16	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	79	1.64	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	37	83	2021
Transportation
Airports	89	36	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	40	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	35	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	40	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	62	16	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	77	20	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	50	18	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	96	6.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	103	496 km	2014
Roadways - paved	70	9872 km	2002
Roadways - total	91	19705 km	2002

*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.

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