| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $52.71 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
-0.7% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $6,000 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 10.7%
industry: 31.5%
services: 57.8% (2003) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
25% |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.1%
highest 10%: 37.9% (1998) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
27.5% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
2.3 million - 2.6 million (2000 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 17%, industry 24.3%, services and government 58.7% (1998 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $2.601 billion
expenditures: $3.353 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.1 billion (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
tourism, sugar processing, ferronickel and gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
2% (2001 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
9.186 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 92%
hydro: 7.6%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0.4% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
8.543 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef, eggs |
| Exports : |
$5.524 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 84.4%, Canada 1.7%, Haiti 1.5% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$7.911 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 49.5%, Venezuela 11.3%, Mexico 4.4%, Colombia 4% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$6.567 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$239.6 million (1995) |
| Currency : |
Dominican peso (DOP) |
| Currency Code : |
DOP |
| Exchange Rates : |
Dominican pesos per US dollar - 30.8307 (2003), 18.6098 (2002), 16.9516 (2001), 16.415 (2000), 16.0331 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
