The Dominican Republic

Wealth and National Well-Being

Country Comparisons:
2010: see chart

Public debt
2009: 41.5 % of GDP

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
2005: top ten percent of the population, 38.7%; bottom ten percent, 1.5%

Exports: ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods, baseball players. As of 2003 84 percent of its exports went to the United States.

People

Living in an urban area
2008: 69%

Density: 206 persons per square kilometer

Migrations
2009: More people leaving than arriving -- a net loss of 2.2 persons per 1,000 population.

Geography

In the Caribbean Sea. The eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola. 28 percent of the Domincan Republic is forest (compared to 1 percent for Haiti, on the western side of the island).

Government

Democratic republic. Capital: Santo Domingo

SOURCES:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/