Dominican Republic

Capital City:

Santo Domingo

Languages:

Spanish

Category: Social
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Net enrollment ratio in primary education	85.90000000000001	92.3	91	89	81.5	82.2	79.7	84.7				MDG Database
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage	16.1	16.1	16.1	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	19.7	19.7	19.7	19.7	UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)			87					88.23999999999999				World Bank

Category: Land
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha)	2,515	2,515	2,515	2,517	2,517	2,517	2,517	2,517	2,500	FAO
Forest area (sq km)	13,760	13,760	13,760	13,760	13,760	13,760	13,760	13,760		World Bank
Forest area (% of land area)	28.48	28.48	28.48	28.48	28.48	28.48	28.48	28.48		World Bank

Category: Demographics
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
Country population	8,829,830	8,970,380	9,111,140	9,252,030	9,392,870	9,533,440	9,673,760	9,813,690	9,952,710	10,090,200	World Bank
Population annual growth	1.59861	1.57919	1.55699	1.53459	1.51076	1.48548	1.46107	1.43614	1.4067	1.37148	World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)	120					100			100		World Bank

Category: Indices
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
HDI - Human Development Index	0.624					0.638	0.646	0.651	0.656	0.66	0.663	UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).

Category: Economy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)	4,770	4,890	5,180	5,080	5,110	5,850	6,620	7,330	7,860	8,110	World Bank
ODA received as % of GNI	0.24	0.45	0.57	0.35	0.42	0.25	0.16	0.31	0.35		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Workers remittances (current US$)	1,839,000,000	1,982,000,000	2,195,000,000	2,325,400,000	2,501,200,000	2,719,200,000	3,084,300,000	3,413,900,000	3,487,000,000		UN Data

Category: Energy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Source
Electric power consumption (kWh)	6	9	10	12	12	12	12	13	World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent)	1,355	1,438	1,438	1,443	1,475	1,438	1,414	1,419	World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)	81.61	80.78	81.28	80.59999999999999	78.97	79.23	80.16	80.48999999999999	World Bank

Category: Climate Change and Sea-level Rise
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC)	20,117	20,235	21,500	21,533	19,970	19,893	20,359	20,759				MDG Database (CDIAC Data)

Category: Freshwater
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Improved water source (% of population with access)	87					87			86			World Bank

Category: Biodiversity
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies:

Title	Programme Name	Programme Description	Year
UNFCCC Nat Comm - Dominican Republic	First national communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	Strategy Description	2004
NBSAP - Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic: Fourth National Report on the Biodiversity	Strategy Description	2010
NSDS - Dominican Republic		Strategy Description National Information / National Reports

CARICOM Trains Negotiators on MEAs

Date: 01 Jun 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

1 June 2012: Forty negotiators from CARIFORUM countries, which include Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member States, Cuba and the Dominican Republic, took part in a training workshop to better represent their national and regional interests in negotiations involving multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). The workshop, which took place in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, from 28 May – 1 June 2012, was organized by the CARICOM Secretariat with support from the UN Environment...

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UNDP, UNEP, WFP Support Reforestation of Haiti-Dominican Republic Border

Date: 25 May 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

21 May 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has reported on progress achieved in the reforestation of the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic under a project titled Green Border, implemented by UNDP in partnership with the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the World Food Programme (WFP). The Green Border is a four-year project on the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic that aims to reduce community vulnerability to natural disaster risk in shared rivers and...

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CCAD Creates Scientific Council on Biodiversity

Date: 23 May 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

9 May 2012: The Central American Commission on Environment and Development’s (CCAD) Council of Ministers has approved the creation of the first Scientific Council on Biodiversity for the Central American Integration System (SICA). The Scientific Council will create a network of biodiversity experts to recommend new policies for SICA member countries, and will work to ensure the technical quality of work plans of the Regional Biodiversity Institute (IRBIO). IRBIO is the technical body...

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