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

UNFCCC and Partners Launch UN Alliance on Climate Change Education, Training and Awareness

Date: 04 Dec 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

3 December 2012: The Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) launched the UN Alliance on Climate Change Education, Training and Public Awareness along with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The Alliance...

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IICA Forum Examines Agriculture-Environment Synergies in the Face of Climate Change

Date: 03 Dec 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

15 November 2012: The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) recently held a technical forum discussing five case studies from Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries on climate change and agriculture. The forum was held at IICA headquarters in San Jose, Costa Rica, but was also webcast so that officials and experts throughout the hemisphere could benefit from the discussion. The case studies are from a project in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico...

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LAC Agrees to Road Map on Applying Rio Principle 10

Date: 03 Dec 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

7 November 2012: The 11 signatory countries to the Declaration on the Application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development have agreed on the “Road Map for the Formulation of an Instrument on the Application of Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean.” The road map was agreed at the first meeting of focal points from signatory countries, which convened in November 2012, at UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)...

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