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

SICA Housing Ministers Discuss Energy, Zoning for Sustainable Development

Date: 16 Jul 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

27 June 2012: The housing ministers of Belize, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama met to discuss: implementation of joint projects on zoning and sustainable development, and on the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in public housing; zoning practices in other Latin American countries; and recent developments in zoning policy in their countries. The Ministers met on 27 June 2012, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, as the XXXVI...

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UNESCO Biosphere Reserves Designated in Haiti, São Tomé and Principe

Date: 16 Jul 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

11 July 2012: At its 24th session, the International Co-ordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added 20 new sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR), including in São Tomé and Principe and Haiti for the first time. Biosphere Reserves are sites established by countries and recognized under the MAB Programme to promote sustainable development based on community efforts and sound science. ...

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SICA, BCIE Convene First Regional Conference on Women's Economic Rights

Date: 13 Jul 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

28 June 2012: The Central American Integration System’s (SICA) Council of Women’s Affairs Ministers (COMMCA) and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) convened the first Regional Conference on the Economic Rights of Women, with a focus on entrepreneurship, public policies and access to capital in the SICA member countries of Belize, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. The event was held from 27-28 June 2012...

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