Dominican Republic

Official Name:	The Dominican Republic
Sovereign Status:	Sovereign Country
Government Type:	Presidential Republic
Official Name (Local Language):	Republica Dominicana
ISO Country Codes:	DO : DOM
Internet Domain:	.do
Government Web Site:	http://www.dominicanrepublic.com/

map zoom

UN Location Codes

IATA Airports

Capital:	Santo Domingo	Main Airports:	Las Américas International Airport
Language(s):	Spanish	Population:	10,597,348
Currency:	Dominican Republic Peso	ISO Currency Code:	DOP
Telephone Dial In:	+1 809, 829, 849	ID Prefix:	011

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Country Summaries:

BBC; CIA Factbook; Commisceo Global; Country Code; Infoplease; International Model United Nations Association; Law Library of Congress; NationMaster; NationsOnline; UNESCO; UNESCO UIS

Political & Cultural Organisations:

African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States; Alliance of Small Island States; Association of Caribbean States; Central American Integration System; Community of Democracies; Inter Parliamentary Union; Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie; Organizacion de Estados Iberoamericanos; Organization of American States; Pacific Alliance; Secretar a General Iberoamericana; Sistema Economico Latinoamericano; UN; UNESCO; Union Latina;

Travel Guides:

Fodor's Travel; Lonely Planet; Rough Guide

News Resources:

Newspaper

Show

Diario El Caribe;

Dominican Republic Live;

DominicanToday.com;

dr1;

El Dia;

El Nacional (Santo Domingo);

La Informacion;

Listín Diario;

Radio

Show

La 91 FM;

Radios;

Dominican Republic

Government Website:	http://www.dominicanrepublic.com/
Sovereign Ratings:	https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/dominican-republic
Central Bank:	Banco Central de la República Dominicana
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	47.42 Dominican pesos (DOP) per US dollar (2017 est.)
Unemployment Rate:	5.1% (2017 est.)
Population below poverty line:	30.5% (2016 est.)
Inflation Rate:	1.8% (2019 est.)

Prime Lending Rate:	15.40% (2017 - World Bank)
GDP:	$88.956 billion (2019 est.)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP):	$18,413 (2019 est.)
Currency Name:	Dominican Republic Peso
Currency Code:	DOP
World Bank Classification:	Upper Middle Income

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	5.1%	cocoa, tobacco, sugarcane, coffee, cotton, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef, eggs
Industry:	32.8%	tourism, sugar processing, gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco, electrical components, medical devices
Services:	62.2%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; Un Economic Commission for Latin America the Caribbean UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee; Countryeconomy; Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative; FAO; IMF; Inter American Development Bank; International Labour Organization; OECD; UNDP Human Development; World Bank;

Financial Exchanges:

Stock & Securities Exchange: Bolsa de Valores de La República Dominicana ;

National Statistics Office:

Oficina Nacional de Estadistica;

National Dataset(s):

Focus Economics; Global Survey; Trading Economics;

Dominican Republic

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

The World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution

Trade Statistics

Trade Summary

Trade Indicators

Business Language(s):	Spanish
Customs & Excise:	Dirección General de Aduanas
Development Bank(s):	Development Bank of Latin America; Inter-American Development Bank;
National Standards Bureau:	Instituto Dominicano para la Calidad

Competitive Ind’l Performance: 78/141 (2019)	Corruption Perceptions Index: 137/180 (2020)
Ease of Doing Business: 115/190 (2019)	Enabling Trade Index: 78/136 (2016)
Global Trade Alert	Search ITC's Lega Carta
World Bank Logistics Performance Index