| Economy of the Dominican Republic |
| Currency |
1 Dominican Peso (RD$) = 100 Centavos |
| Fiscal year |
Calendar year |
| Trade organisations |
WTO |
| Statistics [1] |
| GDP ranking |
68th by volume (at PPP) (2005); |
| GDP |
$89.87 billion (2007 est.) |
| GDP growth |
10.7% (2006 est.) |
| GDP per capita |
$9,208 (2007 est.) |
| GDP by sector |
agriculture (11.5%), industry (28.3% ), services (60.2%) (2007 est.) |
| Inflation |
8.2% (2006 est.) |
| Pop below poverty line |
25% (2006) |
| Labour force |
3.896 million (2006 est.) |
| Labour force by occupation |
services and government 58.7%, industry 24.3%, agriculture 17% (2006 est.) |
| Unemployment |
15.5% (2007 est.) |
| Main industries |
tourism, sugar processing, ferro nickel and gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco |
| Trading Partners [2] |
| Exports |
$6.881 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.) |
| Main partners |
U.S. 72.8%, U.K. 3.2%, Belgium 2.4% (2006) |
| Imports |
$12.89 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.) |
| Main Partners |
U.S. 46.9%,Venezuela 8.4%, Colombia 6.3%, Mexico 5.7%, (2006) |
| Public Finances [3] |
| Public debt |
45.6% of GDP (2006) |
| External debt |
$8.634 billion (2006) |
| Revenues |
$5.658 billion (2006) |
| Expenses |
$6.119 billion, (2006) |
| Economic aid |
$571.6 million (FY04 est.)[1][2] |
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