470 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 95
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 64
Natural gas - imports:
470 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 60
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 185
Current account balance:
-$3.862 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 167 -$2.328 billion (2009 est.)
Exports:
$6.161 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 102 $5.462 billion (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods
Exports - partners:
US 54.08%, Haiti 9.78% (2009)
Imports:
$14.53 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 79 $12.28 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals
Imports - partners:
US 42.79%, Venezuela 7.04%, Mexico 6.17%, Colombia 5.59% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.705 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 88 $2.905 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$13.09 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 82 $11.04 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$19.45 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 68 $17.95 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$NA (31 December 2010 est.)
$59 million (31 December 2009 est.)
Exchange rates:
Dominican pesos (DOP) per US dollar - 36.92 (2010), 36.027 (2009), 34.775 (2008), 33.113 (2007), 33.406 (2006)
Communications ::Dominican Republic
Telephones - main lines in use:
965,400 (2009) country comparison to the world: 80
Telephones - mobile cellular:
8.63 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 71
Telephone system:
general assessment: relatively efficient system based on island-wide microwave radio relay network
domestic: fixed-line teledensity is about 10 per 100 persons; multiple providers of mobile-cellular service with a subscribership of roughly 75 per 100 persons
international: country code - 1–809; landing point for the Americas
Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1), Antillas 1, and the
Fibralink submarine cables that provide links to South and Central
America, parts of the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2009)
Broadcast media:
combination of state-owned and privately-owned broadcast media; 1 state-owned television network and a number of private TV networks; networks operate repeaters to extend signals throughout country; combination of state-owned and privately-owned radio stations; more than 300 radio stations operating (2007)
Internet country code:
.do
Internet hosts:
283,298 (2010) country comparison to the world: 60
Internet users:
2.701 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 68
Transportation ::Dominican Republic
Airports:
35 (2010) country comparison to the world: 110
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 16
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 1 (2010)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 19
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 17 (2010)
Railways:
total: 1,784 km country comparison to the world: 77 standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,409 km 1.076-m, 0.889-m, and 0.762-m gauges
note: 1,226 km operated by sugar companies in 1.076 m, 0.889 m, and 0.762-m gauges (2008)
Roadways:
total: 19,705 km country comparison to the world: 110 paved: 9,872 km
unpaved: 9,833 km (2002)
Merchant marine:
total: 1 country comparison to the world: 161 by type: cargo 1
registered in other countries: 1 (Panama 1) (2008)
Ports and terminals:
Andres (Boca Chica), Puerto Haina, Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo
Military ::Dominican Republic
Military branches:
Army, Navy (Marina de Guerra), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Dominicana,
FAD) (2010)
Military service age and obligation:
16–21 years of age for compulsory military service; recruits must be Dominican Republic citizens; women may volunteer (2010)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16–49: 2,514,160
females age 16–49: 2,395,804 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16–49: 2,090,785
females age 16–49: 1,957,233 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 98,394
female: 94,576 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
0.7% of GDP (2009) country comparison to the world: 154
Transnational Issues ::Dominican Republic
Disputes - international:
Haitian migrants cross the porous border into the Dominican Republic to find work; illegal migrants from the Dominican Republic cross the Mona Passage each year to Puerto Rico to find better work
Trafficking in persons:
current situation: the Dominican Republic is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation