Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
77th place is occupied by the Dominican Republic globally in the Social Progress Index, being the thirteenth highest-ranked country in Latin America and the fourth in the immediate region of Central America and the Caribbean (Campos et al., 2024).
4.2%, 3.2%, and 6.1% were the percentages of Foreign Direct Investment as a proportion of GDP in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Panama respectively in 2021, well above global averages of 1.9% for OECD countries and 2.1% for the world as a whole (Campos et al., 2024).
6% and 5.6% have been the annual output growth rates in the Dominican Republic and Panama respectively since 1960 up to the outset of COVID, faster than in the rest of Latin America, with Costa Rica in fifth place (Campos et al., 2024).
$26,606 is Panama's per capita GDP, the highest in Latin America, with Costa Rica fourth ($19,778) and the Dominican Republic seventh ($16,768), at least double that of other Central American countries (Campos et al., 2024).
6% of the Dominican Republic's GDP comes from agriculture, livestock, forestry and fishing (Government of the Dominican Republic, 2021).
22.7 kha was the loss of natural forest in 2023 in the Dominican Republic, equivalent to 12.1 Mt of CO₂ emissions.
25.9 kha of primary rainforest was lost between 2001 and 2023 in the Dominican Republic, representing 7% of its total tree cover loss over the same time period (GFW, 2024).
8.2% was the decrease in the total area of primary forest in the Dominican Republic between 2001 and 2023 (GFW, 2024).
381 kha of tree cover was lost between 2001 and 2023 in the Dominican Republic. A 15% decrease in area cover since 2000 (GFW, 2024).
