| variable | 1980-1989 | 1990-1999 | 2000-2007 | 2008-2009 | 2010-2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| real gdp growth | 4.95 | 2.03 | 3.19 | -0.25 | -1.16 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| CPI % | 4.71 | 2.09 | 2.45 | 1.4 | 0.46 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
| Unemployment rate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Debt/GDP % | 54.1 | 56.6 | 84.14 | 64.65 | 81.92 | 101.3 | 108.2 | 102.6 | 98.3 | 94.7 |
| Current account balance/GDP % | - | -17.9 | -17.95 | -19.3 | -19.06 | -40.4 | -37.8 | -38.0 | -33.2 | -25.4 |
Data derived from World Economic Outlook Database. To see main macroeconomic indicator in graphs click here
Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans, due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Britain in 1763, and Dominica became a British colony in 1805. Slavery ended in 1833, and in 1835, the first three men of African descent were elected to the legislative assembly of Dominica. In 1871, Dominica became first part of the British Leeward Islands and then the British Windward Islands until 1958. In 1967, Dominica became an associated state of the UK, formally taking responsibility for its internal affairs, and the country gained its independence in 1978. In 1980, Dominica's fortunes improved when Mary Eugenia CHARLES -- the first female prime minister in the Caribbean -- replaced a corrupt and tyrannical administration, and she served for the next 15 years. In 2017, Hurricane Maria passed over the island, causing extensive damage to structures, roads, communications, and the power supply, and largely destroying critical agricultural areas.
Area: 751 sq km km2
Climate: tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall
Natural resources: timber, hydropower, arable land
Groups: African descent 84.5%, mixed 9%, Indigenous 3.8%, other 2.1%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)
Languages:
Religions: Roman Catholic 52.7%, Protestant 29.7% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 6.7%, Pentecostal 6.1%, Baptist 5.2%, Christian Union Church 3.9%, Methodist 2.6%, Gospel Mission 2.1%, other Protestant 3.1%), Jehovah's Witness 1.3%, Rastafarian 1.1%, other 4.3%, none 9.4%, unspecified 1.4% (2011 est.)
Capital: Roseau
Government type: parliamentary republic
Chief of state: President Sylvanie BURTON (since 2 October 2023)
Head of government: Prime Minister Roosevelt SKERRIT (since 8 January 2004)
Description: House of Assembly - unicameral
highly agrarian OECS island economy; ECCU-member state; large banana exporter; improved oversight of its citizenship-by-investment program; emerging ecotourism, information and communications, and education industries
soap, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement blocks, shoes
GDP by sector: Agriculture: 12.2% (2024 est.), Industry: 13.9% (2024 est.), Services: 56.9% (2024 est.)
Export partners: Bahamas, The 13%, Saudi Arabia 11%, Iceland 10%, Guyana 7%, Antigua & Barbuda 7% (2023)
Export commodities: iron blocks, medical instruments, excavation machinery, power equipment, soap (2023)
Import partners: USA 24%, China 11%, Indonesia 8%, Trinidad & Tobago 7%, Italy 7% (2023)
Import commodities: refined petroleum, ships, plastic products, semi-finished iron, cars (2023)
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about halfway between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago
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