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Dominican Republic

Location

  • Geographical region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Americas
  • SDG region: SDG Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Small Island Developing States

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 48,310 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 50% agriculture, 44% forest and 6% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 11,228,821 people (2022)
  • Population density: 225 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 80% lives in urban areas and 17% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 184,447,052,958 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 16,426 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 6% from agriculture, 57% from services and 33% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Dominican Republic

  • Drinking water

    45 % of the population in Dominican Republic uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)
  • Sanitation

    43 % of the population in Dominican Republic uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)
  • Hygiene

    48 % of the population in Dominican Republic has a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (SDG indicator 6.2.1b, 2022)
  • Wastewater

    40 % of domestic wastewater in Dominican Republic is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    88 % of monitored water bodies in Dominican Republic has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2023)
  • Efficiency

    9 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Dominican Republic (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2021)
  • Water stress

    40 % of the renewable water resources in Dominican Republic is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2021)
  • Water management

    39 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Dominican Republic (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2023) 
  • Transboundary

    0 % of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2023)
  • Ecosystems

    0 % of the water basins in Dominican Republic is experiencing rapid changes in the area covered by surface waters (SDG 6 indicator 6.6.1, 2020)
  • Cooperation

    24 m$ is the amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Dominican Republic in 2022 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)
  • Participation

    + is the number of sub-sectors (out of 6) with a high level of participation by communities in Dominican Republic (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2021)

Drinking water

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Dominican Republic, progress over time

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Dominican Republic, by service level and location (2022)

Sanitation and hygiene

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Dominican Republic, progress over time

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Dominican Republic, by service level and location (2022)

6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Dominican Republic, by service level and location (2022)

Water quality and wastewater

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Dominican Republic (2022), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated in Dominican Republic, by source (2022)

6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Dominican Republic (2023), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Dominican Republic, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 1,410 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 2,183 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 705 m3 per capita (2010)

Environmental flow requirements: % of the renewable water resources ()

6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources in Dominican Republic, change over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Dominican Republic, by sector (2020)

Water-use efficiency for ‘Agriculture, forestry and fishing’ only takes into account the proportion of gross value added that comes from irrigated agriculture, since that activity is associated with water withdrawal (other activities are rain-fed).

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Dominican Republic, progress over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water resources management

6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) in Dominican Republic, progress over time, by dimension

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation in Dominican Republic, progress over time, by component

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

International cooperation and capacity-building

6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Dominican Republic, over time

6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Dominican Republic in 2022, by sub-sector

Water and sanitation-related official development assistance includes water sector policy and governance, water supply, sanitation, water sector policy, water resources conservation, river basins development, waste management/disposal, education and training, agricultural water resources and hydroelectric power.

Annual expenditure for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in Dominican Republic, by funding source

Community participation

6.b.1 Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities and level of participation in Dominican Republic (2017-2021)

6.b.1 Level of participation by users/communities in Dominican Republic, progress over time, by sub-sector