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Dominican Republic vs Haiti

106 shared metrics.

Dominican RepublicLeads in 76

vs106 shared

HaitiLeads in 30

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Dominican Republic

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Identity

Name origin: the name is a latinized form of the Spanish term Santo Domingo, meaning "holy Sunday.

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Geography

Size snapshot: slightly more than twice the size of New Jersey.

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Haiti

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Haiti.

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Identity

Name origin: derived from the Arawak name Ayti, meaning "Land of Mountains," that was originally applied to the entire island of Hispaniola.

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Analysis

Dominican Republic leads in 76 of 106 shared metrics, while Haiti leads in 30.

Dominican Republic's Armed Forces Personnel is 70.0x that of Haiti (71.0K vs 1.0K).

Dominican Republic's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 44.4x that of Haiti (3.6% of GDP vs 0.08% of GDP).

Dominican Republic's Electricity Generation is 25.3x that of Haiti (26.54 TWh vs 1.0 TWh).

Dominican Republic's Electricity Use (Per Capita) is 21.9x that of Haiti (1.7K kWh/person vs 74.85 kWh/person).

Dominican Republic's Electric Generating Capacity is 12.9x that of Haiti (6.58M kW vs 472.0K kW).

Key Comparisons

Armed Forces PersonnelDominican Republic leads

Dominican Republic

71.0K

Haiti

1.0K

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Dominican Republic leads

Dominican Republic

3.6% of GDP

Haiti

0.08% of GDP

Electricity GenerationDominican Republic leads

Dominican Republic

26.54 TWh

Haiti

1.0 TWh

Electricity Use (Per Capita)Dominican Republic leads

Dominican Republic

1.7K kWh/person

Haiti

74.85 kWh/person

Electric Generating CapacityDominican Republic leads

Dominican Republic

6.58M kW

Haiti

472.0K kW

Air PassengersDominican Republic leads

Dominican Republic

996.2K

Haiti

74.5K

All Metrics

Armed Forces Personnel

Dominican Republic

71.0K

Haiti

1.0K

7000% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Dominican Republic

3.6% of GDP

Haiti

0.08% of GDP

4441% higher

Electricity Generation

Dominican Republic

26.54 TWh

Haiti

1.0 TWh

2528% higher

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Dominican Republic

1.7K kWh/person

Haiti

74.85 kWh/person

2194% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Dominican Republic

6.58M kW

Haiti

472.0K kW

1294% higher

Air Passengers

Dominican Republic

996.2K

Haiti

74.5K

1236% higher

Shipping Traffic

Dominican Republic

2.04M

Haiti

177.0K

1054% higher

CO2 Per Capita

Dominican Republic

2.9 t/person/yr

Haiti

0.25 t/person/yr

1049% higher

Military Spending

Dominican Republic

0.78% of GDP

Haiti

0.07% of GDP

1044% higher

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Dominican Republic

40.06 per 100k

Haiti

3.8 per 100k

952% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Dominican Republic

Haiti

4.0

900% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Dominican Republic

34.22 Mt CO2e

Haiti

3.5 Mt CO2e

874% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Dominican Republic

$462.26

Haiti

$52.3

784% higher

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Dominican Republic

$27,541.66

Haiti

$3,193.67

762% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Dominican Republic

2.4 per 1k

Haiti

0.29 per 1k

738% higher

Beer Consumption

Dominican Republic

3.1 L/person/yr

Haiti

0.41 L/person/yr

661% higher

All-Time Olympic Medals

Dominican Republic

15 medals

Haiti

2.0 medals

650% higher

Exports (% GDP)

Dominican Republic

22.77% of GDP

Haiti

3.4% of GDP

569% higher

Forest Area

Dominican Republic

21.7K km²

Haiti

3.4K km²

542% higher

GNI Per Capita

Dominican Republic

$10,280

Haiti

$1,760

484% higher

Comparison of Dominican Republic and Haiti across 106 metrics
				Winner
Armed Forces Personnel	71.0K	1.0K	7000% higher	Dominican Republic
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.6% of GDP	0.08% of GDP	4441% higher	Dominican Republic
Electricity Generation	26.54 TWh	1.0 TWh	2528% higher	Dominican Republic
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	1.7K kWh/person	74.85 kWh/person	2194% higher	Dominican Republic
Electric Generating Capacity	6.58M kW	472.0K kW	1294% higher	Dominican Republic
Air Passengers	996.2K	74.5K	1236% higher	Dominican Republic
Shipping Traffic	2.04M	177.0K	1054% higher	Dominican Republic
CO2 Per Capita	2.9 t/person/yr	0.25 t/person/yr	1049% higher	Dominican Republic
Military Spending	0.78% of GDP	0.07% of GDP	1044% higher	Dominican Republic
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	40.06 per 100k	3.8 per 100k	952% higher	Dominican Republic
Merchant Fleet Size	40	4.0	900% higher	Dominican Republic
Total CO2 Emissions	34.22 Mt CO2e	3.5 Mt CO2e	874% higher	Dominican Republic
Health Spending Per Capita	$462.26	$52.3	784% higher	Dominican Republic
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$27,541.66	$3,193.67	762% higher	Dominican Republic
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.4 per 1k	0.29 per 1k	738% higher	Dominican Republic
Beer Consumption	3.1 L/person/yr	0.41 L/person/yr	661% higher	Dominican Republic
All-Time Olympic Medals	15 medals	2.0 medals	650% higher	Dominican Republic
Exports (% GDP)	22.77% of GDP	3.4% of GDP	569% higher	Dominican Republic
Forest Area	21.7K km²	3.4K km²	542% higher	Dominican Republic
GNI Per Capita	$10,280	$1,760	484% higher	Dominican Republic
Liberal Democracy Index	0.51	0.10	415% higher	Dominican Republic
GDP (Nominal)	$124,282,245,638.57	$25,224,154,990.79	393% higher	Dominican Republic
Water Withdrawal	7.1 B m³	1.4 B m³	392% higher	Dominican Republic
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.8% of GDP	0.96% of GDP	290% higher	Dominican Republic
Milk Consumption per Person	73.75 kg/person/yr	18.98 kg/person/yr	289% higher	Dominican Republic
Irrigated Land	3.0K km²	800 km²	273% higher	Dominican Republic
Forest Coverage (%)	44.99%	12.26%	267% higher	Dominican Republic
Meat Consumption per Person	55.25 kg/person/yr	17.61 kg/person/yr	214% higher	Dominican Republic
Credit Card Ownership	21.39% of adults	6.9% of adults	211% higher	Dominican Republic
Sanitation Access (%)	90.12%	29.11%	210% higher	Dominican Republic
Electoral Democracy Index	0.73	0.24	209% higher	Dominican Republic
Protected Land (%)	26.2%	8.6%	205% higher	Dominican Republic
Scientific Publications	109.82	37.56	192% higher	Dominican Republic
Obesity Rate	29.12%	10.23%	185% higher	Dominican Republic
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.12 per 100k people	0.04 per 100k people	183% higher	Dominican Republic
Water Stress (%)	30.37%	11.15%	172% higher	Dominican Republic
Energy Use (Per Capita)	950.47 kg oil eq/person	377.53 kg oil eq/person	152% higher	Dominican Republic
Internet Users (%)	91%	39%	133% higher	Dominican Republic
Corruption Perceptions Index	37 pts	16 pts	131% higher	Dominican Republic
Alcohol Consumption	6.5 L/adult/yr	3.1 L/adult/yr	109% higher	Dominican Republic
Women's Political Empowerment	0.82	0.40	105% higher	Dominican Republic
Can Raise Emergency Money	91.2% of adults	46.07% of adults	98% higher	Dominican Republic
Broadband Access (%)	11 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	95% lower	Haiti
Electricity Access (%)	99.6%	51.3%	94% higher	Dominican Republic
Digital Payments Used	52.53% of adults	27.52% of adults	91% higher	Dominican Republic
Inflation Rate	3.3%	26.9%	88% lower	Haiti
Airports	32	17	88% higher	Dominican Republic
Capital Elevation	14 m	98 m	86% lower	Haiti
Renewable Energy (%)	14.8%	76.7%	81% lower	Haiti
Land Area	48.2K km²	27.6K km²	75% higher	Dominican Republic
Homicide Rate	10.92 per 100k	41.15 per 100k	73% lower	Haiti
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.4 per 1k	4.8 per 1k	71% lower	Haiti
Youth Unemployment Rate	12.31% of youth labor force	37.52% of youth labor force	67% lower	Haiti
Elderly Population (%)	7.9%	4.7%	67% higher	Dominican Republic
Seafood Consumption per Person	8.4 kg/person/yr	5.0 kg/person/yr	66% higher	Dominican Republic
Unemployment Rate	5.5%	15.06%	64% lower	Haiti
Imports (% GDP)	29.02% of GDP	18.85% of GDP	54% higher	Dominican Republic
Official Languages Count	1.0	2.0	50% lower	Haiti
Food Waste per Person	226.82 kg/person/yr	151.3 kg/person/yr	50% higher	Dominican Republic
Suicide Rate	4.2 per 100k	7.8 per 100k	46% lower	Haiti
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	94 per 100 people	65 per 100 people	45% higher	Dominican Republic
Population Density	235.1 /km²	422.26 /km²	44% lower	Haiti
Child Mortality	31.4 per 1k births	55.1 per 1k births	43% lower	Haiti
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.6% of GDP	3.2% of GDP	43% higher	Dominican Republic
Informal Employment Share	53.5% of employed people	91.61% of employed people	42% lower	Haiti
Human Development Index	0.78	0.55	40% higher	Dominican Republic
Mobile Money Accounts	18.02% of adults	13.52% of adults	33% higher	Dominican Republic
Urban Population (%)	72.41%	55.04%	32% higher	Dominican Republic
Smoking Rate	10.5%	8.1%	30% higher	Dominican Republic
Infant Mortality	28.4 per 1k births	40.3 per 1k births	30% lower	Haiti
Coastline Length	1.3K km	1.8K km	27% lower	Haiti
Political Corruption Index	0.59	0.79	25% lower	Haiti
Median Age	27.7 years	23.5 years	18% higher	Dominican Republic
Insufficient Physical Activity	32.9% of adults	27.91% of adults	18% higher	Dominican Republic
Birth Rate	17.4 per 1k	20.76 per 1k	16% lower	Haiti
Highest Elevation	3.1K m	2.7K m	16% higher	Dominican Republic
Hypertension Prevalence	48.8% of adults	42.4% of adults	15% higher	Dominican Republic
Agricultural Land (%)	55.35%	65.13%	15% lower	Haiti
Youth Population (%)	26.58%	31.19%	15% lower	Haiti
Life Expectancy	73.7 years	64.9 years	14% higher	Dominican Republic
Freedom of Expression Index	0.90	0.80	13% higher	Dominican Republic
Road Traffic Death Rate	27.4 per 100k	31.3 per 100k	12% lower	Haiti
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	11 days/yr	9% lower	Haiti
Fertility Rate	2.2 children/woman	2.4 children/woman	9% lower	Haiti
Population	10.90M	11.90M	8% lower	Haiti
Spirits Consumption	2.1 L/person/yr	2.3 L/person/yr	7% lower	Haiti
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	19.83 µg/m³	21.35 µg/m³	7% lower	Haiti
Teen Birth Rate	52.77 per 1k	49.77 per 1k	6% higher	Dominican Republic
Dependency Ratio	52.57% of working-age pop.	55.99% of working-age pop.	6% lower	Haiti
Average Weekly Work Hours	40.42 hrs/week	41.94 hrs/week	4% lower	Haiti
Government Debt (% GDP)	34.6% of GDP	33.9% of GDP	2% higher	Dominican Republic
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Dominican Republic
Coal Electricity Share	29.06%	0%	ranked higher	Dominican Republic
Wind Electricity Share	6.3%	0%	ranked higher	Dominican Republic
Solar Electricity Share	9.9%	0%	ranked higher	Dominican Republic
Death Rate	7.0 per 1k	7.0 per 1k	equal	Haiti
GDP Growth Rate	5.0%	-4.17%	ranked higher	Dominican Republic
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Dominican Republic
Lowest Elevation	-46 m	0 m	ranked lower	Haiti
Land Border Length	376 km	376 km	equal	Dominican Republic
Electricity Carbon Intensity	537.48 gCO2/kWh	534.88 gCO2/kWh	equal	Dominican Republic
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-1.2% of GDP	1.9% of GDP	ranked lower	Haiti
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	1.0 sites	1.0 sites	equal	Dominican Republic
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	4.0 gold medals	0 gold medals	ranked higher	Dominican Republic
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	1.4 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Dominican Republic
Border Neighbors	1.0	1.0	equal	Dominican Republic

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Analysis

Dominican Republic leads in 76 of 106 shared metrics, while Haiti leads in 30.

Dominican Republic's Armed Forces Personnel is 70.0x that of Haiti (71.0K vs 1.0K).

Dominican Republic's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 44.4x that of Haiti (3.6% of GDP vs 0.08% of GDP).

Dominican Republic's Electricity Generation is 25.3x that of Haiti (26.54 TWh vs 1.0 TWh).

Dominican Republic's Electricity Use (Per Capita) is 21.9x that of Haiti (1.7K kWh/person vs 74.85 kWh/person).

Dominican Republic's Electric Generating Capacity is 12.9x that of Haiti (6.58M kW vs 472.0K kW).

Key Comparisons

Armed Forces PersonnelDominican Republic leads

Dominican Republic

71.0K

Haiti

1.0K

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Dominican Republic leads

Dominican Republic

3.6% of GDP

Haiti

0.08% of GDP

Electricity GenerationDominican Republic leads

Dominican Republic

26.54 TWh

Haiti

1.0 TWh

Electricity Use (Per Capita)Dominican Republic leads

Dominican Republic

1.7K kWh/person

Haiti

74.85 kWh/person

Electric Generating CapacityDominican Republic leads

Dominican Republic

6.58M kW

Haiti

472.0K kW

Air PassengersDominican Republic leads

Dominican Republic

996.2K

Haiti

74.5K

Armed Forces Personnel

71.0K

1.0K

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

3.6% of GDP

0.08% of GDP

Electricity Generation

26.54 TWh

1.0 TWh

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

1.7K kWh/person

74.85 kWh/person

Electric Generating Capacity

6.58M kW

472.0K kW

Air Passengers

996.2K

74.5K

Shipping Traffic

2.04M

177.0K

CO2 Per Capita

2.9 t/person/yr

0.25 t/person/yr

Military Spending

0.78% of GDP

0.07% of GDP

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

40.06 per 100k

3.8 per 100k

Merchant Fleet Size

4.0

Total CO2 Emissions

34.22 Mt CO2e

3.5 Mt CO2e

Health Spending Per Capita

$462.26

$52.3

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$27,541.66

$3,193.67

Doctors (per 1,000)

2.4 per 1k

0.29 per 1k

Beer Consumption

3.1 L/person/yr

0.41 L/person/yr

All-Time Olympic Medals

15 medals

2.0 medals

Exports (% GDP)

22.77% of GDP

3.4% of GDP

Forest Area

21.7K km²

3.4K km²

GNI Per Capita

$10,280

$1,760

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Armed Forces Personnel

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Electricity Generation

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Electric Generating Capacity

Air Passengers

Shipping Traffic

CO2 Per Capita

Military Spending

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Merchant Fleet Size

Total CO2 Emissions

Health Spending Per Capita

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Beer Consumption

All-Time Olympic Medals

Exports (% GDP)

Forest Area

GNI Per Capita

Liberal Democracy Index

GDP (Nominal)

Water Withdrawal

Education Spending (% GDP)

Milk Consumption per Person

Irrigated Land

Forest Coverage (%)

Meat Consumption per Person

Credit Card Ownership

Sanitation Access (%)

Electoral Democracy Index

Protected Land (%)

Scientific Publications

Obesity Rate

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Water Stress (%)

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Internet Users (%)

Corruption Perceptions Index

Alcohol Consumption

Women's Political Empowerment

Can Raise Emergency Money

Broadband Access (%)

Electricity Access (%)

Digital Payments Used

Inflation Rate

Airports

Capital Elevation

Renewable Energy (%)

Land Area

Homicide Rate

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Elderly Population (%)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Unemployment Rate

Imports (% GDP)

Official Languages Count

Food Waste per Person

Suicide Rate

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Population Density

Child Mortality

Health Spending (% GDP)

Informal Employment Share

Human Development Index

Mobile Money Accounts

Urban Population (%)

Smoking Rate

Infant Mortality

Coastline Length

Political Corruption Index