Caribbean
Dominican Republic
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Dominican Republic's #1 import source (world lens). Dominican Republic is the EU's #101 goods supplier.
Dominican Republic on the world stage
Total imports
$65.4bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$25.8bn
189 partners
#1 import source
Italy
1.3%
#1 export dest.
Haiti
3.5%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Dominican Republic and the EU
EU imports from
€1.3bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€3.1bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #101 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 2.37
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
145
EUR/MWh
Consumer
97
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
566
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
17%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● High-tariff liberalised marketMarket model
Partially liberalised market
Direct PPA
Limited
grid access: limited
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
SIE (Superintendencia de Electricidad)
High tariffs, chronic distribution losses (30%+), and import-dependent fuel. Despite a partially liberalised market with multiple generators, the distribution companies (EDES) are state-owned and financially distressed,…
Tracked infrastructure
9 gas plants
1.7 GW
5 coal plants
1.1 GW
8 wind farms
357 MW · 1 building
16 solar farms
915 MW · 4 building
3 hydro plants
268 MW · 1 building
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
3
2 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
1
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Nickel, Gold, Aluminium
Mine-water verifiability
Blind spot
limited open-data index
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
28
→ 36.2 by 2050
Fertility
2.22
above replacement
Working-age
65.5%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
12
→ 23 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 11.4M · peaks 2061
By 2050: +14% (13M)