Polity · 1979 CE – present
Commonwealth of Dominica
Commonwealth Dominica · Dominica
Also recorded as Dominica
- Peak recorded area
- 1,263 km²
- 1979 CE
- Rulers on record
- 15
- from 1978 CE
- Data series
- 246
- 1979 CE–2025 CE
Overview
Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. Dominica's closest neighbours are two constituent territories of the European Union, both overseas departments of France: Guadeloupe to the northwest and Martinique to the south-southeast.
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Territory
2 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before the last complete year, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 44 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Population269 obs · 1820 CE–2025 CE | 65.9Kpersons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy165 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 71.45years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Net Migration141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | -242persons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Population Growth141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | -0.563% annual2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Female140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 74.88years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Male140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 68.49years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
Economy
6 of 110 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP220 obs · 1800 CE–2019 CE | 11.6Kint'l $ (inflation adj.)2019 CE · Gapminder |
| GDP Current Usd94 obs · 1977 CE–2025 CE | 723.9Mcurrent US$2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| GDP per capita73 obs · 1950 CE–2022 CE | 8,879.652011 int'l $2022 CE · Maddison Project Database 2023 |
| Fao Cattle Stocks64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 13.9Khead2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Cereals Area Harvested64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 115ha2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Cereals Production64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 194.19tonnes2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| CINC Score39 obs · 1978 CE–2016 CE | 0CINC (share of world capability)2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Energy Consumption39 obs · 1978 CE–2016 CE | 22Kcoal-ton equivalents2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Iron Steel Production39 obs · 1978 CE–2016 CE | 0tons2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Personnel39 obs · 1978 CE–2016 CE | 0persons2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Expenditure32 obs · 1978 CE–2016 CE | 0current USD2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
Territory & resources
6 of 52 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Arable Land %126 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 8% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Forest Area %68 obs · 1990 CE–2023 CE | 63.83% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Agricultural Land %63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 33.33%2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Arable Land per capita Ha63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 0.0902hectares per person2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Fao Agricultural Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 25Kha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Arable Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 6,000ha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
Governance
6 of 7 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Control Of Corruption Index25 obs · 1996 CE–2023 CE | 0.5445index2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Government Effectiveness Index25 obs · 1996 CE–2023 CE | 0.2608index2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Political Stability Index25 obs · 1996 CE–2023 CE | 1.29index2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Regulatory Quality Index25 obs · 1996 CE–2023 CE | 0.3083index2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Rule Of Law Wb Index25 obs · 1996 CE–2023 CE | 0.6249index2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Voice Accountability Index25 obs · 1996 CE–2023 CE | 0.7861index2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Development
6 of 28 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Mobile Subscriptions Per 10051 obs · 1960 CE–2022 CE | 85.19per_1002022 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Primary Enrollment Gross %48 obs · 1971 CE–2024 CE | 96.79%2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Dpt Immunization %45 obs · 1980 CE–2024 CE | 90%2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Measles Immunization %43 obs · 1982 CE–2024 CE | 80%2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Who Skilled Birth Attendance39 obs · 1985 CE–2023 CE | 35.55%2023 CE · WHO Global Health Observatory |
| Secondary Enrollment Gross %32 obs · 1973 CE–2023 CE | 102.59%2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Rulers
15 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Patrick JohnHead of Government1978 CE – 1979 CE
- Fred DegazonHead of State1979 CE – 1980 CE
- Aurelius MarieHead of State1980 CE – 1983 CE
- Eugenia CharlesHead of Government1980 CE – 1995 CE
- Clarence SeignoretHead of State1983 CE – 1993 CE
- Crispin SorhaindoHead of State1993 CE – 1998 CE
- Edison JamesHead of Government1995 CE – 2000 CE
- Vernon ShawHead of State1998 CE – 2003 CE
- Pierre CharlesHead of Government2000 CE – 2004 CE
- Rosie DouglasHead of Government2000 CE
- Nicholas LiverpoolHead of State2003 CE – 2012 CE
- Roosevelt SkerritHead of Government2004 CE –
- Eliud WilliamsHead of State2012 CE – 2013 CE
- Charles SavarinHead of State2013 CE – 2023 CE
- Sylvanie BurtonHead of State2023 CE –
Country profile
From the CIA World Factbook 2024. Long entries are trimmed at a sentence boundary.
- Location
- Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about halfway between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago
- Government type
- parliamentary republic
- Executive branch
- chief of state: President Sylvanie BURTON (since 2 October 2023); head of government: Prime Minister Roosevelt SKERRIT (since 8 January 2004); cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister;
- Ethnic groups
- African descent 84.5%, mixed 9%, Indigenous 3.8%, other 2.1%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)
- Natural resources
- timber, hydropower, arable land
- Economy
- 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
Language & currency
- Currency
- East Caribbean dollars (XCD)
Memberships
- United NationsUNInternational organisation · member1978 CE –
- 35-member Defense Pact (1947)Military alliance · member1979 CE –
- 6-member Defense Pact (1981)Military alliance · member1981 CE –
- 7-member Defense Pact (1996)Military alliance · member1996 CE –
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
CIA World Factbook 2024
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
FAOSTAT2024 release
FAO (2024). FAOSTAT Statistical Database. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
CC BY 4.0
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
Maddison Project Database 20232023
Bolt, J. & van Zanden, J.L. (2024). Maddison Project Database 2023. University of Groningen GGDC.
CC BY 4.0
UN World Population Prospects 20242024
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
CC BY 3.0 IGO
WHO Global Health Observatory2024
World Health Organization (2024). Global Health Observatory data repository.
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
World Bank World Development Indicators2024 release
World Bank (2024). World Development Indicators. Washington, DC.
CC BY 4.0
Commonwealth of Dominica is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.