154 | THE ATLAS OF ECONOMIC COMPLEXITY

dominican republic
ECONOMIC COMPLEXITY INDEX [2008] -0.064 / (64/9)

EXPECTED GDPpc GROWTH * 2.78% / (45/7)

*Expected annual average for the 2009-2020 period.

2008
Product
Space

Product
exported
with RCA>1
Product
not exported
with RCA>1
Node size is proportional
to world trade

Export Opportunity
Spectrum

22% of WT

6% of WT
2% of WT
0.8% of WT
0.06% of WT

Average Complexity of Missing Products

Fraction of
products with
RCA > 1

Average Complexity of Missing Products

2008

-1

-2

0.82

0.83

0.84

0.85

0.86

0.87

0.88

-1

-2

0.01

0.89

0.02

2008

0.03

0.04

0.05

Opportunity Gain

Distance

Evolution of
export composition

900
720
540
360
180
0

1968

1973

1978

1983

1988

1993

1998

2003

2008

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1968

EXPORT
TREEMAP

Total Exports: 176.31 M / 228.33 B (0.08%)

0711 (12%)

0721 (9.1%)

2873 (7.5%)

EXPORT
TREEMAP

Mining

Oil

Coal

Precious Stones

Beer/Spirits & cigs.

Food Processing

Garments

Textile & Fabrics

Not classified

Misc. Agriculture

Fruit

* Data are from 2008. Numbers indicate:

Value (World Ranking / Regional Ranking).
Latin America and the Caribbean.

Tobacco

Cotton/rice/soy & others

Cereals & veg. oils

Tropical agric.

Fish & Seafood

1988

Total Exports: 176.31 m / 228.33 B (0.08%)

0612 (57%)

Meat & eggs

Animal Fibers

Milk & cheese

Leather

Petrochemicals

EXPORTS PER CAPITA USD 581 / (92/18)

EXPORTS AS SHARE OF GDP 13 % (118/19)

Inor. salts & acids

Other Chemicals

Agrochemicals

Chemicals & health

Pulp & paper

Home & office

Constr. matl. & eqpt.

GDP USD 46 B / (75/10)

GDPpc USD 4,602 / (72/13)

Metal products

Ships

Boilers

Aircraft

Machinery

Electronics

POPULATION 10 M / (71/11)
TOTAL EXPORTS USD 5.8 B / (92/15)

Total Exports: 1.80 b / 2.79 T (0.06%)

Total Exports: 1.80 B / 2.79 T (0.06%)

8423 (8.2%)

8462
(3.1%)

8465
(2.5%)

8463 (2%)

6716 (14%)

7721
(3.3%)

8435 (1.6%)
6123 (4.8%)

0611 (3.2%)

0565
(1.1%)

0619

0612 (5.5%)

0545
0111 (2.4%)

0615 (3%)

EXPORT
TREEMAP

8441 (1.6%)

8422 8459 8432

8481

8434

8310 8443 8442

8431 8424
8471
8433
(1.1%)
8451
8452
0711 (4.6%)
0721 (4.2%)
1211
(2.4%)

9710 (5.8%)

0565 0579 1221

(1.4%)
0545
0546
0111 (2.3%)

8973 (4.8%)
8720
(1.9%)

0615

0813

2008

8439
(3.8%)

0548

0611

0577

6831

6811

6428

6812

Total Exports: 5.78 b / 15.56 T (0.04%)

Total Exports: 5.78 B / 15.56 T (0.04%)

6716 (8.6%) Ferro-alloys

7721 (5.5%) Switchboards, 8720 (9.3%) Medical instruments N.E.S.

relays & fuses

7741

1221 (5.3%) Cigars

1124 (1.7%)
Alcoholic
beverages

1123
7649 (2.3%) Parts
of telecom &
sound recording
equipment

7788 (1.9%)
Other electrical
machinery &
equipment
N.E.S.

8510 (2.8%) Footwear

7599 (1%) Parts

7711 (1.1%)
of cash registers
& calculating
machines
8451
(1.7%) 8429 (1.2%)
6521 (4.4%)
Knitted
jerseys,
pullovers &
cardigans

Other men
outerwear
8462 (0.86%)

8465 (1.9%) Corsets

8463 (0.79%) 8441
8423 (1.8%)
Men's trousers

8442 (1.7%)
Men's
underwear

0980 (1.3%)

7712 (1.4%) Parts of

electric power
machinery N.E.S.

8464
8459 (0.74%)

Unbleached
cotton woven
fabrics

5530
(0.7%)

8939
(0.7%)

0721 (2%) Raw &

roasted coffee beans

5629
(0.8%)
Fertilizers
0573
(1.4%)

0484

6732 (3%)
Iron/steel rods

6428 (2.1%)
Articles of paper
pulp N.E.S.

0611 (1.4%) Raw sugar

beet & cane
1212 (1.2%)
0460
Wholly or partly
stripped
tobacco

0711

8933 (1.6%)
6612 (1.3%)

1222
8439

6421

0545
(0.57%)

8931 (1%)

8973 (6.5%) Precious jewellery

0579
(0.65%)

1213

* Numbers indicate SITC-4 rev 2 codes. Parenthesis indicate percentage of total exports. Treemap Headers show: Total Trade/Total World Trade (share of world trade represented by the country).

2882

2820 (1.3%)
Iron & steel
waste

6118