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COUNTRY PROFILE - Dominican Rep

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Energy Production and Consumption Dominican Republic Central America & Caribbean World
(in thousand metric tons of oil equivalent) {a}
Total Energy Production, 2000 1421 269834 10077984
  % change since 1980 7 % 51 % 37 %
Energy Imports, 1997 4021 58677 9521506
Energy Exports, 1997 0 115951 3419104
Total Energy Consumption {b}, 1999 7451 205471 9702786
Electricity consumption, 1999 458 17193 1040770
Energy consumption per capita, 1997 1 1 2
  % change since 1990 20 % 1 % 0 %
Energy Consumption per GDP {c}, 1999: 166 205 244
  % change since 1990 9 % -9 % -13 %
         
Energy Consumption by Source, 1999 (in thousand metric tons oil equivalent)
Total Fossil Fuels 5960 169759 7689047
  Coal and coal products 144 6773 2278524
  Crude oil and natural gas liquids 2031 113220 3563084
  Natural Gas 0 39308 2012559
Nuclear 0 2607 661901
Hydroelectric 95 4236 222223
Renewables, excluding hydroelectric: 1396 28821 1097889
  Primary solid biomass (includes fuelwood) 1396 22586 1035139
  Biogas and liquid biomass 0 60 14931
  Geothermal 0 6129 43802
  Solar 0 36 2217
  Wind 0 10 1748
  Tide, wave, and ocean 0 0 53
         
Energy Consumption by Sector, 1999
(in thousand metric tons of oil equivalent)
Industry 974 49391 2140474
Transportation 2100 46971 1755505
Agriculture 81 3421 166287
Commercial & public services 0 5151 511555
Residential 2035 29150 1845475
Non-energy Uses 0 2304 333981
Total Final Energy Consumption {d} 5190 136388 6753276
         
Resource Consumption
Passenger Cars per 1000 people, 1998 X X 109
Annual Motor Gasoline Consumption, 2000
  (liters per person) 196 219 179
Annual Meat Consumption, 1998
  (kg per person) 37 39 38
Annual Paper Consumption, 2000
  (kg per person) 37 51 53
Annual Coffee Consumption, 2001
  (kg per person) 2 1 X
         
         
Footnotes:
a. One metric ton of oil equivalent (toe) is defined as 10 Exp. 7 kilocalories or 41.868 gigajoules, equal to the amount of energy contained in 1 metric ton of crude oil.
b. In metric tons of oil equivalent per million constant 1995 international dollars.
TPES = Energy Production + Imports - Exports - Stock Changes - Consumption by International Marine Bunkers
c. In metric tons of oil equivalent per million constant 1995 international dollars.
d. In this profile, "total final consumption" is calculated as the sum of energy consumption by sectors. Values may differ slightly from those reported by the International
Energy Agency (IEA).
         
         
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