Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Dominican Republic instead of French Polynesia, you would:

Health

be 37.4% less likely to be obese

In French Polynesia, 49.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Dominican Republic, that number is 30.8% of people as of 2024.

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live 10.3 years less

In French Polynesia, the average life expectancy is 84 years (82 years for men, 87 years for women) as of 2024. In Dominican Republic, that number is 74 years (71 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 56.3% less likely to be unemployed

In French Polynesia, 11.7% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Dominican Republic, that number is 5.1% as of 2025.

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make 50.7% less money

French Polynesia has a GDP per capita of $22,440 as of 2024, while in Dominican Republic, the GDP per capita is $11,059 as of 2025.

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Life

have 64.8% more children

In French Polynesia, there are approximately 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Dominican Republic, there are 17.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 6.3 times more likely to die during infancy

In French Polynesia, approximately 4.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Dominican Republic, on the other hand, 27.7 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 25.2% more likely to have internet access

In French Polynesia, approximately 72.7% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Dominican Republic, about 91.0% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 49.0% less coastline

French Polynesia has a total of 2,525 km of coastline. In Dominican Republic, that number is 1,288 km.

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Infrastructure

find 68.5% less home broadband

French Polynesia has 35.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2023. Dominican Republic has 11.2 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 13.6% less CO2

French Polynesia emits 3.5 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Dominican Republic emits 3.0 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2023–2025), The World Factbook (2021–2022), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

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French Polynesia is about 12 times smaller than Dominican Republic.
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Dominican Republic: At a glance

Dominican Republic is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 48,320 sq km. The Taino - indigenous inhabitants of Hispaniola prior to the arrival of the Europeans - divided the island into five chiefdoms and territories. Christopher COLUMBUS explored and claimed the island on his first voyage in 1492; it became a springboard for Spanish conquest of the Caribbean and the American mainland. In 1697, Spain recognized French dominion over the western third of the island, which in 1804 became Haiti. The remainder of the island, by then known as Santo Domingo, sought to gain its own independence in 1821 but was conquered and ruled by the Haitians for 22 years; it finally attained independence as the Dominican Republic in 1844. In 1861, the Dominicans voluntarily returned to the Spanish Empire, but two years later they launched a war that restored independence in 1865. A legacy of unsettled, mostly non-representative rule followed, capped by the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas TRUJILLO from 1930 to 1961. Juan BOSCH was elected president in 1962 but was deposed in a military coup in 1963. In 1965, the United States led an intervention in the midst of a civil war sparked by an uprising to restore BOSCH. In 1966, Joaquin BALAGUER defeated BOSCH in an election to become president. BALAGUER maintained a tight grip on power for most of the next 30 years when international reaction to flawed elections forced him to curtail his term in 1996. Since then, regular competitive elections have been held in which opposition candidates have won the presidency. Former President Leonel FERNANDEZ Reyna (first term 1996-2000) won election to a new term in 2004 following a constitutional amendment allowing presidents to serve more than one term, and was later reelected to a second consecutive term. In 2012, Danilo MEDINA Sanchez was elected president.
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