2020 Annual Economic and Financial Review

2020 Annual Economic and Financial Review

STATISTICAL TABLES

Table 19 Dominica - Selected Economic Indicators

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2016 R

2017 R

2018 R

2019 R

2020 P

(Annual Percentage Change Unless Otherwise Indicated)

National Income and Prices Nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at Market Prices

6.56 2.56 3.91 0.72 0.14

(9.79) (6.80) (3.21) (1.48)

6.01 2.30 3.63 3.98 0.99

4.27 3.46 0.78 0.14 1.51

(18.58) (17.07)

Real GDP at Market Prices

Deflator

(1.82)

Consumer Prices (end of period) Consumer Prices (period average)

1.73

0.30

(0.29)

Real Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry

9.87

(18.90) (22.55) (18.85)

(28.83)

9.48 5.00 8.00

5.33 5.00 4.58

Fishing

(2.34)

8.60

Manufacturing

(20.55)

(11.62)

Mining and Quarrying Electricity and Water

17.57

(4.89)

15.00

(6.20)

(56.56)

3.21

(21.47)

(16.02)

30.33

6.41

Construction

35.61

(4.86)

98.33 34.32

(6.25)

(56.56) (22.43) (61.12) (31.73) (53.34)

Wholesale and Retail Trade

(0.88)

(13.52) (12.37)

0.70

Hotels and Restaurants

(10.97)

(22.79)

57.65

Transport, Storage and Communications

(5.79) (7.41) (3.52)

(1.23)

0.42

6.34 5.20 8.00 1.70 9.37

Transport and Storage

3.37

(1.33)

Communications

(7.46)

3.07

(1.20)

Financial Intermediation

7.36 0.79 0.75 4.20 4.97 2.36

6.23

(1.37) (0.84)

6.04

Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities

(17.55)

(3.09)

Public Administration, Defence & Compulsory Social Security

21.68

(14.78) (58.90)

(0.67)

2.10 0.78 1.86

Education

(6.84) (2.74)

12.99

Health and Social Work

1.50

(0.19) (0.10)

Other Community, Social and Personal Services Activities of Private Households as Employers

5.75

(16.44) (27.92)

(4.03) (2.50)

(0.49)

(2.96)

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FISIM

19.16

17.07

3.70

1.64

(20.00)

(In percent of GDP)

External Sector Public Sector External Debt (end-of-period)

49.48

46.89

46.39

43.94

50.83

Central Government Current Account Balance

22.81 48.24 25.44 10.32 13.88

13.03 44.22 31.19 18.50 (4.50)

16.10 48.19 32.10 25.77 (7.87)

1.65

(5.47) 38.93 44.40 12.73 (16.26)

Current Revenue

41.79 40.15 19.47

Current Expenditure

Capital Expenditure and Net Lending

Overall Fiscal Balance

(16.64)

(in percent per annum)

Monetary Sector Weighted Deposit Interest Rates Weighted Lending Interest Rates

1.70 8.12

1.60 7.96

1.70 7.60

1.75 7.49

1.76 6.54

(in millions of EC dollars, unless otherwise stated)

Memo Nominal GDP at Market Prices Real GDP at Market Prices Merchandise Imports (f.o.b)

1,555.82 1,216.72

1,403.56 1,133.99

1,487.90 1,160.05

1,551.44 1,200.18

1,263.19

995.34 507.15

508.20

470.24

718.18

758.54

Merchandise Exports

47.89

31.67

27.43

49.04

38.21 79.87

Gross Visitor Expenditure

276.21

203.46

220.57

284.74

GDP per capita (EC$)

21,841.01

20,203.19

21,405.30

21,478.81

17,216.77

Source: Central Statistical Office, Dominica and Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Data as at 10 February 2021

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