Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 230V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Dominica
- +1.767
What every visitor should know about Dominica:
- Money
- The currency is the East Caribbean dollar (ECD).
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 5 out of 5 (Very safe)
Areas of concern:
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Capital
- Roseau
- Tap water
- Safe in cities, but bottled water is advisable in rural areas.
Dominica facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 72,660
- Language
- English (official), French patois
- Ethnicity
- Black 86.8%, mixed 8.9%, Carib Amerindian 2.9%, white 0.8%, other 0.7%
Economy
- GDP
- US$9,500 (per capita)