Haití

Official Name:

Republic of Haiti (Haiti)

Area:

27.750 km ²

Population (2006):

8.706.497 inhabitants

Coastline:

1.771 km

Capital:

Port-au-Prince

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Cap-Haitien, Gonáve, Jacmel, Jeremie, Cayes,Miragoane, Port-au-Prince, Port-de-Paix

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Contiguous zone: 24 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• Continental shelf: to depth of exploitation

Political divisions:

10 departments (departements, singular - departement); Artibonite, Centre, Grand 'Anse, Nippes, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est

Language(s):

French (official), Creole (official)

National holiday:

Independence Day, 1 January (1804)

Nationality:

Haitian(s)

Official time:

UTC-5. daylight saving time: 1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October

Member of:

ACCT, ACP, Caricom, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OIF, OPANAL, OPCW (signatory), PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Internet country code:

.ht

Economic Profile

Currency:

Gourde (HTG)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD 1.800 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 5.964.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

2,5% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2004 est.)

• Agriculture: 28%
• Industry: 20%
• Services: 52%

Labor force:

3.600.000 (1995 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (1995):

• Agriculture 66%
• Industry: 9%
• Services 25%

Unemployment rate:

widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (2002 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

14,4% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

27,4% del PIB (2004 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD385.000.000
• Expenditures: USD807.700.000

Public debt:

ND

Current account balance:

USD -$58.720.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 443.700.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Manufactures, coffee, oils, cocoa, mangoes

Exports - Partners:

US 80,9%, Dominican Republic 6,9%, Canada 4% (2005)

Imports:

USD 1.721.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Food, manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, raw materials

Imports - partners:

US 48,7%, Netherlands Antilles 11,9%, Brazil 3,3% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 123.400.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 1.309.000.000 (2006)