Haiti: Basic Social & Economic Indicators
 
 
 
All Monetary Figures in U.S. Dollars 
 
Area 27,500 sq.km
 
Population 7 million
 
Women (% of total) 53%
 
Population Density 250/sq.km
 
Peasantry 80%
 
Birth Rate 44 per 1,000
 
Death Rate 25 per 1,000
 
Population Growth 1.8% per year
 
Doctors 1 per 7,180
 
Nurses  1 per 2,290
 
Infant Mortality 133 per 1,000
 
Maternal Mortality 340 per 100,000
 
Fertility Rate 4.8%
 
Drinking Water Access 13%
 
Access to Electricity 6%
 
Access to Telephone 5%
 
Life Expectancy 55 years
 
Below Poverty Level 85%
 
Unemployment Rate 70%
 
Illiteracy Rate 85%
 
 
 
 
Composition of Exports (1990*)
 
Agricultural $26.8 million
 Coffee $15.3 million
 Essential Oils $0.4 million
 Sugar  $3.7 million
 Cocoa $1.9 million
 Sisal/Sisal strings $5.6 million 
 
Light Manufacturing $133.7 million
 Domestic inputs $21.9 million
 Imported inputs $111.8 million
 
Total exports $265.8 million
 
Composition of imports (1990*)
 
Food & food products $134.4 million
 
Fuel & lubricants $70.8 million
 
Manufactured goods $19.4 million
 
Machines & transportation $48.6 million
 
Raw materials $8.0 million
 
Other $ 224.3 million
 
Total imports $ 505.5 million
 
* 1990 is the last complete year before an embargo was imposed on the coup regime, making it the most recent representative year for which data is available.
 
Source:

http://www.igc.apc.org/wohaiti/reports/indicators.html