{"id":125548,"date":"2023-06-28T21:04:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T02:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selasite.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=125548"},"modified":"2024-01-30T09:41:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:41:11","slug":"haiti","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/en\/member-states\/haiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Official name:<\/strong> REPUBLIC OF HAITI <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short name:<\/strong> Haiti <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date of membership:<\/strong> 17 March 1977 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital:<\/strong> Port-au-Prince <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geography<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area:<\/strong> 27,750 sq km <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land boundaries:<\/strong> 360 km <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Border countries:<\/strong> Dominican Republic 360 km <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coastline:<\/strong> 1,771 km <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural resources:<\/strong> Bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment – international agreements:<\/strong> Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economic indicators<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total at current prices  <\/td>15505<\/td>Millions USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Per capita at current prices<\/td>1360<\/td>USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Growth rate per capita a constant prices<\/td>-4.5<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP at current prices)<\/td>161.9<\/td>%<\/td>2017<\/td><\/tr>
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP at current prices)<\/td>-56.5<\/td>%<\/td>2017<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Haiti: National Economic Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Databases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. Inquiry: February 23, 2022. NA= Data not available<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Socio-demographic indicators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total population (thousands)<\/td>11 402.5<\/td>(000)<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Life expectancy<\/td>65<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2020_2025<\/td><\/tr>
Women<\/td>67<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2020_2025<\/td><\/tr>
Men<\/td>63<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2020_2025<\/td><\/tr>
Public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP<\/td>7.7<\/td>%<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Literacy rate for persons between the ages of 15 to 24<\/td>83.0<\/td>%<\/td>2016<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in primary education<\/td>58.1<\/td>%<\/td>1997<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in secondary education<\/td>ND<\/td>ND<\/td>ND<\/td><\/tr>
Public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP<\/td>1.7<\/td>%<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Gini Coefficient<\/td>NA<\/td>%<\/td>NA<\/td><\/tr>
Unemployment<\/td>NA<\/td>%<\/td>NA<\/td><\/tr>
Migration<\/td>2.7<\/td>%<\/td>2020_2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Haiti: National Socio-Demographic Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Data Bases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. Inquiry: February 23, 2022. NA= Data not available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Languages:<\/strong> French (official), Creole (official) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Administrative divisions:<\/strong> 9 departments (departements, singular – departement); Artibonite, Centre, Grand ‘Anse, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independence:<\/strong> 1 January 1804 (from France) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constitution:<\/strong> Approved March 1987 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suffrage:<\/strong> 18 years of age; universal <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive branch:<\/strong> Chief of state: Prime Minister Ariel Henry, since July 21, 2021.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative branch:<\/strong> Bicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale consists of the Senate (27 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms; one-third elected every two years) and the Chamber of Deputies (83 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judicial branch:<\/strong> Supreme Court or Cour de Cassation <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internet Code:<\/strong> .ht <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Official Web Portal:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.haiti.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Official name: REPUBLIC OF HAITI  Short name: Haiti  Date of membership: 17 March 1977  Capital: Port-au-Prince  Geography  Location: Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic.  Area: 27,750 sq km  Land boundaries: 360 km  Border countries: Dominican Republic 360 km  Coastline: 1,771 km  Natural resources: Bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":125521,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125548","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125548\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}