Haiti
Country in Americas
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 11.9M (2025). World rank 82 of 216; in Americas, 13 of 46. Area: 27,750 km². World rank 148 of 249; in Americas, 25 of 56. Life expectancy: 65.1 years (2024). World rank 189 of 216 (1 = best); in Americas, 46 of 46. From 2015 to 2025: population 10.5M → 11.9M, GDP $14.8B → $32.1B, and GDP per person $1,411 → $2,694. Worse than all its neighbours (Dominican Republic): life expectancy and GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Haiti
- Local name
- Haïti
- Capital
- Port-au-Prince
- Region
- Americas
- Form of government
- Semi-presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Transitional Presidential Council
- Head of government
- Alix Didier Fils-Aimé
- Independence
- January 1, 1804
- Women in parliament
- 2.5% 2019
Key figures
- Population
- 11,906,095 2025
- Area
- 27,750 km²
- GDP
- $32.1B 2025
- GDP per person
- $2,694 2025
- Life expectancy
- 65.1 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- French, Haitian Creole
- Currency
- Haitian Gourde (HTG)
- Time zones
- UTC−4
- Calling code
- +509
- Emergency numbers
- 114, 115, 116, 122
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- A, B
- Mains voltage
- 110 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 1,771
- Neighbours
- Dominican Republic
- Agricultural land
- 65.1% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Peak la Selle, 2,674 m
- Lowest point
- Caribbean Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 470
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 27
- Warmest month in the capital
- August, 29°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 26°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,440 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 429 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1.1% 2025
- Living in cities
- 55.6% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -32.1K 2025
- Born in another country
- 0.2% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 30.8% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 64.4% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 4.8% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 68.5 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 61.9 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 2.6 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 21.9 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 7.8 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 55%, Protestant 29%, no religion 10%, other 4.6%, and folk religions 2.1% (2018)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 32 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 17 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 10.6 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 29.5 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 35.1 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $3,134 2025
- GDP growth per year
- -2.7% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $2,010 2025
- Inflation
- +28.6% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 85 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 15.8% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 27.5% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 54.2% 2025
- Unemployment
- 14.9% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 37.5% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 58.3% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 1.6% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 14.3% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -0.6% 2024
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- 0% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 16.9% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 41.1 2012
- Living on under $3 a day
- 40.4% 2012
Education
- Adult literacy
- 68% 2017
- Primary school enrolment
- 184% 2016
- Secondary school enrolment
- 17.2% 1986
- Higher education enrolment
- 1.1% 1986
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 1% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 3.2% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $54 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 52.4% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.3 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 0.7 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 4.9 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 77% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 39 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 52.8 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 328 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 1.6% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 8.5% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 29.9% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 8% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 73.3% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 29.1% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 6% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 41.2 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 18.8 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 7.8 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 41.4 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, tropical cyclones, floods, and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 15.8 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.3 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 1.2 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 13.4% 2024
- Protected areas
- 3% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 1,131 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 13.4% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 47.9% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 65 2022
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 0.3 2022
- Internet domain
- .ht
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 53.9% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 63 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 76.7% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 20.5% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 80.6% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 74,542 2023
- Airports
- 17 2025
Science and innovation
- Scientific articles per year
- 38 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 2 2014