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Data sheet

General information:


Surface: 27.850 km2 (1/20 of France)
Population: approximately 8 million inhabitants.
95% blacks - 4% mulattos - 1% others
Density: 234 hab /km2
Rural population: 65 to 70%
Mountainous country: 2/3 of the territory
Tropical climate
Languages: Creole 100% (all the Haitians speak creole) 10 to 15% speak also French.
Currency: Gourd 24 gourds = 1 US dollars (April 2001)


Socio-economic indices:
GDP 226 USD
Illiteracy: 55%
Infant mortality: 87/1000
Life expectancy: Man 52,8 woman 56,1
1 doctor for 7143 inhabitants
Unemployment rate in the cities 70%
Exports: 73 million dollars (1994)
Imports: 292 million dollars (1994)
Foreign debt: 1048 million dollars (2000, UNDP)
Debt servicing compared to exports: 45%
Inflation: 20.6% (1997)
Growth rate: - 5%


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