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"Introduction": {
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"Background": {
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"text": "<p>The native Taino - who inhabited the island of Hispaniola when Christopher COLUMBUS first landed on it in 1492 - were virtually wiped out by Spanish settlers within 25 years. In the early 17th century, the French established a presence on Hispaniola. In 1697, Spain ceded to the French the western third of the island, which later became Haiti. The French colony, based on forestry and sugar-related industries, became one of the wealthiest in the Caribbean but relied heavily on the forced labor of enslaved Africans and environmentally degrading practices. In the late 18th century, Toussaint L'OUVERTURE led a revolution of Haiti's nearly half a million slaves that ended France's rule on the island. After a prolonged struggle, and under the leadership of Jean-Jacques DESSALINES, Haiti became the first country in the world led by former slaves after declaring its independence in 1804, but it was forced to pay an indemnity of 100 million francs (equivalent to $22 billion USD in March 2023) to France for more than a century and was shunned by other countries for nearly 40 years. On 12 July 1862, the US officially recognized Haiti, but foreign economic influence and internal political instability induced the US to occupy Haiti from 1915-1934. Subsequently, Francois \"Papa Doc\" DUVALIER and then his son Jean-Claude \"Baby Doc\" DUVALIER led repressive and corrupt regimes that ruled Haiti in 1957-1971 and 1971-1986, respectively. President Jovenel MOISE was assassinated on 7 July 2021, leading the country further into an extra-constitutional governance structure and contributing to the country’s growing fragility. On 20 July 2021, the Government of Haiti installed Ariel HENRY - whom President MOISE had nominated shortly before his death - as prime minister. As of March 2023, Haiti had no sitting elected officials. The country has long been plagued by natural disasters. In January 2010, a major 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti with an epicenter about 25 km (15 mi) west of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Estimates are that over 300,000 people were killed and some 1.5 million left homeless. The earthquake was assessed as the worst in this region over the last 200 years. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti’s southern peninsula in August 2021, causing well over 2,000 deaths; an estimated 500,000 required emergency humanitarian aid. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, as well as one of the most unequal in wealth distribution.</p>"
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}
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},
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"Geography": {
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"Location": {
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"text": "Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic"
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},
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"Geographic coordinates": {
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"text": "19 00 N, 72 25 W"
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},
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"Map references": {
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"text": "Central America and the Caribbean"
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},
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"Area": {
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"total": {
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"text": "27,750 sq km"
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},
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"land": {
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"text": "27,560 sq km"
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},
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"water": {
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"text": "190 sq km"
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}
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},
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"Area - comparative": {
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"text": "slightly smaller than Maryland"
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},
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"Land boundaries": {
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"total": {
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"text": "376 km"
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},
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"border countries": {
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"text": "Dominican Republic 376 km"
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}
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},
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"Coastline": {
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"text": "1,771 km"
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},
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"Maritime claims": {
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"territorial sea": {
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"text": "12 nm"
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},
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"contiguous zone": {
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"text": "24 nm"
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},
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"exclusive economic zone": {
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"text": "200 nm"
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},
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"continental shelf": {
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"text": "to depth of exploitation"
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}
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},
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"Climate": {
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"text": "tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds"
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},
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"Terrain": {
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"text": "mostly rough and mountainous"
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},
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"Elevation": {
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"highest point": {
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"text": "Pic la Selle 2,674 m"
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},
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"lowest point": {
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"text": "Caribbean Sea 0 m"
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},
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"mean elevation": {
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"text": "470 m"
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}
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},
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"Natural resources": {
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"text": "bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower, arable land"
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},
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"Land use": {
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"agricultural land": {
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"text": "66.4% (2018 est.)"
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},
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"agricultural land: arable land": {
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"text": "arable land: 38.5% (2018 est.)"
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},
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"agricultural land: permanent crops": {
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"text": "permanent crops: 10.2% (2018 est.)"
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},
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"agricultural land: permanent pasture": {
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"text": "permanent pasture: 17.7% (2018 est.)"
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},
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"forest": {
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"text": "3.6% (2018 est.)"
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},
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"other": {
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"text": "30% (2018 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "800 sq km (2013)"
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},
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "fairly even distribution; largest concentrations located near coastal areas"
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},
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"Natural hazards": {
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"text": "lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts"
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},
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"Geography - note": {
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"text": "shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic); it is the most mountainous nation in the Caribbean"
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}
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},
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"People and Society": {
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"Population": {
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"text": "11,470,261 (2023 est.)"
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},
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"Nationality": {
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"noun": {
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"text": "Haitian(s)"
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},
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"adjective": {
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"text": "Haitian"
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}
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},
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"Ethnic groups": {
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"text": "Black 95%, mixed and White 5%"
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},
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"Languages": {
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"Languages": {
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"text": "French (official), Creole (official)"
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},
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"major-language sample(s)": {
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"text": "The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)<br><br>The World Factbook, sous endispansab pou enfomasyon debaz. (Haitian Creole)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
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}
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},
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"Religions": {
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"text": "Catholic 55%, Protestant 29%, Vodou 2.1%, other 4.6%, none 10% (2018 est.)",
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 50-80% of Haitians incorporate some elements of Vodou culture or practice in addition to another religion, most often Roman Catholicism; Vodou was recognized as an official religion in 2003"
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},
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"Age structure": {
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"0-14 years": {
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"text": "29.68% (male 1,695,357/female 1,709,344)"
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},
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"15-64 years": {
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"text": "65.76% (male 3,733,899/female 3,808,453)"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "4.56% (2023 est.) (male 228,800/female 294,408)"
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}
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},
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"Dependency ratios": {
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"total dependency ratio": {
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"text": "58.3"
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},
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"youth dependency ratio": {
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"text": "51.2"
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},
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"elderly dependency ratio": {
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"text": "7.1"
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},
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"potential support ratio": {
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"text": "14.1 (2021 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Median age": {
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"total": {
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"text": "24.1 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "23.8 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "24.3 years (2020 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Population growth rate": {
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"text": "1.18% (2023 est.)"
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},
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"Birth rate": {
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"text": "20.81 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)"
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},
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"Death rate": {
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"text": "7.17 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)"
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},
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"Net migration rate": {
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"text": "-1.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)"
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},
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "fairly even distribution; largest concentrations located near coastal areas"
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},
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"Urbanization": {
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"urban population": {
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"text": "59.7% of total population (2023)"
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},
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"rate of urbanization": {
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"text": "2.47% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Major urban areas - population": {
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"text": "2.987 million PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) (2023)"
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},
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"Sex ratio": {
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"at birth": {
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"text": "1.01 male(s)/female"
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},
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"0-14 years": {
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"text": "0.99 male(s)/female"
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},
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"15-64 years": {
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"text": "0.98 male(s)/female"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "0.78 male(s)/female"
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},
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"total population": {
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"text": "0.97 male(s)/female (2023 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Mother's mean age at first birth": {
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"text": "22.4 years (2016/7 est.)",
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data represents median age at first birth among women 25-49"
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},
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"Maternal mortality ratio": {
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"text": "350 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)"
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},
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"Infant mortality rate": {
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"total": {
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"text": "38.78 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "44.36 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "33.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Life expectancy at birth": {
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"total population": {
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"text": "66.3 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "63.6 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "69.04 years (2023 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Total fertility rate": {
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"text": "2.39 children born/woman (2023 est.)"
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},
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"Gross reproduction rate": {
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"text": "1.19 (2023 est.)"
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},
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"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
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"text": "34.3% (2016/17)"
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},
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"Drinking water source": {
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"improved: urban": {
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"text": "urban: 91.9% of population"
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},
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"improved: rural": {
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"text": "rural: 56.1% of population"
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},
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"improved: total": {
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"text": "total: 76.5% of population"
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},
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"unimproved: urban": {
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"text": "urban: 8.1% of population"
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},
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"unimproved: rural": {
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"text": "rural: 43.9% of population"
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},
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"unimproved: total": {
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"text": "total: 23.5% of population (2020 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Current health expenditure": {
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"text": "3.3% of GDP (2020)"
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},
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"Physicians density": {
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"text": "0.23 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
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},
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"Hospital bed density": {
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"text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2013)"
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},
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"Sanitation facility access": {
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"improved: urban": {
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"text": "urban: 82.9% of population"
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},
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"improved: rural": {
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"text": "rural: 42.6% of population"
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},
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"improved: total": {
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"text": "total: 65.6% of population"
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},
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"unimproved: urban": {
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"text": "urban: 17.1% of population"
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},
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"unimproved: rural": {
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"text": "rural: 57.4% of population"
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},
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"unimproved: total": {
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"text": "total: 34.4% of population (2020 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Major infectious diseases": {
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"degree of risk": {
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"text": "very high (2023)"
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},
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"food or waterborne diseases": {
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"text": "bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
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},
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"vectorborne diseases": {
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"text": "dengue fever and malaria"
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}
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},
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"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
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"text": "22.7% (2016)"
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},
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"Alcohol consumption per capita": {
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"total": {
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"text": "2.85 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
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},
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"beer": {
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"text": "0.55 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
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},
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"wine": {
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"text": "0.03 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
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},
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"spirits": {
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"text": "2.26 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
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},
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"other alcohols": {
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"text": "0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Tobacco use": {
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"total": {
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"text": "7.7% (2020 est.)"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "12.2% (2020 est.)"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "3.1% (2020 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
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"text": "9.5% (2016/17)"
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},
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"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
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"text": "51.4% (2023 est.)"
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},
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"Child marriage": {
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"women married by age 15": {
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"text": "2.1%"
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},
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"women married by age 18": {
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"text": "14.9%"
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},
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"men married by age 18": {
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"text": "1.6% (2017 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Education expenditures": {
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"text": "1.4% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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},
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"Literacy": {
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"definition": {
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"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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},
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"total population": {
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"text": "61.7%"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "65.3%"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "58.3% (2016)"
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}
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},
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"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
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"total": {
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"text": "35.7%"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "28.1%"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "45.6% (2021 est.)"
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}
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}
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},
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"Environment": {
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"Environment - current issues": {
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"text": "extensive deforestation (much of the remaining forested land is being cleared for agriculture and used as fuel); soil erosion; overpopulation leads to inadequate supplies of potable water and a lack of sanitation; natural disasters"
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},
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"Environment - international agreements": {
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"party to": {
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"text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection"
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},
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"signed, but not ratified": {
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"text": "Nuclear Test Ban"
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}
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},
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"Climate": {
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"text": "tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds"
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},
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"Land use": {
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"agricultural land": {
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"text": "66.4% (2018 est.)"
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},
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"agricultural land: arable land": {
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"text": "arable land: 38.5% (2018 est.)"
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},
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"agricultural land: permanent crops": {
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"text": "permanent crops: 10.2% (2018 est.)"
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},
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"agricultural land: permanent pasture": {
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"text": "permanent pasture: 17.7% (2018 est.)"
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},
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"forest": {
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"text": "3.6% (2018 est.)"
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},
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"other": {
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"text": "30% (2018 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Urbanization": {
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"urban population": {
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"text": "59.7% of total population (2023)"
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},
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"rate of urbanization": {
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"text": "2.47% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Food insecurity": {
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"widespread lack of access": {
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"text": "<em>due to high food prices, natural disasters, sociopolitical turmoil, and worsening insecurity -</em> about 4.7 million people are projected to be facing severe acute food insecurity and are in need of urgent food assistance between March and June 2023; the high levels of food insecurity are the result of elevated food prices, an economic downturn, frequent natural disasters, exacerbated by sociopolitical turmoil and worsening insecurity; the population experiencing the highest levels of acute food insecurity is located in the Cité Soleil commune of the capital city, Port-au-Prince, where inter-gang violence severely affects households’ access to markets and essential services<br> (2023)"
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}
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},
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"Revenue from forest resources": {
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"text": "0.68% of GDP (2018 est.)"
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},
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"Revenue from coal": {
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"text": "0% of GDP (2018 est.)"
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},
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"Air pollutants": {
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"particulate matter emissions": {
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"text": "14.63 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)"
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},
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"carbon dioxide emissions": {
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"text": "2.98 megatons (2016 est.)"
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},
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"methane emissions": {
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"text": "6.12 megatons (2020 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Waste and recycling": {
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"municipal solid waste generated annually": {
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"text": "2,309,852 tons (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Total water withdrawal": {
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"municipal": {
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"text": "190 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
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},
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"industrial": {
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"text": "50 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
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},
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"agricultural": {
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"text": "1.21 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Total renewable water resources": {
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"text": "14.02 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Government": {
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"Country name": {
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"conventional long form": {
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"text": "Republic of Haiti"
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},
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"conventional short form": {
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"text": "Haiti"
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},
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"local long form": {
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"text": "Republique d'Haiti (French)/ Repiblik d Ayiti (Haitian Creole)"
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},
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"local short form": {
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"text": "Haiti (French)/ Ayiti (Haitian Creole)"
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},
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"etymology": {
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"text": "the native Taino name means \"Land of High Mountains\" and was originally applied to the entire island of Hispaniola"
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}
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},
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"Government type": {
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"text": "semi-presidential republic"
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},
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"Capital": {
|
||
"name": {
|
||
"text": "Port-au-Prince"
|
||
},
|
||
"geographic coordinates": {
|
||
"text": "18 32 N, 72 20 W"
|
||
},
|
||
"time difference": {
|
||
"text": "UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
|
||
},
|
||
"daylight saving time": {
|
||
"text": "+1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November"
|
||
},
|
||
"etymology": {
|
||
"text": "according to tradition, in 1706, a Captain de Saint-Andre named the bay and its surrounding area after his ship Le Prince; the name of the town that grew there means, \"the Port of The Prince\""
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Administrative divisions": {
|
||
"text": "10 departments (departements, singular - departement); Artibonite, Centre, Grand'Anse, Nippes, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est"
|
||
},
|
||
"Independence": {
|
||
"text": "1 January 1804 (from France)"
|
||
},
|
||
"National holiday": {
|
||
"text": "Independence Day, 1 January (1804)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Constitution": {
|
||
"history": {
|
||
"text": "many previous; latest adopted 10 March 1987, with substantial revisions in June 2012; note – the constitution is commonly referred to as the “amended 1987 constitution”"
|
||
},
|
||
"amendments": {
|
||
"text": "proposed by the executive branch or by either the Senate or the Chamber of Deputies; consideration of proposed amendments requires support by at least two-thirds majority of both houses; passage requires at least two-thirds majority of the membership present and at least two-thirds majority of the votes cast; approved amendments enter into force after installation of the next president of the republic; constitutional articles on the democratic and republican form of government cannot be amended; amended many times, last in 2012"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Legal system": {
|
||
"text": "civil law system strongly influenced by Napoleonic Code"
|
||
},
|
||
"International law organization participation": {
|
||
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; non-party state to the ICCt"
|
||
},
|
||
"Citizenship": {
|
||
"citizenship by birth": {
|
||
"text": "no"
|
||
},
|
||
"citizenship by descent only": {
|
||
"text": "at least one parent must be a native-born citizen of Haiti"
|
||
},
|
||
"dual citizenship recognized": {
|
||
"text": "yes"
|
||
},
|
||
"residency requirement for naturalization": {
|
||
"text": "5 years"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Suffrage": {
|
||
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
|
||
},
|
||
"Executive branch": {
|
||
"chief of state": {
|
||
"text": "President (vacant); note - Prime Minister Ariel HENRY assumed executive responsibilities, including naming Cabinet members, following the assassination of President MOISE on 7 July 2021; new elections have not yet been scheduled"
|
||
},
|
||
"head of government": {
|
||
"text": "Prime Minister Ariel HENRY (since 20 July 2021)"
|
||
},
|
||
"cabinet": {
|
||
"text": "Cabinet chosen by the prime minister in consultation with the president; parliament must ratify the Cabinet and Prime Minister's governing policy"
|
||
},
|
||
"elections/appointments": {
|
||
"text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a single non-consecutive term); last election had been originally scheduled for 9 October 2016 but was postponed until 20 November 2016 due to Hurricane Matthew"
|
||
},
|
||
"election results": {
|
||
"text": "<br><em>2016:</em> Jovenel MOISE elected president in first round; percent of vote - Jovenel MOISE (PHTK) 55.6%, Jude CELESTIN (LAPEH) 19.6%, Jean-Charles MOISE (PPD) 11%, Maryse NARCISSE (FL) 9%; other 4.8%<br><br><em>2011:</em> Michel MARTELLY elected president in runoff; percent of vote - Michel MARTELLY (Peasant's Response) 68%, Mirlande MANIGAT (RDNP) 32%"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Legislative branch": {
|
||
"description": {
|
||
"text": "bicameral legislature or le Corps legislatif ou le Parlement consists of:<br>le Sénat de la République or Senate (30 seats; 10 filled as of March 2022); members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 6-year terms (2-term limit) with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years)<br>la Chambre des députés or Chamber of Deputies (119 seats; 0 filled as of March 2022; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 4-year terms; no term limits); note - when the 2 chambers meet collectively it is known as L'Assemblée nationale or the National Assembly and is convened for specific purposes spelled out in the constitution"
|
||
},
|
||
"elections": {
|
||
"text": "<br>Senate - last held on 20 November 2016 with runoff on 29 January 2017 (next originally scheduled for 27 October 2019 but postponed until political and civil society actors agree to a consensual process) <br>Chamber of Deputies - last held on 9 August 2015 with runoff on 25 October 2015 and 20 November 2016 (next originally scheduled for 27 October 2019 but postponed until political and civil society actors agree to a consensual process)"
|
||
},
|
||
"election results": {
|
||
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 10, women 0, percent of women 0%<br>Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - NA"
|
||
},
|
||
"note": "<em>note:</em> the Chamber of Deputies is currently defunct, and the Senate is only one-third filled (not enough seats for a quorum)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Judicial branch": {
|
||
"highest court(s)": {
|
||
"text": "Supreme Court or Cour de cassation (currently 11 of 12 judges as prescribed by the constitution, 8 of whom were appointed in March 2023); note - Haiti is a member of the Caribbean Court of Justice; Constitutional Court, called for in the 1987 constitution but not yet established; High Court of Justice, for trying high government officials - currently not functional"
|
||
},
|
||
"judge selection and term of office": {
|
||
"text": "judges appointed by the president from candidate lists submitted by the Senate of the National Assembly; note - Article 174 of Haiti's constitution states that judges of the Supreme Court are appointed for 10 years, whereas Article 177 states that judges of the Supreme Court are appointed for life"
|
||
},
|
||
"subordinate courts": {
|
||
"text": "Courts of Appeal; Courts of First Instance; magistrate's courts; land, labor, and children's courts"
|
||
},
|
||
"note": "<strong>note</strong>: the Superior Council of the Judiciary or Conseil Superieur du Pouvoir Judiciaire is a 9-member body charged with the administration and oversight of the judicial branch of government"
|
||
},
|
||
"Political parties and leaders": {
|
||
"text": "Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation (Ligue Alternative pour le Progres et l’Emancipation Haitienne) or LAPEH [Jude CELESTIN]<br>Christian Movement for a New Haiti or MCNH or Mochrenha [Luc MESADIEU]<br>Christian National Movement for the Reconstruction of Haiti or UNCRH [Jean Chavannes JEUNE]<br>Combat of Peasant Workers to Liberate Haiti (Konbit Travaye Peyizan Pou Libere Ayiti) or Kontra Pep La [Jean William JEANTY]<br>Convention for Democratic Unity or KID [Evans PAUL]<br>Cooperative Action to Rebuild Haiti or KONBA [Jean William JEANTY]<br>December 16 Platform or Platfom 16 Desanm [Dr. Gerard BLOT]<br>Democratic Alliance Party or ALYANS [Evans PAUL] (coalition includes KID and PPRH)<br>Democratic Centers' National Council or CONACED [Osner FEVRY]<br>Democratic and Popular Sector (Secteur Democratique et Populaire) or SDP [Nenel CASSY, Andre MICHEL, and Marjorie MICHEL]<br>Democratic Unity Convention (Konvansyon Inite Demokratik) or KID [Enold JOSEPH]<br>Dessalinian Patriotic and Popular Movement or MOPOD [Jean Andre VICTOR]<br>Effort and Solidarity to Create an Alternative for the People or ESKAMP [Joseph JASME]<br>Fanmi Lavalas or FL [Maryse NARCISSE and former President Jean Bertrand ARISTIDE]<br>Forward (En Avant) [Jerry TARDIEU]<br>Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats (Fusion Des Sociaux-Démocrates Haïtiens) or FHSD [Edmonde Supplice BEAUZILE]<br>G18 Policy Platform (Plateforme Politique G18) [Joseph WUILSON]<br>Haiti in Action (Ayiti An Aksyon Haiti's Action) or AAA [Youri LATORTUE]<br>Haitian Tet Kale Party (Parti Haitien Tet Kale) or PHTK [Line Sainphaar BALTHAZAR]<br>Independent Movement for National Reconciliation or MIRN [Luc FLEURINORD]<br>Lavni Organization or LAVNI [Yves CRISTALIN]<br>Lod Demokratik [Jean Renel SENATUS]<br>Love Haiti (Renmen Ayiti) or RA [Jean Henry CEANT]<br>MTV Ayiti [Reginald BOULOS]<br>National Consortium of Haitian Political Parties (Consortium National des Partis Politiques Haitiens) or CNPPH [Jeantel JOSEPH]<br>National Shield Network (Reseau Bouclier National) [Victor PROPHANE and Garry BODEAU]<br>Organization of the People's Struggle (Oganizasyon Pep Kap Lite) or OPL [Edgard LEBLANC]<br>Patriotic Unity (Inite Patriyotik) or Inite [Sorel YACINTHE and Levaillant Louis JEUNE]<br>Platform Pitit Desalin (Politik Pitit Dessalines) or PPD [Jean-Charles MOISE]<br>Political Party for Us All or Bridge (Pont) or Pou Nou Tout [Jean Marie CHERESTAL]<br>Popular Patriotic Dessalinien Movement (Mouvement Patriotique Populaire Dessalinien) or MOPOD [Jean Andre VICTOR]<br>Rally of Progressive National Democrats (Rassemblement des Democrates Nationaux Progressistes) or RDNP [Eric JEAN-BAPTISTE]<br>Respe (Respect) [Charles Henry BAKER]<br>Women and Families Political Parties (Defile Pati Politik Fanm Ak Fanmi) [Marie Rebecca GUILLAUME]"
|
||
},
|
||
"International organization participation": {
|
||
"text": "ACP, AOSIS, Caricom, CD, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OIF, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
|
||
},
|
||
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
|
||
"chief of mission": {
|
||
"text": "Ambassador Bocchit EDMOND (since 23 December 2020)"
|
||
},
|
||
"chancery": {
|
||
"text": "2311 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008"
|
||
},
|
||
"telephone": {
|
||
"text": "[1] (202) 332-4090"
|
||
},
|
||
"FAX": {
|
||
"text": "[1] (202) 745-7215"
|
||
},
|
||
"email address and website": {
|
||
"text": "<br>amb.washington@diplomatie.ht<br><br>https://www.haiti.org/"
|
||
},
|
||
"consulate(s) general": {
|
||
"text": "Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Miami, Orlando (FL), New York, San Juan (Puerto Rico)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
|
||
"chief of mission": {
|
||
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Eric William STROMAYER (since 3 July 2022)<br>"
|
||
},
|
||
"embassy": {
|
||
"text": "Tabarre 41, Route de Tabarre, Port-au-Prince"
|
||
},
|
||
"mailing address": {
|
||
"text": "3400 Port-au-Prince Place, Washington, DC 20521-3400"
|
||
},
|
||
"telephone": {
|
||
"text": "[011] (509) 2229-8000"
|
||
},
|
||
"FAX": {
|
||
"text": "[011] (509) 2229-8027"
|
||
},
|
||
"email address and website": {
|
||
"text": "<br>acspap@state.gov<br><br>https://ht.usembassy.gov/"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Flag description": {
|
||
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a centered white rectangle bearing the coat of arms, which contains a palm tree flanked by flags and two cannons above a scroll bearing the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes Strength); the colors are taken from the French Tricolor and represent the union of blacks and mulattoes"
|
||
},
|
||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||
"text": "Hispaniolan trogon (bird), hibiscus flower; national colors: blue, red"
|
||
},
|
||
"National anthem": {
|
||
"name": {
|
||
"text": "\"La Dessalinienne\" (The Dessalines Song)"
|
||
},
|
||
"lyrics/music": {
|
||
"text": "Justin LHERISSON/Nicolas GEFFRARD"
|
||
},
|
||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1904; named for Jean-Jacques DESSALINES, a leader in the Haitian Revolution and first ruler of an independent Haiti"
|
||
},
|
||
"National heritage": {
|
||
"total World Heritage Sites": {
|
||
"text": "1 (cultural)"
|
||
},
|
||
"selected World Heritage Site locales": {
|
||
"text": "National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers"
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Economy": {
|
||
"Economic overview": {
|
||
"text": "small Caribbean island economy and OECS-member state; extreme poverty and inflation; enormous income inequality; ongoing civil unrest due to recent presidential assassination; US preferential market access; very open to foreign direct investment"
|
||
},
|
||
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
|
||
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": {
|
||
"text": "$32.856 billion (2021 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020": {
|
||
"text": "$33.458 billion (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2019": {
|
||
"text": "$34.615 billion (2019 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
|
||
},
|
||
"Real GDP growth rate": {
|
||
"Real GDP growth rate 2021": {
|
||
"text": "-1.8% (2021 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Real GDP growth rate 2020": {
|
||
"text": "-3.34% (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Real GDP growth rate 2019": {
|
||
"text": "-1.68% (2019 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Real GDP per capita": {
|
||
"Real GDP per capita 2021": {
|
||
"text": "$2,900 (2021 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Real GDP per capita 2020": {
|
||
"text": "$3,000 (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Real GDP per capita 2019": {
|
||
"text": "$3,100 (2019 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
|
||
},
|
||
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
|
||
"text": "$8.608 billion (2017 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
|
||
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
|
||
"text": "16.84% (2021 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020": {
|
||
"text": "22.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2019": {
|
||
"text": "18.7% (2019 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
|
||
"agriculture": {
|
||
"text": "22.1% (2017 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"industry": {
|
||
"text": "20.3% (2017 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"services": {
|
||
"text": "57.6% (2017 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
|
||
"household consumption": {
|
||
"text": "99.1% (2017 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"government consumption": {
|
||
"text": "10% (2016 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"investment in fixed capital": {
|
||
"text": "32.6% (2016 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"investment in inventories": {
|
||
"text": "-1.4% (2017 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"exports of goods and services": {
|
||
"text": "20% (2017 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"imports of goods and services": {
|
||
"text": "-60.3% (2017 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> figure for household consumption also includes government consumption"
|
||
},
|
||
"Agricultural products": {
|
||
"text": "sugar cane, cassava, mangoes/guavas, plantains, bananas, yams, avocados, maize, rice, vegetables"
|
||
},
|
||
"Industries": {
|
||
"text": "textiles, sugar refining, flour milling, cement, light assembly using imported parts"
|
||
},
|
||
"Industrial production growth rate": {
|
||
"text": "-2.48% (2021 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Labor force": {
|
||
"text": "5.01 million (2021 est.)",
|
||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> shortage of skilled labor; unskilled labor abundant"
|
||
},
|
||
"Labor force - by occupation": {
|
||
"agriculture": {
|
||
"text": "38.1%"
|
||
},
|
||
"industry": {
|
||
"text": "11.5%"
|
||
},
|
||
"services": {
|
||
"text": "50.4% (2010)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Unemployment rate": {
|
||
"Unemployment rate 2021": {
|
||
"text": "15.73% (2021 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Unemployment rate 2020": {
|
||
"text": "15.45% (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Unemployment rate 2019": {
|
||
"text": "13.91% (2019 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs"
|
||
},
|
||
"Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
|
||
"total": {
|
||
"text": "35.7%"
|
||
},
|
||
"male": {
|
||
"text": "28.1%"
|
||
},
|
||
"female": {
|
||
"text": "45.6% (2021 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Population below poverty line": {
|
||
"text": "58.5% (2012 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income": {
|
||
"Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2012": {
|
||
"text": "41.1 (2012 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Household income or consumption by percentage share": {
|
||
"lowest 10%": {
|
||
"text": "0.7%"
|
||
},
|
||
"highest 10%": {
|
||
"text": "47.7% (2001)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Budget": {
|
||
"revenues": {
|
||
"text": "$1.179 billion (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"expenditures": {
|
||
"text": "$1.527 billion (2020 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
|
||
"text": "-1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Public debt": {
|
||
"Public debt 2017": {
|
||
"text": "31.1% of GDP (2017 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Public debt 2016": {
|
||
"text": "33.9% of GDP (2016 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Taxes and other revenues": {
|
||
"text": "18.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Fiscal year": {
|
||
"text": "1 October - 30 September"
|
||
},
|
||
"Current account balance": {
|
||
"Current account balance 2021": {
|
||
"text": "$141.371 million (2021 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Current account balance 2020": {
|
||
"text": "$216.157 million (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Current account balance 2019": {
|
||
"text": "-$168.76 million (2019 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Exports": {
|
||
"Exports 2021": {
|
||
"text": "$1.241 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
|
||
},
|
||
"Exports 2020": {
|
||
"text": "$1.014 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
|
||
},
|
||
"Exports 2019": {
|
||
"text": "$1.733 billion (2019 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Exports - partners": {
|
||
"text": "United States 83%, Canada 4%, Mexico 3%, India 1%, Hong Kong 1% (2021)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Exports - commodities": {
|
||
"text": "clothing and apparel, essential oils, eels, mangoes, scrap iron (2021)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Imports": {
|
||
"Imports 2021": {
|
||
"text": "$5.222 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
|
||
},
|
||
"Imports 2020": {
|
||
"text": "$4.206 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
|
||
},
|
||
"Imports 2019": {
|
||
"text": "$5.161 billion (2019 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Imports - partners": {
|
||
"text": "United States 26%, Dominican Republic 23%, China 19%, Turkey 3%, Indonesia 3% (2021)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Imports - commodities": {
|
||
"text": "refined petroleum, rice, clothing and apparel, poultry, palm oil (2021)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
|
||
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 31 December 2021": {
|
||
"text": "$2.759 billion (31 December 2021 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 31 December 2020": {
|
||
"text": "$2.59 billion (31 December 2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 31 December 2019": {
|
||
"text": "$2.355 billion (31 December 2019 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Debt - external": {
|
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"Debt - external 31 December 2017": {
|
||
"text": "$2.762 billion (31 December 2017 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Debt - external 31 December 2016": {
|
||
"text": "$2.17 billion (31 December 2016 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Exchange rates": {
|
||
"Currency": {
|
||
"text": "gourdes (HTG) per US dollar -"
|
||
},
|
||
"Exchange rates 2021": {
|
||
"text": "89.227 (2021 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Exchange rates 2020": {
|
||
"text": "93.51 (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Exchange rates 2019": {
|
||
"text": "88.815 (2019 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Exchange rates 2018": {
|
||
"text": "68.032 (2018 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Exchange rates 2017": {
|
||
"text": "64.77 (2017 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Energy": {
|
||
"Electricity access": {
|
||
"population without electricity": {
|
||
"text": "(2020) 7 million"
|
||
},
|
||
"electrification - total population": {
|
||
"text": "47.1% (2021)"
|
||
},
|
||
"electrification - urban areas": {
|
||
"text": "81.8% (2021)"
|
||
},
|
||
"electrification - rural areas": {
|
||
"text": "3% (2020)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Electricity": {
|
||
"installed generating capacity": {
|
||
"text": "3.453 million kW (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"consumption": {
|
||
"text": "339 million kWh (2019 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"exports": {
|
||
"text": "0 kWh (2019 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"imports": {
|
||
"text": "0 kWh (2019 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"transmission/distribution losses": {
|
||
"text": "643 million kWh (2019 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Electricity generation sources": {
|
||
"fossil fuels": {
|
||
"text": "85.8% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"nuclear": {
|
||
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"solar": {
|
||
"text": "0.3% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"wind": {
|
||
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"hydroelectricity": {
|
||
"text": "13.9% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"tide and wave": {
|
||
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"geothermal": {
|
||
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"biomass and waste": {
|
||
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Coal": {
|
||
"production": {
|
||
"text": "0 metric tons (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"consumption": {
|
||
"text": "0 metric tons (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"exports": {
|
||
"text": "0 metric tons (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"imports": {
|
||
"text": "0 metric tons (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"proven reserves": {
|
||
"text": "0 metric tons (2019 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Petroleum": {
|
||
"total petroleum production": {
|
||
"text": "0 bbl/day (2021 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"refined petroleum consumption": {
|
||
"text": "21,100 bbl/day (2019 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"crude oil and lease condensate exports": {
|
||
"text": "0 bbl/day (2018 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"crude oil and lease condensate imports": {
|
||
"text": "0 bbl/day (2018 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"crude oil estimated reserves": {
|
||
"text": "0 barrels (2021 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
|
||
"text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
|
||
"text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
|
||
"text": "20,030 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Natural gas": {
|
||
"production": {
|
||
"text": "0 cubic meters (2021 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"consumption": {
|
||
"text": "3.341 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"exports": {
|
||
"text": "0 cubic meters (2021 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"imports": {
|
||
"text": "3.341 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"proven reserves": {
|
||
"text": "0 cubic meters (2021 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Carbon dioxide emissions": {
|
||
"total emissions": {
|
||
"text": "3.139 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"from coal and metallurgical coke": {
|
||
"text": "0 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"from petroleum and other liquids": {
|
||
"text": "3.137 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"from consumed natural gas": {
|
||
"text": "2,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Energy consumption per capita": {
|
||
"Total energy consumption per capita 2019": {
|
||
"text": "3.97 million Btu/person (2019 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Communications": {
|
||
"Telephones - fixed lines": {
|
||
"total subscriptions": {
|
||
"text": "6,000 (2021 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||
"text": "64 (2021 est.) less than 1"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
|
||
"total subscriptions": {
|
||
"text": "7.3 million (2021 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||
"text": "64 (2021 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Telecommunication systems": {
|
||
"general assessment": {
|
||
"text": "Haiti is in desperate need of maintaining effective communication services to enable it to keep going through the countless natural disasters, the country’s telecoms sector is really only surviving on the back of international goodwill to repair and replace the systems destroyed in the latest upheaval; Haiti’s fixed-line infrastructure is now practically non-existent, having been torn apart by Hurricane Matthew in 2016; what aid and additional investment has been forthcoming has been directed towards mobile solutions; over half of the country can afford a mobile handset or the cost of a monthly subscription; and mobile broadband subscriptions is half of that again – an estimated 28% in 2022; international aid continues to flow in to try and help the country’s telecoms sector recover – the World Bank has released a further $120 million to go on top of the $60 million grant provided after the last major 7.2 earthquake in August 2021 (2022)"
|
||
},
|
||
"domestic": {
|
||
"text": "fixed-line is less than 1 per 100; mobile-cellular teledensity is nearly 64 per 100 persons (2021)"
|
||
},
|
||
"international": {
|
||
"text": "country code - 509; landing points for the BDSNi and Fibralink submarine cables to 14 points in the Bahamas and Dominican Republic; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||
"text": "<p>per 2019 data released by Haitian telecommunications regulator CONATEL (Conseil National des Télécommunications), there are 398 legal sound broadcasting stations on the territory, including about 60 community radio stations, and 7 radio stations on the AM band; the FM band in Haiti is oversaturated by 158 percent; most radio stations broadcast 17 to 19 hours a day; there are 105 television stations operating in Haiti, including 36 TV stations in Port- au- Prince, 41 others in the provinces, and more than 40 radio-television stations; a large number of broadcasting stations operate irregularly and some stations operate with technical parameters that do not comply with established standards, thus causing harmful interference to existing telecommunications systems; VOA Creole Service broadcasts daily on 30 affiliate stations</p> (2019)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Internet country code": {
|
||
"text": ".ht"
|
||
},
|
||
"Internet users": {
|
||
"total": {
|
||
"text": "4.29 million (2021 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"percent of population": {
|
||
"text": "39% (2021 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||
"total": {
|
||
"text": "31,000 (2020 est.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||
"text": "0.3 (2020 est.)"
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Transportation": {
|
||
"National air transport system": {
|
||
"number of registered air carriers": {
|
||
"text": "1 (2020)"
|
||
},
|
||
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
|
||
"text": "1"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
|
||
"text": "HH"
|
||
},
|
||
"Airports": {
|
||
"text": "14 (2021)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Airports - with paved runways": {
|
||
"text": "4",
|
||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Airports - with unpaved runways": {
|
||
"text": "10",
|
||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> unpaved runways have a surface composition such as grass or packed earth and are most suited to the operation of light aircraft; unpaved runways are usually short, often less than 1,000 m (3,280 ft.) in length; airports with unpaved runways often lack facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control"
|
||
},
|
||
"Roadways": {
|
||
"total": {
|
||
"text": "4,102 km (2011)"
|
||
},
|
||
"paved": {
|
||
"text": "600 km (2011)"
|
||
},
|
||
"unpaved": {
|
||
"text": "3,502 km (2011)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Merchant marine": {
|
||
"total": {
|
||
"text": "4"
|
||
},
|
||
"by type": {
|
||
"text": "general cargo 3, other 1 (2022)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Ports and terminals": {
|
||
"major seaport(s)": {
|
||
"text": "Cap-Haitien, Gonaives, Jacmel, Port-au-Prince"
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Military and Security": {
|
||
"Military and security forces": {
|
||
"text": "the Haitian Armed Forces (FAdH), disbanded in 1995, began to be reconstituted in 2017; it established an Army command in 2018<br><br>Ministry of Justice and Public Security: Haitian National Police (Police Nationale d'Haïti or PNH) (2023)",
|
||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the PNH is responsible for maintaining public security; it includes police, corrections, fire, emergency response, airport security, port security, and coast guard functions; its units include a presidential guard and a paramilitary rapid-response Motorized Intervention Unit or BIM <p class=\"gmail-css-axufdj\"> </p>"
|
||
},
|
||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||
"text": "up to 2,000 military troops (the force is planned to eventually have around 5,000 personnel); estimates for the National Police range from a low of 9,000 to a high of about 13,000 (2023)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||
"text": "not available"
|
||
},
|
||
"Military - note": {
|
||
"text": "Haiti's military was disbanded in 1995 after it participated in multiple coups and was accused of other political interference and human rights violations; the military was reinstated by former President MOISE in 2017 after the UN ended its peacekeeping operation in Haiti; the reconstituted military established an Army command in 2018 and has received training assistance from Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico; the military’s stated mission is to assist with natural disaster relief, border security, and combating transnational crime; in 2023, Prime Minister HENRY called upon the military to assist the National Police (PNH) in combating armed gangs, which have overwhelmed the PNH, killed hundreds of Haitians, and seized control of much of the capital Port-au-Prince since the assassination of President MOISE in 2021; in 2023, an estimated 200 armed gangs were operating in Haiti<br><br>the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) operated in Haiti from 2004 until 2017; its mission was to help restore stability after President Bertrand ARISTIDE fled the country, including assisting with the political process, strengthening government institutions, and promoting and protecting human rights; following the completion of MINUSTAH’s mandate in 2017, a smaller peacekeeping mission, the UN Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH), operated until 2019; its mission was to assist with the further development and strengthening of the national police, as well as Haiti’s justice and prison systems, and to promote and protect human rights; in 2019, the UN established the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) with the political mission of advising the Haiti Government in elections, governance, and security; BINUH's current mandate last until July 2023 (2023)"
|
||
},
|
||
"Maritime threats": {
|
||
"text": "the International Maritime Bureau reported one incident in the territorial waters of Haiti in 2022, a decrease from the four attacks in 2021; ports in Haiti continue to be affected by the crime of armed robbery; most of these occurred in the main port of Port-au-Prince while ships were berthed or at anchor"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Transnational Issues": {
|
||
"Disputes - international": {
|
||
"text": "<p>since 2004, peacekeepers from the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti have assisted in maintaining civil order in Haiti; the mission currently includes 6,685 military, 2,607 police, and 443 civilian personnel; despite efforts to control illegal migration, Haitians cross into the Dominican Republic and sail to neighboring countries; Haiti claims US-administered Navassa Island</p>"
|
||
},
|
||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||
"IDPs": {
|
||
"text": "17,000 (violence among armed gangs in the metropolitan area os Port-au-Prince) (2021)"
|
||
},
|
||
"stateless persons": {
|
||
"text": "2,992 (2018); note - individuals without a nationality who were born in the Dominican Republic prior to January 2010"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Trafficking in persons": {
|
||
"tier rating": {
|
||
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Haiti does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; Haiti adopted national standard operating procedures for victim identification and support, improved oversight of vulnerable children in orphanages, completed a new national action plan, conducted extensive anti-trafficking training, and collaborated with NGOs on victim identification; however, the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts compared with the previous year to expand its anti-trafficking capacity; traffickers operated with impunity and complicity, particularly in high-profile cases; no anti-trafficking law enforcement or victim protection efforts were reported apart from those involving children; the government did not fund the National Committee for the Fight Against Human Trafficking or adult victim services in fiscal year 2021 and made insufficient efforts to combat child domestic servitude; therefore, Haiti remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the second consecutive year (2022)"
|
||
},
|
||
"trafficking profile": {
|
||
"text": "human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Haiti, as well as Haitians abroad; most of Haiti’s trafficking cases involve children in forced labor and sex trafficking in domestic service; NGOs estimate between 150,000 and 300,000 children work in domestic servitude, of which about two-thirds are girls and one-third boys--mostly victims of sex trafficking and labor trafficking, respectively; Haitian women and girls seeking jobs are instead exploited in commercial sex in the Dominican Republic or for sex tourism; child sex tourism reportedly takes place in Haiti, with most tourists coming from the United States, Canada, and Europe; traffickers target Haitian children in private or NGO-sponsored residential care centers, children working in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, internally displaced persons—including those displaced by natural disasters and gang violence—stateless people, Haitian migrants traveling from or returning to Haiti, and LGBTQI+ youth; female foreign nationals, especially from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, are particularly at risk for sex and labor trafficking in Haiti; Cuban medical workers in Haiti may have been forced to work by the Cuban government (2022)"
|
||
}
|
||
},
|
||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||
"text": "<p>a transit point for cocaine from South America and marijuana from Jamaica en route to the United States; not a producer or large consumer of illicit drugs; some cultivation of cannabis for local consumption</p>"
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
} |