|
Geographics
| Location |
Caribbean |
| Capital |
Port-au-Prince |
| Type
of Government |
elected
government |
| Total
Area |
27,750
sq. km |
| Coastline |
1,771
km
|
Economy
| GDP |
$12.7
billion
(2000 est.) |
| GDP
Growth |
1.2% |
| GDP
per Capita |
$1,800 |
| Economy
by Sectors: |
| -
Agriculture (coffee, mangoes,
sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum; wood) |
32% |
| -
Industry (sugar refining,
flour milling, textiles, cement, light assembly industries based
on imported parts) |
20% |
| -
Services (tourism) |
48% |
Contact
Information
| AOSIS
(Alliance of Small Island States): |
Permanent
Mission of Haiti to the United Nations
Mr. Jean Maxime Murat, Minister Counsellor
801 Second Avenue, Room 600
New York, NY 10017
Phone: (212) 370-4840
Fax: (212) 661-8698
E-mail: haiti@un.int |
| Contact
in Haiti: |
| n.a. |
|
Demographics
| Population |
6,964,549 |
| Population
Growth |
1.4%
(2001 est.) |
| Labor
Force |
3.6
million (1995) |
| Life
Expectancy at Birth |
male:
47.67 years
female: 51.17 years (2001 est.) |
| Literacy |
45% |
Foreign
Trade
| Exports
(f.o.b.) |
$186
million (f.o.b., 1999) |
| Commodities: |
| manufactures,
coffee, oils, mangoes |
| Partners: |
| US
89%, EU 8% (1999) |
| Imports
(f.o.b.) |
$1.2
billion (c.i.f., 1999) |
| Commodities: |
| food,
machinery and transport equipment, fuels, raw materials |
| Partners: |
US
60%, EU 13% (1999)
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