Official Name: | The Republic of Haiti |
Sovereign Status: | Sovereign Country |
Government Type: | Semi-Presidential Republic |
Official Name (Local Language): | Republique d'Haiti; Repiblik d' Ayiti |
ISO Country Codes: | HT : HTI |
Internet Domain: | .ht |
Government Web Site: | https://www.primature.gouv.ht/ |
Capital: | Port-au-Prince | Main Airports: | Toussaint Louverture International Airport |
Language(s): | French;Creole | Population: | 11,198,240 |
Currency: | Haitian Gourde | ISO Currency Code: | HTG |
Telephone Dial In: | +509 | ID Prefix: | 00 |
Government Website: | https://www.primature.gouv.ht/ |
Central Bank: | Banque de la République d'Haïti |
Currency USD Exchange Rate: | 65.21 gourdes (HTG) per US dollar (2017 est.) |
Unemployment Rate: | 40.6% (2010 est.) |
Population below poverty line: | 58.5% (2012 est.) |
Inflation Rate: | 14.7% (2017 est.) |
Prime Lending Rate: | 14.10% (2019 - World Bank) |
GDP: | $8.608 billion (2017 est.) |
GDP Pro Capita (PPP): | $2,905 (2019 est.) |
Currency Name: | Haitian Gourde |
Currency Code: | HTG |
World Bank Classification: | Low Income |
GDP Composition:
Agriculture: | 21.5% | coffee, mangoes, cocoa, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum; wood, vetiver |
Industry: | 20.3% | textiles, sugar refining, flour milling, cement, light assembly using imported parts |
Services: | 58.2% |
Business Language(s): | French |
Development Bank(s): | Caribbean Development Bank; Inter-American Development Bank; |
Competitive Ind’l Performance: 138/141 (2019) | Corruption Perceptions Index: 170/180 (2020) |
Ease of Doing Business: 179/190 (2019) | Enabling Trade Index: N/A |
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Export Promotion Agency: Caribbean Export Development Agency ; Investment Agency: Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies ; Center for Facilitation of Investments ;
Imports:
$3.618 billion (2017 est.)
Main Imports:
food, manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, raw materials
Exports:
$0.980 billion (2017 est.)
Main Exports:
apparel, manufactures, oils, cocoa, mangoes, coffee
Top Export Partners:
US 85.7%
Top Import Partners:
Dominican Republic 35.4%
US 24.6%
Netherlands Antilles 9.5%
China 9.4%
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