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HAITI

Capital: Port-au-Prince
Head of state: Ren? Pr?val
Languages: Haitian Creole and French
Population: 8.944Millions
Surface area: 27,751km2
GDP: US$6.908Billion
GDP per capita: US$772.381

Inflation: 10.15%
Main economic sectors:
Value of exports (2008): US$0.463Billion
Exports of percentage of GDP: 6.70%
Literacy (age 15+) rate: 52.9%
Top business schools: Universite Caraibe,Universite Chretienne du Nord d'Haiti
Human development index (2009): 149
Energy consumption: Wood accounted for 75 percent of the nation's energy consumption. Petroleum accounted for 15 percent; bagasse (sugarcane residue), for 5 percent; and hydroelectric power, for 5 percent. Energy consumption was paltry, even for a low-income country.
Sources of energy: wind power, solar power, methanol production from sorghum, and power generation from organic waste.

Contact: Embassy of Haiti in Mexico

 

 

 
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