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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