BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON HAITI

Haiti covers 27,750 square kilometres and is almost the same size as Belgium. It has about 9 million citizens. 

The larger part of the country is mountainous which is uninhabitable. This is why the urban places and cities are largely overpopulated. 

The capital is Port-au-Prince

Haiti was one of the wealthiest countries and it was given the name of ¨Pear of the Antilles¨. 

Now it is the poorest country of the western hemisphere 

70% of the population lives under the subsistence level, and the unemployment rate is 65%.

Only about 5% of the people live in luxury

Only 1 out of 5 children reaches the age of 5. 

Literacy rate: 35% 

• MORE FACTS TO CONSIDER ABOUT HAITI 

• Haiti is the third hungriest country in the world after Somalia and Afghanistan
• The richest 1% of the population controls nearly half of all of Haiti’s wealth
• One of the poorest countries in the world
• Ranks 149 out of 182 on the United Nations Human Development Index
• Has a healthy life expectancy of 55 years for women and 53 years for men
• Adult literacy is about 62%
• 78% of Haitians live on less than $2 US per day.
• ( Haiti Global Issues) 

DESCRIPTION OF HAITI AND WHERE IT IS LOCATED 

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LOCATION OF HAITI  

MOTHER SELLING COAL WITH HER CHILDREN 

EXTREMELY DRY AND ¨NAKED¨MOUNTAINS