Haiti Fact File
Haiti Fact File*
General
National Population (July 2011 est): 9,719,932
Average Life Expectancy Haiti: 60.78
Average Life Expectancy Ireland: 80.19
Labour Force: 66% Agriculture, 25% Services, 9% Industry
Gross National Income (2008, million USD): 660.0
(Data Source - World Food Program (2009), Rural Poverty Portal, United Nations Human Development Index (2009))
Health
24% Haitians are chronically undernourished
An estimated 2.4 million Haitians are food insecure
22% of children are underweight for their age
HIV prevalence: 2.2% of the population
Water and Sanitation
50% Haitians lack access to potable water
1 in 5 Haitians have access to a sanitary toilet
Poverty
54% of Haitians live on less than $1 a day
2/3 Haitians have no formal employment
34% farmers are wage insecure
Education
An estimated 500,000 children have never attended school
Average years of schooling children complete by their 18th birthday is 6 years
Adult literacy rate 37.9%
Primary education enrolment 56%
(Sources: United Nations Statistics Division, UN Human Development Index 2009 Report, World Health Organization, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, World Food Program, United States Agency for International Development.)
Earthquake – brief figures
Over 230,000 people killed – this is the equivalent of everyone in Cork city and surrounds.
A further 300,000 injured
1.2 million people displaced
2 years later…
Today, over 600,000 are still living in IDP camps.
Only 50% of the rubble has been removed
Cholera Epidemic
There is currently an average of 500 cholera cases per day in Haiti. Cholera is an infection of the small intestine and results in continual vomiting and diarrhoea. Infection is generally transmitted through contaminated water or food. In Haiti this is generally due to a lack of sanitation and sewage systems.
As of October 14th 2011 the cumulative number of reported cholera cases is 473,649
Of these, 251,885 (53%) were hospitalized, and 6,631 people have died.
*Please note all stats (apart from earthquake – brief and Cholera Epidemic) are taken prior to the earthquake of 2010, as no data collection has taken place since. This information was collated in January 2012).
