
Capital: Port-au-Prince
President: René Préval
Energy Authority: Monsieur Jacques Gabriel, Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communications
Area(Km2): 27.750
Population (hab): 10.089.000
Population Density (hab/km2): 364
Currency: Gourde
Official Languages: French and Haitian Creole
GDP per capita (UDS): 392.66
Inflation rate (%): 3.0
Foreign Debt (USD): 1.272,3
Unemployment (%): 27.4
Industry: Cement, cigarettes, beverages, items of clothing and toys
Agriculture: Sugar, banana, mango, corn, sweet potato, rice, avocado, coffee and cacao
Livestock: Goats, cattle, pigs and horses
Main Products for Export: Cacao, handicrafts and coffee
Destiny of exports: United States and European Union
Main Products for Import: Foodstuff, fuels, machinery and tranportation equipment
Source of Imports: Unites States, European Union and Dominican Republic
ENERGY SECTOR (2009)
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh/hab): 33.80
Final Energy Consumption per capita (BOE/hab): 1.78
Total Electrification (%): 34
Rural Electrification (%): n/a
Resources:
Oil Reserves (millions Bbl): n/a
Natural Gas Reserves (billions m3): n/a
Coal Reserves (Millions Tons) 8,7
Total Primary Energy Supply (thousand BOE): 14.483,75
Production (thousand BOE): 14.483,75
Imports (thousand BOE): 5.357,15
Exports (thousand BOE): n/a
Final Consumption per Sector (thousand BOE)*: 17.715,53
Transportation: 3.262,32
Industry: 2.929,16
Residential, Commercial and Services: 11.484,74
Farming, fishing, Mining and Others*: 38.51
Refining Capacity (thousand bbl/d): n/a
Installed Electricity Capacity (MW): 240
*Non-energy consumption included
n/a Not available