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Port-au-Prince · pop. 12M · French, Haitian Creole · Haitian gourde

Trajectories

economic complexity

#101

Roughly steady in the rankings since 1995.

2024 · −0.56

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1995−0.77
1996−1.01−0.23 pts
1997−1.00+0.01 pts
1998−1.35−0.35 pts
1999−1.21+0.14 pts
2000−1.20+0.01 pts
2001−1.30−0.10 pts
2002−1.39−0.08 pts
2003−1.60−0.22 pts
2004−1.36+0.25 pts
2005−1.39−0.03 pts
2006−1.34+0.05 pts
2007−1.40−0.06 pts
2008−1.36+0.04 pts
2009low−1.78−0.43 pts
2010−1.36+0.42 pts
2011−1.68−0.32 pts
2012−1.21+0.47 pts
2013−1.19+0.02 pts
2014−1.35−0.16 pts
2015−1.27+0.08 pts
2016−1.23+0.04 pts
2017−0.91+0.32 pts
2018−0.97−0.06 pts
2019−1.18−0.21 pts
2020−1.21−0.03 pts
2021−1.04+0.17 pts
2022−1.28−0.25 pts
2023−1.17+0.12 pts
2024latest−0.56+0.61 pts

economic momentum

$2,143

Tripled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $2,143

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1990$452
1991$497+9.9%
1992$316−36.3%
1993low$258−18.4%
1994$292+13.2%
1995$372+27.3%
1996$377+1.4%
1997$425+12.7%
1998$465+9.5%
1999$510+9.5%
2000$821+61.0%
2001$749−8.7%
2002$721−3.7%
2003$579−19.7%
2004$683+18.0%
2005$776+13.6%
2006$829+6.8%
2007$985+18.8%
2008$1,095+11.2%
2009$1,197+9.3%
2010$1,210+1.1%
2011$1,312+8.5%
2012$1,361+3.8%
2013$1,458+7.1%
2014$1,460+0.2%
2015$1,411−3.4%
2016$1,318−6.6%
2017$1,395+5.8%
2018$1,496+7.2%
2019$1,352−9.6%
2020$1,290−4.6%
2021$1,841+42.7%
2022$1,761−4.4%
2023$1,706−3.1%
2024latest$2,143+25.6%

prices

26.9%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 26.9%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
199021.3%
199115.4%−5.86 pts
199219.4%+3.94 pts
199329.7%+10.3 pts
1994high39.3%+9.63 pts
199527.6%−11.7 pts
199620.6%−7.02 pts
199720.6%−0.02 pts
19985.3%−15.3 pts
19993.0%−2.26 pts
20009.3%+6.33 pts
200113.3%+3.98 pts
20027.0%−6.28 pts
200328.7%+21.7 pts
200421.0%−7.67 pts
200514.0%−7.06 pts
200611.3%−2.63 pts
20076.6%−4.79 pts
200815.3%+8.72 pts
2009low0.4%−14.9 pts
20104.8%+4.43 pts
20116.3%+1.51 pts
20125.0%−1.31 pts
20134.8%−0.25 pts
20143.4%−1.33 pts
20156.7%+3.29 pts
201611.5%+4.77 pts
201710.7%−0.82 pts
201812.5%+1.80 pts
201918.7%+6.22 pts
202022.8%+4.09 pts
202116.8%−5.95 pts
202234.0%+17.1 pts
202336.8%+2.83 pts
2024latest26.9%−9.86 pts

demographic curve

2.6 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 5.6 in 1980.

2024 · 2.6

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
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whenvaluechange
19606.2
1961high6.20.0%
19626.2−0.1%
19636.20.0%
19646.2−0.1%
19656.1−0.6%
19666.1−0.6%
19676.1−0.7%
19686.0−0.7%
19696.0−0.9%
19705.9−0.8%
19715.9−0.6%
19725.8−0.5%
19735.8−0.6%
19745.8−0.5%
19755.7−0.6%
19765.7−0.7%
19775.7−0.6%
19785.6−0.6%
19795.6−0.9%
19805.6−0.7%
19815.5−0.4%
19825.5−0.1%
19835.5−0.2%
19845.5−0.1%
19855.5−0.2%
19865.5−0.3%
19875.5−0.1%
19885.50.0%
19895.4−0.5%
19905.4−0.6%
19915.3−1.8%
19925.2−2.1%
19935.1−2.1%
19945.0−2.1%
19954.9−2.1%
19964.8−2.2%
19974.7−2.3%
19984.6−2.3%
19994.5−2.4%
20004.4−1.4%
20014.2−3.2%
20024.1−2.9%
20034.0−1.9%
20043.9−2.6%
20053.8−2.7%
20063.8−1.9%
20073.7−2.0%
20083.6−1.8%
20093.6−1.5%
20103.5−1.9%
20113.4−1.9%
20123.3−3.2%
20133.2−3.0%
20143.2−1.8%
20153.1−1.7%
20163.1−1.8%
20173.0−2.3%
20182.9−2.0%
20192.9−2.1%
20202.8−2.0%
20212.7−2.0%
20222.7−1.8%
20232.7−1.6%
2024latest2.6−1.2%

Metrics

  1. population
    12M
    81 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $20B
    121 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $1,706
    136 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $12M
    147 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    0.1%
    148 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    28K km²
    148 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    429 /km²
    9 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    64.9 yr
    148 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. co₂ per capita
    0.30 t
    142 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  10. urbanisation
    55%
    109 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  11. fertility rate
    2.6
    59 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. foreign-born share
    0.2%
    159 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. remittances % of gdp
    16%
    14 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  14. scientific articles / yr
    38
    148 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  15. youth unemployment
    38%
    157 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  16. adult literacy
    68%
    90 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  17. democracy (v-dem)
    0.10
    131 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  18. clean government
    16
    152 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  19. press freedom
    31.1
    72 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  20. human development
    0.554
    137 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  21. refugees hosted
    5
    147 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  22. refugees produced
    148K
    20 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data

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