Haiti

Haiti is a country located in the Caribbean, occupying the western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic, covering an area of approximately 27,750 square kilometers. As of 2025, Haiti has a population of over 11.9 million, with French and Creole as official languages. The country is mostly rough and mountainous, with a tropical climate that becomes semiarid where mountains in the east cut off trade winds. Port-au-Prince serves as the capital, and the government operates as a semi-presidential republic.

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with a GDP of $25.22 billion and a GDP per capita of $2,800, driven by textiles, sugar refining, flour milling, cement, and light assembly industries. Key agricultural products include sugarcane, cassava, plantains, bananas, and mangoes, while natural resources include bauxite, copper, gold, and marble. The unemployment rate is 14.9% as of 2025, and 68% of the population is literate, with a life expectancy of 65.1 years. Haiti faces enormous challenges including extreme poverty, political instability, ongoing civil unrest, and vulnerability to natural disasters, with remittances accounting for nearly 19% of GDP.