8.12

Haiti

Selected Economic and Social Data

1987 [a]

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

Population ('000)

6,142

6,254

6,367

6,481

6,598

6,717

6,838

6,961

7,106

7,254

7,404

Growth Rate (%)

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

2.1

2.1

2.1

National Accounts

GDP, curr. prices (mill. gourdes)

11,974

12,042

13,214

16,237

18,496

19,348

22,412

27,878

38,138

47,460

55,793

GDP, 1976 prices (mill. gourdes)

5,528

5,445

5,363

5,524

5,342

4,638

4,525

4,150

4,334

4,451

4,502

Real GDP Growth Rate (%) [b]

0.6

-1.5

-1.5

3.0

-3.3

-13.2

-2.4

-8.3

4.4

2.7

1.1

Real Per Capita GDP (1976 gourdes)

900.0

870.7

842.4

852.4

809.6

690.5

661.7

596.2

609.9

613.6

608.0

Real Per Capita GDP Growth Rate (%)

-1.2

-3.3

-3.2

1.2

-5.0

-14.7

-4.2

-9.9

2.3

0.6

-0.9

Gross Domestic Investment/GDP (%)

13.9

13.7

13.5

12.2

11.3

3.7

3.8

1.7

8.7

9.5

10.2

Private

2.1

2.9

3.0

5.7

6.7

3.3

2.8

1.1

2.8

..

5.2

Public

11.8

10.8

10.5

6.5

4.6

0.4

1.0

0.6

5.9

..

5.0

Gross National Savings/GDP (%)

5.5

6.9

8.3

2.0

-1.6

-3.2

-7.7

-5.2

-7.9

-2.6

3.3

Private

4.7

5.9

8.1

3.0

-1.6

-1.3

-6.2

-1.4

-5.6

-0.5

1.4

Public

0.8

1.0

0.2

-1.0

0.0

-1.9

-1.5

-3.8

-2.3

-2.1

1.9

Foreign Savings/GDP (%)

8.4

6.8

5.2

10.2

12.9

6.9

11.5

6.9

16.6

12.1

6.9

Prices

GDP Price Deflator (1976=100)

216.6

221.2

246.4

293.9

346.2

417.2

495.3

671.8

880.0

1,066.3

1,239.3

Annual Change (%)

-2.7

2.1

11.4

19.3

17.8

20.5

18.7

35.6

31.0

21.2

16.2

Consumer Prices (end FY 1980 = 100) [c]

206.8

212.8

236.1

284.2

336.0

396.2

470.9

640.7

834.2

1,016.9

1,181.6

Annual Change (%)

-5.1

2.9

10.9

20.4

18.2

17.9

18.9

36.1

30.2

21.9

16.2

Balance of Payments (US$m)

Current Account Balance [d]

(153)

(131)

(148)

(220)

(288)

(127)

(178)

(109)

(441)

(359)

(241)

Exports, fob

208

200

200

266

202

76

82

57

137

148

196

Imports, fob [e]

328

299

295

443

449

214

267

141

569

564

589

Trade Balance

(120)

(99)

(95)

(177)

(247)

(139)

(185)

(84)

(432)

(416)

(393)

Services, net [f]

(89)

(96)

(112)

(104)

(111)

(58)

(66)

(68)

(118)

(95)

(104)

Private Transfers, net

56

64

59

61

70

70

73

43

109

152

256

Capital Account Balance

177

149

158

192

302

121

167

72

565

307

268

Official Transfers, net

131

117

114

132

165

85

100

113

410

293

222

Other, net [g]

17

6

(8)

34

124

60

113

(23)

84

(66)

(54)

Financial Intermediaries, net

(7)

2

31

(23)

(16)

(13)

(31)

(6)

(35)

(29)

16

Official, net

36

24

21

49

29

(11)

(15)

(12)

106

109

84

Overall Balance

24

18

10

(28)

14

(6)

(11)

(37)

124

(51)

27

External Debt

Debt Outstanding, 12/31 (US$m) [h]

844

818

802

883

747

773

804

735

771

839

991

Debt Outstanding/GDP (%)

43

46

46

45

37

45

41

3

30

31

30

Debt Service/Exports (%)

13.9

14.6

14.2

9.5

13.3

4.0

0.0

56.2

12.3

9.7

11.0

Consolidated Nonfinancial Public Sector (% of GDP)

Current Revenue and Transfers [i]

16.1

15.1

13.8

10.8

11.0

6.5

7.7

4.6

..

..

..

Current Expenditures

11.6

11.1

10.7

9.8

8.2

8.4

9.2

8.4

..

..

..

Current Surplus/Deficit

4.5

4.0

3.1

1.0

2.8

-1.9

-1.5

-3.8

..

..

..

Capital Expenditures/Net Lending

7.2

6.3

6.1

5.1

4.5

0.4

1.0

0.4

..

..

..

Overall Surplus/ Deficit

-2.7

-2.3

-3.0

-4.1

-1.7

-2.3

-2.5

-4.2

..

..

..