Haiti Energy Situation
Capital:
Port-au-Prince
Region:
Coordinates:
18.5333° N, 72.3333° W
Total Area (km²): It includes a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.
27,750
Population: It is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin.
11,724,763 (2023)
Rural Population (% of total population): It refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.
40 (2023)
GDP (current US$): It is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources.
19,850,829,758 (2023)
GDP Per Capita (current US$): It is gross domestic product divided by midyear population
1,693.07 (2023)
Access to Electricity (% of population): It is the percentage of population with access to electricity.
49.30 (2022)
Energy Imports Net (% of energy use): It is estimated as energy use less production, both measured in oil equivalents. A negative value indicates that the country is a net exporter. Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.
22.02 (2014)
Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption (% of total): It comprises coal, oil, petroleum, and natural gas products.
22.02 (2014)
"Latin America & Caribbean" is not in the list (Latin America) of allowed values for the "CES Country Region Latin America" property.
Introduction
Energy Situation
Renewable Energy
Fossil Fuels
Charcoal
In Haiti, charcoal is the primary source of fuel for cooking purposes. However, with depleting forest and no viable alternative to charcoal, Haitians are increasing dependent on charcoal imported from Dominican Republic (which has larger forest cover). This has resulted in increased smuggling of charcoal from Dominican Republic to Haiti and ultimately reducing the forest cover in Dominican Republic.[1]
Key Problems of the Energy Sector
Policy Framework, Laws and Regulations
Institutional Set up in the Energy Sector
Other Key Actors / Activities of Donors, Implementing Agencies, Civil Society Organisations
Further Information
References
- ↑ Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves: http://cleancookstoves.org/about/news/08-23-2016-death-by-a-thousand-cuts-charcoal-and-deforestation-threaten-hispaniola.html
