FACTORS

Political

Economic

Social

Political and social instability during the last 10 years that led President Jovenel Moïse assassination.
The unrest is fueled by weak democratic institutions and widespread perceptions of endemic corruption among political leaders and public institutions.
The political disaster made it difficult for Haiti to recover and postponed different election cycles over several years.

Almost 60% of the population lives under the national poverty line of $2.41 per day.
A quarter of the population lives under the national extreme poverty line of $1.23 per day.
Inflation Rate of 25.2%. one of the highest in the region.
Haitians rely heavily on remittances from Haitians diaspora to supplement their incomes; the World Bank estimated remittances to Haiti were over $3.3 billion for 2020, constituting almost one-third of Haiti’s GDP.
The Haitian agriculture employs approximately half of Haiti’s workforce, and it is the second largest contributor to the GDP after the sector of services, accounting for 20.3% of the GDP in 2020.

4.4 million Haitians—more than a third—live with food insecurity.
2.1 percent of children under five suffer severe malnutrition.
The quality of education in Haiti is generally low, and 85% of schools are private, charging fees often too high for low-income families.
Unrest and the pandemic kept 70 percent of Haitian children from classes throughout the school year.
At this moment, there is no specific legislation against domestic violence, sexual harassment, or other forms of violence targeted at women and girls.
School dropout is 7% at primary level and 40% of students drop out of school before the 9th grade.

Technological

The number of mobile connections in Haiti in January 2022 was equivalent to 65.5% of the total population.
As of January 2022, 41.4% (4.81 million) of the population have access to the Internet and 21.1% are active social media users.

Ecological and Environmental

Haiti has a rich and unique biological diversity, 36% of the plants and 75% of the vertebrate species are endemic.
Haitian landscape has been decimated by historical deforestation. Nowadays primary forest cover is estimated at less than 1% of the territory. Recent efforts to reforest the country have been limited by Haiti's deadly dependence on charcoal production and consumption.
Charcoal is the primary source of energy for cooking in 92% of Haitian households exacerbating deforestation.
The Haitian territory is composed of over 75% of mountains with very steep slopes which largely expose its soils to erosion.
Haiti is prone to natural disasters; it is located in the path of tropical cyclones causing huge damage as the last major one was hurricane Mathew, which caused damages estimated at 22% of the GDP. It also has significant seismic activity as evidenced by the 2010 and 2021 earthquakes.