Country statistics

Population 9.45 million
Land mass 10,714 square miles
People per square mile 882
Life expectancy 57.6 years
Under age 5 mortality rate 80/1,000
Literacy rate 53%
Access to safe water 54%
Average annual income US$480
Religion
Christian* 96%
Other/none 4%

*Half of the population practices voodoo, often in conjunction with Christianity.

About 80% of the population lives in abject poverty.

Literacy rate for those fifteen years of age and over is at 52.9%

Nearly two-thirds of all Haitians depend on the agriculture sector, which consists mainly of small-scale subsistence farming and employs about two-thirds of the economically active work force.

A relatively small amount of financial assistance can accomplish a tremendous amount of ministry in Haiti relieving the suffering of the poor and assisting in the advancement of the Gospel.