Distillers Country guides / Haiti
Haiti
A one-page guide to Haiti for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Port-au-Prince
- Official languages
- French, Haitian Creole
- Currency
- Haitian gourde (HTG)
- Time zone
- UTC-5 (EST); UTC-4 summer
- Area
- 27,750 km²
People
- Population
- 11.9 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 1.1% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 55.6%
- Aged under 15
- 30.8%
- Aged 65 and over
- 4.8%
- Life expectancy
- 65.1 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$32.1 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$2,694 (2025)
- Economic growth
- -2.71% (2025)
- Inflation
- 28.64% (2025)
Climate
Tropical, varying with altitude. Port-au-Prince January range about 23-31 C, July about 25-35 C; about 1,370 mm of rain a year. Rainy seasons April-June and October-November; hurricanes, floods and droughts recur.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 3.56 litres of pure alcohol (2022)
- What people drink
- Beer 2%, spirits 98% (2016)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia - Haiti; Wikipedia - Rhum Barbancourt; WHO country profile HTI; Wikipedia: Barbancourt. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.