KEY STATISTICS
Updated March 4, 2010
Almost 3.5 million people experienced strong-to-extreme shaking in the January 12 earthquake, including the entire population of Port-au-Prince (2.8 million, equivalent to the City of Chicago).
The Haitian Government estimates that 222,570 people have died and 300,572 have been injured.3
604,215 people have left Port-au-Prince. An estimated 160,000 persons have come from Port-au-Prince to the border area with the Dominican Republic.
According to the Ministry of Education, 450,000 children have been displaced by the earthquake.
The Haitian Ministry of Education estimates that 3,889 students have died, while 1,234 schools have been destroyed, 2,504 have been damaged and another 975 have been affected.
The Port-au-Prince port is handling an average of 350 containers per day.
Since the start of the relief operation a total of 2,678 flights have landed at the Port-au-Prince main ramp.
The Government estimates that 97,000 houses were destroyed and 188,000 were damaged across all affected areas.
UNFPA estimates that 750,000 women and girls of childbearing age were affected by the earthquake. Of these, approximately 63,000 were pregnant and 7,000 delivered in the first month after the earthquake.
40 percent of the population of Haiti is under 14 years of age; 50 percent of the population is under 18 years of age.
Tens of millions of ready-to-eat meals are required to meet the needs of two million people for 15 days.
The number of people in need of shelter ranges from 800,000 to one million.
According to the Government of Haiti, 60 percent of government, administrative and economic infrastructure has been destroyed, as well as parliament and the judicial sector, including the Palais de Justice and numerous courts.
The earthquake had reduced Haiti’s gross domestic product by 70 percent.
90 percent of schools in Port-au-Prince and 60 percent of the schools in the South and West departments have been partially damaged or destroyed; an estimated 500,000 primary school children presently do not attend school.
Haiti development statistics (pre-earthquake):
- 55 percent of Haitians live on less than $1.25 per day.
- Per capita annual income is $660.
- 58 percent of children are under-nourished.
- 58 percent of the population lacks access to clean water.
- Earthquake follows devastating hurricanes in 2008, which affected 800,000 people.
- Deforestation has left leaving the nation with less than two percent forest cover.
The number of people needing treatment for trauma injuries is declining, but still represents more than ten percent of cases.