Haiti’s Crisis at a Glance

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Harpers Index 2.0 HHF

APRIL 2023

Number of Haitians dying daily due to hunger: 562

  • Yearly food inflation rate: 53%
  • Families in Cite Soleil that gave up children in servitude to meet food needs: 9%
  • Yearly kidnappings in Haiti (pop: 11.5 million):857
  • Yearly kidnappings in Mexico (pop: 130 million):650
  • Percentage of Port-au-Prince under government control: 10%
  • Individual armed groups operating in Haiti: 200
  • Haitians that state they would support an international force to fight gangs: 70%
  • Haitians who think the Haitian National Police alone can combat gangs: 0%
  • Haiti National Police officers: 9,000
  • New York City (pop: 8.9 million) Police Department officers: 36,000
  • Haiti Police officers killed in the first three months of 2023: 78
  • USA (pop: 334 million) police officers killed in the first three months of 2023: 12
  • Portion of Haitian police officers applying to emigrate from Haiti: 1/3
  • Haitian prisoners who died of starvation in 2022: 54
  • Average daily caloric intake for Haitian prisoner: 571
  • Fleeing Haitians on boats rescued by US coast guard per day: 21
  • Healthcare facilities reporting staff shortages: 85%
  • Healthcare facilities reporting difficulty maintaining key supplies: 100%
  • Doctors Without Borders Hospitals shuttered due to violence: 3
  • Patients served by Hospital Albert Schweitzer, now closed due to violence: 700,000
  • Doctors kidnapped since beginning of 2022: 30
  • Number of elected officials in Haiti: 0