# France and Haiti compared France and Haiti side by side: 36 shared sourced indicators across 9 domains, and the 4 events their chronicles record of each other. Canonical: https://terralore.co/compare/fra-vs-hti Updated: 2026-08-11 (latest of the two dossiers' refreshes and the two chronicles' verification dates) Two sourced records set beside each other — nothing on this page was written for the pair. Every figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two national dossiers; every event is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle. Figures are compared, never graded. A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero; each value shows its own observation year — vintages differ by indicator and nation. ## Formation - France: 10 August 843 — The Treaty of Verdun gives Charles the Bald West Francia - Haiti: 1804 — Haiti wins its independence from France ## Economy | Metric | France | Observed | Haiti | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | GDP | $3.16 T | 2024 | $25 B | 2024 | | GDP per capita | $46,103 | 2024 | $2,143 | 2024 | | GDP growth | 1.2% | 2024 | -4.2% | 2024 | | Inflation | 2.0% | 2024 | 26.9% | 2024 | | Trade openness | 68.1% | 2024 | 22.2% | 2024 | ## Society | Metric | France | Observed | Haiti | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population | 69 m | 2024 | 12 m | 2024 | | Life expectancy | 83.0 yrs | 2024 | 65.1 yrs | 2024 | | Urban population | 78.8% | 2024 | 55.0% | 2024 | | Fertility rate | 1.6 | 2024 | 2.6 | 2024 | ## Governance | Metric | France | Observed | Haiti | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 77.0 | 2024 | 34.7 | 2024 | | Political stability | 61.8 | 2024 | 45.4 | 2024 | | Government effectiveness | 74.7 | 2024 | 12.1 | 2024 | | Regulatory quality | 72.9 | 2024 | 31.8 | 2024 | | Rule of law | 73.8 | 2024 | 29.4 | 2024 | | Control of corruption | 72.5 | 2024 | 16.7 | 2024 | ## Health | Metric | France | Observed | Haiti | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 11.5% | 2024 | 3.2% | 2023 | | Physicians | 3.28 | 2022 | 0.29 | 2022 | | Under-5 mortality | 4.3 | 2024 | 52.8 | 2024 | | Measles immunisation | 95.0% | 2024 | 77.0% | 2024 | | Safe drinking water | 99.7% | 2024 | — | — | ## Education | Metric | France | Observed | Haiti | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Education spending | 5.3% | 2022 | 1.0% | 2023 | | Primary enrolment | 103.4% | 2024 | 184.0% | 2016 | | Secondary enrolment | 103.8% | 2024 | — | — | | Tertiary enrolment | 71.5% | 2024 | — | — | | Adult literacy | — | — | 68.0% | 2017 | ## Technology | Metric | France | Observed | Haiti | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | R&D spending | 2.2% | 2023 | — | — | | Researchers (per million) | 5,369 | 2023 | — | — | | Internet users | 88.7% | 2024 | 47.9% | 2024 | | Mobile subscriptions | 117 | 2023 | 65 | 2022 | | High-tech exports | 23.1% | 2024 | — | — | ## Geography | Metric | France | Observed | Haiti | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Land area | 538,950 km² | 2023 | 27,560 km² | 2023 | | Forest area | 32.5% | 2023 | 12.3% | 2023 | | Agricultural land | 52.5% | 2023 | 65.1% | 2023 | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 4.0 | 2024 | 0.3 | 2024 | | Renewable energy | 16.2% | 2021 | 76.7% | 2021 | ## Resources | Metric | France | Observed | Haiti | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 0.3% | 2021 | | Oil rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 0.0% | 2021 | | Mineral rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 0.0% | 2021 | | Forest rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 0.3% | 2021 | | Electricity access | 100.0% | 2023 | 51.3% | 2023 | ## Military | Metric | France | Observed | Haiti | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 2.1% | 2024 | 0.1% | 2024 | | Defense spending | $65 B | 2024 | $20 M | 2024 | | Armed forces | 304,000 | 2020 | 1,000 | 2020 | Each metric is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/.md). Full dossiers: https://terralore.co/country/FRA.md and https://terralore.co/country/HTI.md. ## Entangled histories (4 events) Events in which either nation's sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the record exactly as its own chronicle carries it, with that chronicle's sources. - 1697 CE: **France gains Saint-Domingue** — The Treaty of Rijswijk transfers the western third of Hispaniola from Spain to France, creating the colony of Saint-Domingue. (from the Haiti chronicle; sources: Treaty of Rijswijk; Saint-Domingue) - by 1789: **World's richest colony** — Saint-Domingue, with roughly half a million enslaved Africans, has become the leading producer of sugar and coffee and France's most valuable colony. (from the Haiti chronicle; sources: Saint-Domingue; Haitian Revolution) - 1802 CE: **Napoleon's expedition; Toussaint deported** — Napoleon sends an army to restore slavery; Toussaint Louverture is seized and deported to France, where he dies in 1803. (from the Haiti chronicle; sources: Toussaint Louverture; Haitian Revolution) - 1825 CE: **The French indemnity** — France recognises Haitian independence only in exchange for an indemnity of 150 million francs, burdening Haiti with crippling debt. (from the Haiti chronicle; sources: History of Haiti) ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators - Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.who.int/data/gho - Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://childmortality.org - Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://uis.unesco.org - ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics - Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex Chronicle references are cited inline above and resolve in full at https://terralore.co/country/FRA/chronicle.md and https://terralore.co/country/HTI/chronicle.md. 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