Mobility Situation Report - Haiti
Summary — This report analyzes internal population mobility in Haiti from July 2023 to June 2024, showing a significant outflow of 30,800 people from the West department to other regions.
Key Findings
- The West department lost 30,800 residents due to internal mobility from July 2023 to June 2024.
- Southern departments received the largest population influxes: South (+7,500), South-East (+6,900), Nippes (+4,100), and Grand'Anse (+3,100).
- Within Port-au-Prince, 30,000 people left 1ère Section Turgeau over 12 months.
- The largest population changes occurred from January 2024 onwards.
- Urban communal sections can experience fluctuations of over 1,000 residents month-to-month.
Full Description
This preparedness report examines internal population mobility patterns across Haiti from July 2023 to June 2024, using mobile phone data (CDRs) to track population movements. The study reveals significant demographic shifts, with the West (Ouest) department experiencing a net loss of 30,800 residents over the 12-month period.
The data shows that people leaving the West department relocated throughout the country, with the Greater South region receiving the largest influxes: the South department gained 7,500 people (including 3,000 in Les Cayes), South-East received 6,900 (including 2,000 in Jacmel), Nippes gained 4,100, and Grand'Anse received 3,100 additional residents. The North department also saw an increase of 4,100 people, including 2,000 in central Cap Haïtien.
Within the West department, the report highlights that 30,000 people left the 1ère Section Turgeau in Port-au-Prince commune over the last 12 months. The largest population changes occurred from January 2024 onwards, with urban communal sections experiencing significant fluctuations that can exceed 1,000 residents from one month to the next. The report emphasizes the importance of these monthly population estimates for crisis preparedness and response planning, as they provide up-to-date information on population exposure to hazards and predictable trends in demographic changes.
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Preparedness report Preparedness | Mobility situation report - Haiti Preparedness report Study period: Published: 23 July 2024 Part 1 | National (July 2023 - June 2024) overview July 2023 - June 2024 Monthly estimated population in the West department (July 2023 - June 2024): - 30,800 residents Key observations for the period July 2023 - June 2024 Due to internal mobility, the population of the West (Ouest) department has declined by 30,800 people from July 2023 to June 2024. People who left the West (Ouest) department relocated throughout the country, particularly to the Greater South: O South (Sud) department: + 7,500 (including + 3,000 in Les Cayes), O South-East (Sud-Est): + 6,900 (including + 2,000 in Jacmel), O Nippes: + 4,100, O and Grand’Anse: + 3,100. The North (Nord) department received 4,100 more people (including + 2,000 in central Cap Haitien). Within the West (Ouest) department, 30,000 people left 1ere Section Turgeau in Port-au Prince commune over the last 12 months, for other sections in West or outside. The largest population changes occurred from January 2024 onwards. Changes are not always progressive and urban communal sections (Port-au Prince, Jacmel, Les Cayes, Cap Haitien) can see large fluctuations, gaining or losing over 1,000 residents from one month to the next. How to use this report Population estimates per communal section per month can help prepare for and respond to crises, and plan services, by quantifying up-to-date population exposure to hazards, and informing on predictable trends in population change. We highlight communal sections with steady increases or decreases in population that could make annual population statistics outdated, or unusually large month-to-month fluctuations that would increase margin of errors around static population estimates. Data source Estimates used in this report, and associated documentation, are available at haiti.mobility dashboard.org after registration. Monthly estimates of population per communal section (the de facto” population) derived from anonymous mobile phone data, weighted using survey data but unadjusted for population change due to births, deaths, immigration and emigration only considering internal mobility in Haiti. These population and mobility estimates come from CDRs (mobile phone usage data) and other datasets for adjustments. However these are not traditional Changes in population estimates per department and communal section (July 2023 - June 2024): increasing, decreasing, fluctuating or stable Artibonite population and survey estimates, if you are unfamiliar with this data source please read our documentation which can be found at www.flowgeek.org info@flowminder.org @Flowminder www.flowminder.org haiti.mobility-dashboard.org Preparedness report Preparedness | Mobility situation report - Haiti Preparedness report Study period: Published: 23 July 2024 July 2023 - June 2024 Part 2 | department overview (July 2023 - June 2024) Artibonite Monthly estimated population in Artibonite (July 2023 - June 2024): + 1,800 residents Communal sections with large increasing and decreasing trends (July 2023 - June 2024) Fluctuating communal sections with largest changes in population (July 2023 - June 2024) These population and mobility estimates come from CDRs (mobile phone usage data) and other datasets for adjustments. However these are not traditional Changes in population estimates per communal section in Artibonite (July 2023 - June 2024): increasing, decreasing, fluctuating or stable population and survey estimates, if you are unfamiliar with this data source please read our documentation which can be found at www.flowgeek.org info@flowminder.org @Flowminder www.flowminder.org haiti.mobility-dashboard.org Preparedness report Preparedness | Mobility situation report - Haiti Preparedness report Study period: Published: 23 July 2024 July 2023 - June 2024 Part 2 | department overview (July 2023 - June 2024) Centre Monthly estimated population in Centre (July 2023 - June 2024): + 2,800 residents Communal sections with large increasing and decreasing trends (July 2023 - June 2024) Fluctuating communal sections with largest changes in population (July 2023 - June 2024) These population and mobility estimates come from CDRs (mobile phone usage data) and other datasets for adjustments. However these are not traditional Changes in population estimates per communal section in Centre (July 2023 - June 2024): increasing, decreasing, fluctuating or stable population and survey estimates, if you are unfamiliar with this data source please read our documentation which can be found at www.flowgeek.org info@flowminder.org @Flowminder www.flowminder.org haiti.mobility-dashboard.org Preparedness report Preparedness | Mobility situation report - Haiti Preparedness report Study period: Published: 23 July 2024 July 2023 - June 2024 Part 2 | department overview (July 2023 - June 2024) Grand’Anse Monthly estimated population in Grand’ Anse (July 2023 - June 2024): + 3,100 residents Communal sections with large increasing and decreasing trends (July 2023 - June 2024) Fluctuating communal sections with largest changes in population (July 2023 - June 2024) These population and mobility estimates come from CDRs (mobile phone usage data) and other datasets for adjustments. However these are not traditional Changes in population estimates per communal section in Grand’Anse (July 2023 - June 2024): increasing, decreasing, fluctuating or stable population and survey estimates, if you are unfamiliar with this data source please read our documentation which can be found at www.flowgeek.org info@flowminder.org @Flowminder www.flowminder.org haiti.mobility-dashboard.org Preparedness report Preparedness | Mobility situation report - Haiti Preparedness report Study period: Published: 23 July 2024 July 2023 - June 2024 Part 2 | department overview (July 2023 - June 2024) Nippes Monthly estimated population in Nippes (July 2023 - June 2024): + 4,100 residents Communal sections with large increasing and decreasing trends (July 2023 - June 2024) Fluctuating communal sections with largest changes in population (July 2023 - June 2024) These population and mobility estimates come from CDRs (mobile phone usage data) and other datasets for adjustments. However these are not traditional Changes in population estimates per communal section in Nippes (July 2023 - June 2024): increasing, decreasing, fluctuating or stable population and survey estimates, if you are unfamiliar with this data source please read our documentation which can be found at www.flowgeek.org info@flowminder.org @Flowminder www.flowminder.org haiti.mobility-dashboard.org Preparedness report Preparedness | Mobility situation report - Haiti Preparedness report Study period: Published: 23 July 2024 July 2023 - June 2024 Part 2 | department overview (July 2023 - June 2024) Nord Monthly estimated population in Nord (July 2023 - June 2024): + 4,100 residents Communal sections with large increasing and decreasing trends (July 2023 - June 2024) Fluctuating communal sections with largest changes in population (July 2023 - June 2024) These population and mobility estimates come from CDRs (mobile phone usage data) and other datasets for adjustments. However these are not traditional Changes in population estimates per communal section in Nord (July 2023 - June 2024): increasing, decreasing, fluctuating or stable population and survey estimates, if you are unfamiliar with this data source please read our documentation which can be found at www.flowgeek.org info@flowminder.org @Flowminder www.flowminder.org haiti.mobility-dashboard.org Preparedness report Preparedness | Mobility situation report - Haiti Preparedness report Study period: Published: 23 July 2024 July 2023 - June 2024 Part 2 | department overview (July 2023 - June 2024) Nord-Est Monthly estimated population in Nord-Est (July 2023 - June 2024): + 500 residents Communal sections with large increasing and decreasing trends (July 2023 - June 2024) Fluctuating communal sections with largest changes in population (July 2023 - June 2024) These population and mobility estimates come from CDRs (mobile phone usage data) and other datasets for adjustments. However these are not traditional Changes in population estimates per communal section in Nord-Est (July 2023 - June 2024): increasing, decreasing, fluctuating or stable population and survey estimates, if you are unfamiliar with this data source please read our documentation which can be found at www.flowgeek.org info@flowminder.org @Flowminder www.flowminder.org haiti.mobility-dashboard.org Preparedness report Preparedness | Mobility situation report - Haiti Preparedness report Study period: Published: 23 July 2024 July 2023 - June 2024 Part 2 | department overview (July 2023 - June 2024) Nord-Ouest Monthly estimated population in Nord-Ouest (July 2023 - June 2024): + 800 residents Communal sections with large increasing and decreasing trends (July 2023 - June 2024) Fluctuating communal sections with largest changes in population (July 2023 - June 2024) These population and mobility estimates come from CDRs (mobile phone usage data) and other datasets for adjustments. However these are not traditional Changes in population estimates per communal section in Nord-Ouest (July 2023 - June 2024): increasing, decreasing, fluctuating or stable population and survey estimates, if you are unfamiliar with this data source please read our documentation which can be found at www.flowgeek.org info@flowminder.org @Flowminder www.flowminder.org haiti.mobility-dashboard.org Preparedness report Preparedness | Mobility situation report - Haiti Preparedness report Study period: Published: 23 July 2024 July 2023 - June 2024 Part 2 | department overview (July 2023 - June 2024) Ouest Monthly estimated population in Ouest (July 2023 - June 2024): -30,800 residents Communal sections with large increasing and decreasing trends (July 2023 - June 2024) Fluctuating communal sections with largest changes in population (July 2023 - June 2024) These population and mobility estimates come from CDRs (mobile phone usage data) and other datasets for adjustments. However these are not traditional Changes in population estimates per communal section in Ouest (July 2023 - June 2024): increasing, decreasing, fluctuating or stable population and survey estimates, if you are unfamiliar with this data source please read our documentation which can be found at www.flowgeek.org info@flowminder.org @Flowminder www.flowminder.org haiti.mobility-dashboard.org Preparedness report Preparedness | Mobility situation report - Haiti Preparedness report Study period: Published: 23 July 2024 July 2023 - June 2024 Part 2 | department overview (July 2023 - June 2024) Sud-Est Monthly estimated population in Sud-Est (July 2023 - June 2024): + 6,900 residents Communal sections with large increasing and decreasing trends (July 2023 - June 2024) Fluctuating communal sections with largest changes in population (July 2023 - June 2024) These population and mobility estimates come from CDRs (mobile phone usage data) and other datasets for adjustments. However these are not traditional Changes in population estimates per communal section in Sud-Est (July 2023 - June 2024): increasing, decreasing, fluctuating or stable population and survey estimates, if you are unfamiliar with this data source please read our documentation which can be found at www.flowgeek.org info@flowminder.org @Flowminder www.flowminder.org haiti.mobility-dashboard.org Preparedness report Preparedness | Mobility situation report - Haiti Published: 23 July 2024 Part 2 | department overview (July 2023 - June 2024) Sud Preparedness report Study period: July 2023 - June 2024 Monthly estimated population in Sud (July 2023 - June 2024): + 7,600 residents Communal sections with large increasing and decreasing trends (July 2023 - June 2024) Fluctuating communal sections with largest changes in population (July 2023 - June 2024) These population and mobility estimates come from CDRs (mobile phone usage data) and other datasets for adjustments. However these are not traditional Changes in population estimates per communal section in Sud (July 2023 - June 2024): increasing, decreasing, fluctuating or stable population and survey estimates, if you are unfamiliar with this data source please read our documentation which can be found at www.flowgeek.org info@flowminder.org @Flowminder www.flowminder.org haiti.mobility-dashboard.org Preparedness report Preparedness | Mobility situation report - Haiti Preparedness report Study period: Published: 23 July 2024 Jule 2023 - June 2024 Part 3 | Communal sections with changes in population estimates List of communal sections with changes in population estimates (July 2023 - June 2024): increasing, decreasing or fluctuating Total displaced XX May - 11 June 2023 These population and mobility estimates come from CDRs (mobile phone usage data) and other datasets for adjustments. However these are not traditional population and survey estimates, if you are unfamiliar with this data source please read our documentation which can be found at www.flowgeek.org info@flowminder.org @Flowminder www.flowminder.org haiti.mobility-dashboard.org Preparedness report Preparedness | Mobility situation report - Haiti Preparedness report Study period: Published: 23 July 2024 Jule 2023 - June 2024 Part 3 | Communal sections with changes in population estimates List of communal sections with changes in population estimates (July 2023 - June 2024): increasing, decreasing or fluctuating Total displaced XX May - 11 June 2023 These population and mobility estimates come from CDRs (mobile phone usage data) and other datasets for adjustments. However these are not traditional population and survey estimates, if you are unfamiliar with this data source please read our documentation which can be found at www.flowgeek.org info@flowminder.org @Flowminder www.flowminder.org haiti.mobility-dashboard.org Preparedness report Preparedness | Mobility situation report - Haiti Preparedness report Study period: Published: 23 July 2024 Jule 2023 - June 2024 About this work Part 4 | About this work: Background & considerations Data privacy & governance Flowminder’s ‘Population Mobility Data for Disaster Management’ project aims to improve the availability and use of mobile operator data (Call Detail Records, CDR data)-derived population scaled estimates on population mobility, density and/or displacement data among humanitarian actors, with a particular focus on Haiti. Through this project, Flowminder will enable access to, and use of reliable and user-friendly information by humanitarian organisations for disaster preparedness and response, while strengthening its CDR processing and analysis software, FlowKit, to better support humanitarian sector data needs. Authors & funders This report was authored by the Flowminder Foundation. This work is made possible by the generous support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the Flowminder Foundation and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. This project is led by the Flowminder Foundation. Acknowledgements This study was made possible thanks to the anonymised (aggregated) mobile phone usage data (Call Detail Records, CDRs) provided by Digicel Haiti. The Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) are acknowledged for supporting other Flowminder's activities in Haiti, which this works benefits from, where Flowminder focuses on No personal data, such as an individual’s identity, demographics, location, contacts or movements, is made available to the government or any other third party at any time. All results produced by Flowminder are aggregated results (for example, subscriber density in a given municipality), which means that they do not contain any information about individual subscribers. This data is fully anonymised. This approach complies with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR2016/679). Data is processed on a server installed behind the mobile network operator’s firewall in Haiti, and no personal data leaves the operator’s premises. Data considerations The estimates shown are our best current assessment of movements. However, there are a number of uncertainties. The information should be interpreted together with other available evidence. For more information about our methods, please read our Haiti Mobility Data Indicators documentation on residents and relocation . here Data sources Pseudonymised Call Detail Records: Digitel Haiti CDR-based data products: Flowminder enabling the increased access to and use of mobile operator data in ways that are ethically Survey data: MSNA 2022 sound, financially viable, and sustainable This report and its contents may only be shared with attribution to the Flowminder Foundation and Digicel Haiti. Adaptation is permitted as long as the changes are indicated and the Flowminder Foundation and Digicel Haiti are cited. Use of the report and its contents is limited to humanitarian and development purposes. Population estimates: ; ; and . 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