Haiti Statistics

Facts on Haiti

COUNTRY INFORMATION

Population: 10,461,000 (UNICEF 2015)

Age structure: (CIA Factbook 2015)

• 0-14 years: 33.28% (male 1,686,647/female 1,678,156)
• 15-24 years: 21.64% (male 1,093,024/female 1,094,591)
• 25-54 years: 35.78% (male 1,801,988/female 1,815,819)
• 55-64 years: 5.11% (male 247,588/female 269,103)
• 65 years and over: 4.18% (male 188,952/female 234,151) (2015 est.)
• Median age: 22.2

EDUCATION

• 50 percent of children do not attend school. (World Bank 2013)
• Approximately 30% of children attending primary school will not make it to third grade; 60% will abandon school before sixth grade. (UNICEF 2008)
• Only 29 percent of Haitians 25 and above attended secondary school. (USAID 2015)

• Almost 80 percent of teachers have not received any pre-service training. (USAID 2015)
• Half of public sector teachers in Haiti lack basic qualifications. (USAID 2015)
• 90% of primary schools are non-public and managed by communities, religious organizations or NGOs. (USAID 2007)

• Haiti’s literacy rate is 61% – 64% for males and 57% for females. (CIA Factbook Nov 2015) The average literacy rate for Latin American and Caribbean developing countries is 92%. (World Bank 2015)

POVERTY

• Haiti ranks 168 out of 187 on the 2014 Human Development Index (UNDP 2015)
• Gross National Income per capita (at Purchase Power Parity) is $1730. The average for Caribbean/Latin American developing countries is $14,098. (World Bank 2014)
• 59% of the population lives on less than US$2 per day (World Bank 2012)
• 24.7% lives in extreme poverty on less than US$1.25 per day. (UNDP 2013)
• Poverty is mainly rural, at 75.2%, vs. 40.8% in urban areas. (MDG rpt 2013)
• Over two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs. (CIA Factbook 2014)

HEALTH & NUTRITION

• Life expectancy is 63 years. (World Bank 2013)
• 30% of the population is considered food insecure. (World Food Programme 2015)
• Infant mortality: 55 per 1000 births (UNICEF 2015)
• 59 per 1,000 born in Haiti die before reaching their first birthday (Ministry of Health 2012)
• Under five mortality rate: 88 per 1000 live births (Ministry of Health 2012)
• “An estimated 1 in 285 births will result in a woman’s death, a ratio about 16 times higher than in the United States.” (Partners in Health 2014)
• Prevalence of stunting (moderate to severe) is 22%. (UNICEF 2015)