Haiti Statistics
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Facts on Haiti
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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
Enrollment & Retention
- 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)
Quality
- 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)
Literacy
- 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)

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