Haiti statistics
- 24.7% live in extreme poverty on less than US $1.25 per day. (UNDP 2013)
- 59% of the population live on less than US $2 per day (World Bank 2012)
- Haiti ranks 163 out of 191 countries on the 2021 Human Development Index
- 90% of primary schools are non-public and managed by communities, religious organizations or NGOs. (USAID 2007)
- 50 percent of children do not attend school. (World Bank)
- Only 29 percent of Haitians 25 and above attended secondary school. (USAID 2015)
- Approximately 30% of children attending primary school will not make it to third grade; 60% will abandon school before sixth grade. (UNICEF 2008)
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