2024年11月6日 · Haiti remains the poorest country in Latin America and the Caribbean and among the poorest countries in the world. In 2023, Haiti had a GDP per capita of US$ 1,693 and a GINI index of 0.41 (consumption-based).

There is a new baseline of poverty in Haiti, based on consumption. The national poverty rate is 58.6%, and the extreme poverty rate is 24.7%. The net enrollment rate in primary education has increased steadily from 47% in 1993 to 88% in 2011. The number of children vaccinated against measles increased from 25.80% in 1987 to 85% in 2013.

2024年7月3日 · Despite its vibrant culture and natural landscapes, Haiti faces socio-economic challenges, including a high level of poverty and vulnerability to natural disasters. Discover all …

2024年6月25日 · Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. More than half the population lives below the poverty line, with limited access to basic services, and many people rely on subsistence...

2025年1月31日 · In Haiti, the ongoing crisis has led to children being recruited by armed groups, often drawn in due to poverty, lack of access to education, and social instability, which make them vulnerable to exploitation.

Even before the current crisis, Haiti was the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country, having experienced decades of inadequate basic services and a lack of human capital development, combined with extremely high inequality, marginalization and social exclusion.

In Haiti, 60 percent of households are considered multidimensionally poor in that they lack access to at least three of seven basic components of welfare (ed-ucation, improved sanitation, clean water, reliable energy, housing constructed with nonhazardous materials, and food security).7 Households that are below the poverty line and lack access ...

Data for Low income, Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), Haiti from The World Bank: Data

Despite a decline in both monetary and multidimensional poverty rates since 2000, Haiti remains among the poorest and most unequal countries in Latin America. Two years after the 2010 earthquake, poverty was still high, particularly in rural areas.

Haiti faces a deepening fragility trap, as structural challenges, institutional crisis, and persistent gang violence have com-pounded the poverty cycle. Living stan-dards are estimated to have deteriorated, with 36.4 percent of Haitians living in ex-treme poverty (less than US$2.15/day 2017 PPP)in2024(upfrom29.9percentin2020).