Some facts about Haiti

Click on the map for basic demographic and geographic information:

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Where does Haiti stand among other countries?

what follows is extracted from the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report 2006: Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis

Haiti (data from 2004):

Human Development Index Rank of countries: 154 (of 177 -- US #8)
Human Development Index Value: 0.482 (lowest: .311 -- Niger; Highest: .965 -- Norway; US: .948)
Life Expectancy at birth: 52.0 (US: 77.5)
GDP per capita (US$): 1,892 (US: 39,676)
Education index: 0.50 (US: .97)
Population with sustainable access to improved sanitation
1990: 24%
2004: 30%

Population with sustainable access to an improved water source
1990: 47% 
2004: 54% 

Population undernourished (% of total)
1990/92: 65%
2001/03: 47%

Children under weight for age (% under age 5)
1996--2004: 17%

Children under height for age (% under age 5)
1996--2004: 23%

Infants with low birthweight
1996--2004: 21%

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Disparity between the wealthy and the impoverished (year 2000 Data)

births attended by skilled health personnel:
Poorest 20%: 4%
Richest 20%: 70%

One-year-olds fully immunized:
Poorest 20%: 25%
Richest 20%: 42%

Children under height for age (% under age 5):
Poorest 20%: 18%
Richest 20%: 5%

Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)
Poorest 20%: 100
Richest 20%: 97

Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)
Poorest 20%: 164
Richest 20%: 109
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