Life expectancy at birth (years) | 61.7 |
Mean years of schooling (of adults) (years) | 4.9 |
GNI per capita (2008 PPP US$) LN | 6.9 |
Indicator | Value | Notes |
GDP per capita (2008 PPP US$) | 1,040 | 1 |
GNI per capita (2008 PPP US$) LN | 6.9 | |
Household final consumption expenditure per capita PPP (constant 2005 international $) | 888 |
Inequality-adjusted HDI value | 0.239 |
Indicator | Value | Notes |
Income Gini coefficient | n.a. | |
Inequality-adjusted education index | 0.219 | 1 |
Inequality-adjusted income index | 0.141 | 1 |
Inequality-adjusted HDI value | 0.239 | |
Inequality-adjusted life expectancy | n.a. |
Multidimensional poverty index (k greater than or equal to 3) | 0.306 |
Gender Inequality Index, value | 0.739 |
Adjusted net savings (% of GNI) | n.a. |
Indicator | Value | Notes |
Carbon dioxide emissions per capita (tonnes) | 0.2 | |
Protected area (percentage of terrestrial area) | 0.3 | |
Adjusted net savings (% of GNI) | n.a. |
Refugees (thousands) | 23.1 |
HDI value | 0.404 |
Indicator | Value | Notes |
Multidimensional poverty index (k greater than or equal to 3) | 0.306 | 1 |
HDI value | 0.404 | |
Gender Inequality Index, value | 0.739 | 1 |
Inequality-adjusted HDI value | 0.239 |
Rank | 145 |
Year | Haiti | Latin America and the Caribbean | World |
1980 | n.a. | 0.578 | 0.455 |
1985 | n.a. | 0.600 | 0.486 |
1990 | n.a. | 0.618 | 0.526 |
1995 | n.a. | 0.642 | 0.554 |
2000 | n.a. | 0.662 | 0.570 |
2001 | n.a. | 0.666 | 0.575 |
2002 | n.a. | 0.671 | 0.581 |
2003 | n.a. | 0.674 | 0.587 |
2004 | n.a. | 0.681 | 0.594 |
2005 | 0.406 | 0.683 | 0.598 |
2006 | 0.407 | 0.689 | 0.604 |
2007 | 0.404 | 0.695 | 0.611 |
2008 | 0.406 | 0.700 | 0.615 |
2009 | 0.410 | 0.701 | 0.619 |
2010 | 0.404 | 0.706 | 0.624 |
Source: Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).
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Human Development Index: Trends 2005 - present
The Human Development Index - going beyond income
Each year since 1990 the Human Development Report has published the Human Development Index (HDI) which was introduced as an alternative to conventional measures of national development, such as level of income and the rate of economic growth. The HDI represents a push for a broader definition of well-being and provides a composite measure of three basic dimensions of human development: health, education and income. Haiti's HDI is 0.404, which gives the country a rank of 145 out of 169 countries with comparable data. The HDI of Latin America and the Caribbean as a region increased from 0.578 in 1980 to 0.706 today, placing Haiti below the regional average. The HDI trends tell an important story both at the national and regional level and highlight the very large gaps in well-being and life chances that continue to divide our interconnected world. Learn more