KEY STATISTICS
- Port au Prince is the dirtiest capital in the world.
- Major Infectious Disease – Food or Waterborne Diseases: Bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever (2016).
- Haiti is named the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
- 1.3bn tons Solid Waste a Year.
- 78% Haitians live on less than $2 US per day.
- 3rd Hungriest Country in the world.
- 6 million Haitians live below the poverty line on less than $2.41 per day USD.
- More than 2.5 million fall below the extreme poverty line of $1.23 per day .
- Haiti ranks as the 4th country in the world with unemployment.
- In 2019, Haiti received transfers from their families at nearly 2.986 billion, which has not benefited the country at all.
- 40.6% Unemployment/Underemployment.
- 8.5 out of 11.4 million living in poverty.