Life in Haiti: Every Number That Shapes It (1800–2100)

To look at the data is to see a transformation in the texture of daily existence. The shift from isolated struggle to a shared, modern integration is felt in the home, where electricity at home has risen from 40 to 97 % and internet access has reached 68 %. The baseline of what is possible has been rewritten as extreme poverty retreated from 30 to 4.5 %. Today, the rhythm of life has shifted toward stability, altering the very nature of how a family experiences the world.

The arc of the last seven decades reflects a profound demographic transition. In the 1950s, child mortality reached 180 per 1,000 births; today, that figure is 16 per 1,000 births. Families have grown smaller, moving from 5.9 children per woman in the 1950s to 2 births today, while the urbanization of the population has climbed from 41 to 81 %. Educational markers have likewise advanced, as years of schooling have tripled from 3 to 9 years and average male height moved from 165 to 171 cm.

For a child born in Haiti in the 2020s, the birth lottery offers a markedly different horizon. Life expectancy at birth has risen from 51 to 75 years, supported by an average income of 14,500 international dollars. While the homicide rate remains a concern at 20 per 100,000, the burden of labor has eased as annual working hours decreased from 2,300 to 1,950 hours/year. You can now trace these metrics across our interactive database to see how these trajectories shape a human life.

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