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More than 10% of Haitian children die before age five.
Only 53% of Haitians can read and write.
The life expectancy for Haiti is low: 50 years for men and 53 years for women.
Eighty percent of Haitians live under the poverty line and 54% live in abject poverty. The average per capita income in Haiti is $480 a year, compared to $33,550 in the United States.
Families who live in the country spend almost 60% of their income on food. The poorest groups spend more than 70%.
Before the 2010 earthquake, the U.S. Labor Department estimates that between 5,000 and 10,000 Haitian children were homeless. Many resort to begging or prostitution to survive. Other children are trafficked to foreign countries.
Anemia affects 59% of Haitian children between the ages of six months and five years.
Only about 10% of all Haitian children enrolled in elementary school go on to a high school.

Blashfield, Jean F. 2008. Haiti: Enchantment of the World. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.