10 Facts about Haiti
- Robbie S.
- Jan 24, 2017
- 1 min read
Native Haitians were pre-Columbian Amerindians called Taíno, “the good people.” The Taíno named their land “Ayiti,” meaning “Land of Mountains”—a term that evolved into “Haiti.”
More than 10% of Haitian children die before age five
Eighty percent of Haitians live under the poverty line
The average per capita income in Haiti is $480 a year, compared to $33,550 in the United States
Haiti has the highest percentage of orphans of any country in the Western Hemisphere. Before the 2010 earthquake, the United Nations estimated there were 430,000 orphans.
Nearly 1.5 million people left Haiti in the early 1990s
A typical worker in Haiti makes only $2.75 a day
Because jobs are so scarce approximately 70% of people do not have regular jobs
Only 53% of Haitians can read and write
Haiti’s national sport is soccer. Haiti first competed in the World Cup in 1974
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