Human Capital Complementary Indicators: Haiti

World Bank • 2025 • 1 pages

Summary — This brief tracks Haiti's progress in building and utilizing human capital. It presents a snapshot of human capital investments across four stages of the lifecycle, benchmarking against regional averages and reporting progress over the previous 5 years. The indicators cover early childhood, school age, youth, and adults.

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Key Findings

Neonatal mortality rate decreased from 27 to 24 per 1,000 live births between 2017 and 2022.
DTP vaccination rate decreased from 64% in 2018 to 51% in 2023.
Adolescent fertility rate decreased from 56 to 52 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 between 2017 and 2022.
Youth unemployment rate increased from 35% in 2018 to 37% in 2023.
Life expectancy at birth remained unchanged at 64 years between 2017 and 2022.

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This brief provides an overview of Haiti's human capital development using complementary indicators. These indicators offer a snapshot of investments in human capital at four key stages of life: early childhood, school age, youth, and adulthood. The brief benchmarks Haiti's performance against regional averages and tracks progress over the past five years (2017-2023). Indicators include neonatal mortality rate, vaccination rates, anemia prevalence, child mortality, adolescent fertility, school completion rates, unemployment rates, life expectancy, and labor force participation.

Topics

Geography

Time Coverage

2017 — 2023

Keywords

human capital, health, education, employment, mortality, vaccination, anemia, fertility, life expectancy, labor force participation, Haiti

Entities

Haiti, World Bank

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¨ Human capital – knowledge, skills, and good health – empowers people to achieve their potential and drives economic growth. This brief tracks progress by Haiti in building and using human capital. The Human Capital Complementary Indicators offer a snapshot of human capital investments at four stages of the lifecycle. The figures show the latest available data, benchmarked against regional averages. The figures also report progress over the previous 5 years. – E ARLY CHILDHOOD • Neonatal mortality rate. The neonatal mortality rate is 24 per 1,000 live births (2022), compared to 27 in 2017. The indicator is higher than the regional average. • DTP vaccination rate, third dose. In 2023, 51% of infants received the third dose of the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine, compared to 64% in 2018. The indicator is below the regional average. • Prevalence of anemia in children. In 2019, 60% of children ages 6–59 months had anemia, compared to 62% in 2015. The indicator is higher than the regional average. S CHOOL AGE • Child mortality rate. The mortality rate for children ages 5-14 is 10 per 1,000 children aged 5 (2022), compared to 11 in 2017. The indicator is higher than the regional average. • Children engaged in child labor. Internationally comparable data on this indicator is not available for Haiti. The regional average for this indicator is 6%. • Learning poverty. Internationally comparable data on this indicator is not available for Haiti. The regional average for this indicator is 58%. Y OUTH • Adolescent fertility rate. The number of births for every 1,000 women ages 15-19 is 52 (2022), compared to 56 in 2017. The indicator is higher than the regional average. • Upper secondary school completion rate. The upper secondary completion rate is 18% (at ages 3-5 years above the intended age for the last grade of that level) (2022), compared to 16% in 2017. The indicator is below the regional average. • Youth unemployment rate. Unemployed youth as a share of the youth labor force (ages 15-24) is 37% (2023), compared to 35% in 2018. The indicator is higher than the regional average. A DULTS • Life expectancy at birth. Life expectancy at birth is 64 years (2022). This remains unchanged since 2017. The indicator is lower than the regional average. • Female labor force participation rate. Female labor force participa- tion as a percentage of the female working-age population (ages 25+) is 72% (2023), compared to 75% in 2018. The indicator is above the regional average. • Adult unemployment rate. Unemployed adults as a share of the adult labor force (ages 25+) is 11% (2023), compared to 10% in 2018. The indicator is higher than the regional average. Note: Missing symbols indicate internationally comparable data are not avail- able to generate the corresponding statistic.