Share in poverty vs. educational attainment in Haiti
Haiti: Share in poverty vs. educational attainment was 8.19 years in 2040. ▲ Rising
Share in poverty vs. educational attainment in Haiti, 1980–2040
Source: Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Haiti recorded 8.19 years for share in poverty vs. educational attainment in 2040. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share in poverty vs. educational attainment in Haiti peaked at 8.19 years in 2040 and was at its lowest, 2.07 years, in 1980.
Haiti ranks 126th of 146 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.56 years | 2.07 years | 3.05 years | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.81 years | 3.56 years | 4.06 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.67 years | 4.44 years | 4.9 years | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.33 years | 5.17 years | 5.5 years | 2 |
| 2020s | 6.2 years | 5.95 years | 6.44 years | 2 |
| 2030s | 7.42 years | 7.17 years | 7.68 years | 2 |
| 2040s | 8.19 years | 8.19 years | 8.19 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
More education data for Haiti
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 30.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 184.0% (2016)
- Primary education, teachers 44,472 (1998)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.62 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 182.1% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share in poverty vs. educational attainment in Haiti?
- Share in poverty vs. educational attainment in Haiti was 8.19 years in 2040, according to Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share in poverty vs. educational attainment recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 8.19 years in 2040.
- What is the lowest share in poverty vs. educational attainment recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.07 years in 1980.
- How does Haiti rank for share in poverty vs. educational attainment?
- Haiti ranks 126th out of 146 countries with data for 2040.
- Is share in poverty vs. educational attainment rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Haiti data come from?
- The figures come from Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share in poverty vs. educational attainment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average years of formal education for individuals aged 15-64.