Haiti Cost of Living
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Primary school expenses are as high as $20,547 each year and High School costs $24,865. These figures do not include the extra costs. Grocery expenses are extremely high and can range between $1 and $4 for a dozen/Kg/liter of different consumables. For accommodation in a 3 bedroom house in a central location, the price can be $2,435 per month and suburbs can cost $1,332 each month.
For health care, the price of a private doctor visit is $91 and per day expenses for a private hospital stay (inclusive of all costs) is $2,435. Looking at transport, one liter of gasoline or petrol can cost $1.05 and a standard sedan can cost $21,036. The current minimum daily wage of Haiti is $7.74 which is approximately 300 gourdes a day. This was enforced by ministry of Social Affairs on 10.01.2012. Despite this law, the Haitian entrepreneurs have managed to suppress Haitian workers with a near starvation daily wage of $2 or 70 gourdes a day. Combined with ever-increasing inflation and nearly stagnant daily wage, the plight of Haitian people is getting worse every day!
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