It's official, Haiti is in fact the poorest country in the world

Haiti has finally reached the point where the country could not go any further. The Island country of Haiti has been ranked as the poorest country in the entire world.

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For a population of 10,123,787 people, 77 percent of the Haitian population is poor, the highest in the world. Its GDP is $7.35 billion (66th lowest) and per capita, the GDP is $726 which is 22nd lowest.

The world bank remarked that more than 50 percent of the Haitian population live on less than $1;00 a day and close to 80 percent of Haitians in Haiti lives on less than $2.00 a day

Opportunity for advancement is almost non existent. Most current jobs in Haiti do not pay a living wage. The unemployment rate is estimated to be close to 50 percent.

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Rodolphe says...

It's ought to be, since the law refuses to prosecute those who rob our country blind.

What's worse, they want to make a Senator out of the last one who became multimillionaire at its expense.

Instead of prosecuting him and get the money back.

It could have helped putting some people back to work to feed their

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