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Topic 04 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Haiti: Education & Knowledge
How far does a country's schooling carry its children?
Haiti is placed 181st of 198 countries on education & knowledge in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary 76.02 (2024); Upper Secondary Completion Rate 18.48 (2025).
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Education & Knowledge
181st
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
- —Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2024No reading for this country
- 76.02Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2024Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)
- 18.48Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2025Upper secondary completion rate (%)
- 0.965Government Spending on Education, 2023Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Haiti on education & knowledge — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Out-of-School Rate, Primary
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · CC BY-SA 4.0
No reading
Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
Lower is better
UIS publishes no reading from 2014–2024 for Haiti, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 192 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.004 (United Arab Emirates) to 65.6 (Equatorial Guinea); the world median is 3.691.
- World median
- 3.691
- Best in Caribbean
- 0.133 Turks and Caicos Islands
- Land neighbours
- Dominican Republic 4.928
Key 2 of 4
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Haiti’s is from 2016 · CC BY-SA 4.0
76.02
Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)
Higher is better
Haiti: 76.02. Across the 187 countries at their latest reading, values run from 3.411 (Yemen) to 100 (United Arab Emirates); the world median is 85.9.
- World median
- 85.9
- Best in Caribbean
- 98.36 Turks and Caicos Islands
- Land neighbours
- Dominican Republic 93.47
Key 3 of 4
Upper Secondary Completion Rate
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
18.48
Upper secondary completion rate (%)
Higher is better
Haiti: 18.48. Across the 164 countries in this edition, values run from 2.13 (South Sudan) to 99.27 (South Korea); the world median is 64.87.
- World median
- 64.87
- Best in Caribbean
- 95.71 Barbados
- Land neighbours
- Dominican Republic 64.68
Key 4 of 4
Government Spending on Education
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY-SA 4.0
0.965
Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
Higher is better
Haiti: 0.965. Across the 123 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Somalia) to 16.39 (Kiribati); the world median is 3.709.
- World median
- 3.709
- Best in Caribbean
- 7.19 Montserrat
- Land neighbours
- Dominican Republic 3.761
02Over time
Which way Haiti is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Out-of-School Rate, Primary
Out-of-school rate, primary age (%) · lower is better
HaitiWorld median
Haiti fell from 63.66 in 1981 to 49.14 in 1986; the world median went from 19.36 to 15.52.
Every year’s figures
Year Haiti World median 2024 — 3.691 2023 — 3.393 2022 — 3.002 2021 — 3.330 2020 — 2.678 2019 — 2.758 2018 — 2.439 2017 — 2.907 2016 — 2.954 2015 — 3.052 2014 — 3.904 2013 — 3.413 2012 — 3.408 2011 — 3.626 2010 — 3.491 2009 — 3.577 2008 — 3.878 2007 — 4.029 2006 — 4.338 2005 — 4.571 2004 — 3.791 2003 — 4.412 2002 — 4.144 2001 — 4.051 2000 — 8.642 1999 — 14.907 1994 — 10.957 1986 49 15.521 1985 52 13.598 1984 58 13.841 1983 55 15.832 1981 64 19.356 Upper Secondary Completion Rate
Upper secondary completion rate (%) · higher is better
HaitiWorld median
Haiti rose from 6.38 in 2000 to 18.48 in 2025; the world median went from 38 to 64.87.
Every year’s figures
Year Haiti World median 2025 18.5 64.9 2024 17.8 65.0 2023 17.1 64.2 2022 16.4 63.6 2021 15.8 62.9 2020 15.1 62.2 2019 14.5 61.5 2018 14.0 60.9 2017 13.6 60.5 2016 13.3 60.1 2015 13.0 58.9 2014 12.7 57.0 2013 12.2 54.7 2012 11.8 52.4 2011 11.3 50.9 2010 10.9 49.5 2009 10.6 48.5 2008 10.3 47.4 2007 9.9 46.2 2006 9.6 45.0 2005 9.4 43.8 2004 8.9 42.9 2003 8.4 41.6 2002 7.7 40.3 2001 7.0 39.0 2000 6.4 38.0 Government Spending on Education
Government expenditure on education (% of GDP) · higher is better
HaitiWorld median
Haiti fell from 1.752 in 2014 to 0.965 in 2023; the world median went from 4.2 to 3.709.
Every year’s figures
Year Haiti World median 2023 0.96 3.7092 2022 1.03 4.0570 2021 1.24 4.2611 2020 1.11 4.4056 2019 1.08 4.1407 2018 1.64 4.2159 2017 1.50 4.1401 2016 1.39 4.2342 2015 1.85 4.2386 2014 1.75 4.2005 2013 — 4.3493 2012 — 4.0348 2011 — 3.9987 2010 — 4.1396 2009 — 4.6638 2008 — 4.4226 2007 — 4.1717 2006 — 4.0593 2005 — 4.0557 2004 — 3.9745 2003 — 4.1595 2002 — 4.0173 2001 — 4.1002 2000 — 3.8861
03In context
Haiti beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on education & knowledge, never a place within the region.
Haiti and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Out-of-School Rate, PrimaryOut-of-school rate, primary age (%) | Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before PrimaryChildren one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%) | Upper Secondary Completion RateUpper secondary completion rate (%) | Government Spending on EducationGovernment expenditure on education (% of GDP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dominican Republic | 98th | 4.928 | 93.47 | 64.68 | 3.761 |
| Haiti | 181st | — | 76.02 | 18.48 | 0.965 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11th
Aruba=41st
Jamaica43rd
Turks and Caicos Islands=48th
Dominica50th
Cuba69th
Antigua and Barbuda86th
Trinidad and Tobago93rd
Montserrat96th
Saint Lucia97th- Dominican Republic98th
Barbados107th
Grenada110th
Puerto Rico118th
Sint Maarten=123rd
Curaçao128th
Cayman Islands130th
British Virgin Islands161st
Bahamas=176th- Haiti181st
Anguillanot placed
Saint Kitts and Nevisnot placed
Saint Martinnot placed
United States Virgin Islandsnot placed
Placed either side on education & knowledge
The countries immediately above and below Haiti in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Haiti is ahead of the world, and behind
12 more statistics filed under education & knowledge, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median1
Statistics on which Haiti does better than the middle country measured.
Academic Freedom IndexV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.6190.690.619▲ Improved since 2015
Haiti: 0.69 · world median 0.619 · Academic freedom index (0–1). V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.019 to 0.978; higher is better.
Position 75th of 176 · derived.
Behind the world median10
Statistics on which Haiti does worse than the middle country measured.
Learning-Adjusted Years of SchoolWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 7.9416.157.941▼ Worsened since 2017
Haiti: 6.15 · world median 7.941 · Learning-adjusted years of school (0–14). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 2.207 to 12.81; higher is better.
Position 124th of 172 · derived.
Youth Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 98.2288.8798.22No earlier reading
Haiti: 88.87 · world median 98.22 · 15–24 year-olds who can read and write (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 36.7 to 100; higher is better.
Intergenerational Persistence in EducationWorld Bank Group · 2017 · world median 0.4460.5250.446No earlier reading
Haiti: 0.525 · world median 0.446 · Correlation between own and parents' years of schooling, born 1980–89 (0–1). World Bank Group, 2017 edition, data for 2017.
Published values in that edition run from 0.123 to 0.66; lower is better.
Position 33rd of 153 · derived, 1st = worst.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3410.913.34No real change since 2013
Haiti: 10.9 · world median 13.34 · Expected years of schooling. UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 5.635 to 21.69; higher is better.
Position 161st of 195 · derived.
Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary CompletionUIS · 2024 · world median 0.5290.1160.529No earlier reading
Haiti: 0.116 · world median 0.529 · Adjusted wealth parity index, lower secondary completion (poorest vs richest fifth; 1 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.032 to 1.022; higher is better.
Adult Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 93.9968.0193.99No earlier reading
Haiti: 68.01 · world median 93.99 · Adults 15+ who can read and write (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 26.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 146th of 172 · derived.
Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.9335.3829.933▼ Worsened since 2013
Haiti: 5.382 · world median 9.933 · Mean years of schooling (adults 25+). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.412 to 14.3; higher is better.
Position 165th of 193 · derived.
Lower Secondary Completion RateUIS · 2025 · world median 89.2140.689.21No real change since 2015
Haiti: 40.6 · world median 89.21 · Lower secondary completion rate (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13.73 to 100; higher is better.
Position 144th of 164 · derived.
Harmonized Test ScoresWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 414.32337.82414.32▼ Worsened since 2017
Haiti: 337.82 · world median 414.32 · Harmonized test score (TIMSS-equivalent points; 300 = minimum, 625 = advanced attainment). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 304.92 to 575.27; higher is better.
Position 161st of 172 · derived.
Primary Completion RateUIS · 2025 · world median 97.4350.5197.43No real change since 2015
Haiti: 50.51 · world median 97.43 · Primary completion rate (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 7.94 to 100; higher is better.
Position 157th of 165 · derived.
No better end1
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Scholarly ArticlesOurResearch · 2025 · world median 2,2401282,240Moved since 2022
Haiti: 128 · world median 2,240 · Articles with at least one author at an institution in the country (full counting). OpenAlex (OurResearch), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 1,094,890.
No current reading for Haiti
Bachelor's or Higher Attainment (last 2017), Female Share of Researchers, Female Share of STEM Graduates, Gender Parity Index, Tertiary Enrolment (last 1986), Government Funding per Primary Student, Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Learning Poverty, Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of Lower Secondary, Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of Primary, Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of Lower Secondary, Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of Primary, Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth, Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, Out-of-School Rate, Primary (last 1986), Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary (last 2016), PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance, PISA Science Performance, Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate (last 2016), Primary Schools with Electricity, Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary, Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, Research and Development Spending, Researchers per Million Inhabitants, School Life Expectancy (last 1986), Secondary School Enrolment (last 1986), Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes, Tertiary Enrolment Ratio (last 1986), Trust in Scientists (last 2018) and Upper Secondary Attainment (last 2017). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Education & Knowledge among Haiti’s 15 topics
Education & Knowledge is Haiti’s 12th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 44th of 1864/4 keys
- Peace & Security109th of 1774/4 keys
- Energyjoint 108th of 1652/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties161st of 1984/4 keys
- Work & Labour155th of 1824/4 keys
- Economy & Innovationjoint 151st of 1762/4 keys
- Gender & Equality160th of 1833/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing176th of 2004/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture162nd of 1843/4 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 178th of 1984/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital177th of 1963/3 keys
- Education & Knowledge181st of 1983/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions184th of 1944/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience184th of 1933/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade175th of 1773/4 keys
No standing on Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on education & knowledge
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Haiti can most readily be measured against.
1
United Arab EmiratesWestern Asia
1st of 198 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
GreeceSouthern Europe
2nd of 198 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: User:Ggia derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
PolandEastern Europe
3rd of 198 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich) · CC BY 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
Moldova7th4/4 keysHighest in Americas
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11th3/4 keysThis page
Haiti181st3/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Haiti on education & knowledge: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Haiti rank on education & knowledge?
Haiti is placed 181st of 198 countries on Education & Knowledge in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, Upper Secondary Completion Rate and Government Spending on Education). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary figure for Haiti?
76.02 in 2024 (children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)), according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The world median in the same edition was 85.9.
What is the latest Upper Secondary Completion Rate figure for Haiti?
18.48 in 2025 (upper secondary completion rate (%)), according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The world median in the same edition was 64.87.
How does Haiti compare with Dominican Republic on education & knowledge?
Dominican Republic is placed 98th of 198, and Haiti 181st. Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary: Dominican Republic 93.47, Haiti 76.02; Upper Secondary Completion Rate: Dominican Republic 64.68, Haiti 18.48; Government Spending on Education: Dominican Republic 3.761, Haiti 0.965.
How have Haiti’s education & knowledge figures changed?
Out-of-School Rate, Primary fell from 63.66 in 1981 to 49.14 in 1986; Upper Secondary Completion Rate rose from 6.38 in 2000 to 18.48 in 2025; Government Spending on Education fell from 1.752 in 2014 to 0.965 in 2023.
Which education & knowledge statistics are missing for Haiti?
No current reading is published for Haiti on Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, Female Share of Researchers, Female Share of STEM Graduates, Gender Parity Index, Tertiary Enrolment, Government Funding per Primary Student, Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Learning Poverty, Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of Lower Secondary, Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of Primary, Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of Lower Secondary, Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of Primary, Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth, Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, Out-of-School Rate, Primary, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance, PISA Science Performance, Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate, Primary Schools with Electricity, Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary, Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, Research and Development Spending, Researchers per Million Inhabitants, School Life Expectancy, Secondary School Enrolment, Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes, Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, Trust in Scientists and Upper Secondary Attainment. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
How much children actually learn is only partly covered. International test scores exist for a limited group of countries, and they are published here as context rather than used as a key, because a key must describe most of the world. Universities, research, and youth and adult literacy also appear as context.
How the Education & Knowledge standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The education & knowledge method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Out-of-School Rate, Primary — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Upper Secondary Completion Rate — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Spending on Education — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
The other 12 statistics on this page come from 5 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Haiti’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Haiti (banner) — Santiagockn, CC0
- United Arab Emirates — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Greece — User:Ggia derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Poland — Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich), CC BY 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Haiti: Education & Knowledge — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/haiti/education