1. Diverging pathsPhilippines and Haiti

   Philippines and Haiti: similar GDP per person in 1990, 4 times apart in 2025

   PhilippinesHaiti

   Output per person a year, in 2021 dollars adjusted for price differences: $4,500 in Philippines and $3,900 in Haiti in 1990; $10,700 and $2,700 in 2025. Philippines grew 2.4-fold; Haiti fell 32%.

   Source: World Bank (WDI, ITU and UNESCO data); UN WPP 2024Open on the chart →

More findings

• Haiti: more babies born than in South Korea
• Philippines: the share of adults with obesity has overtaken the share going hungry
• Philippines: 96% believe in heaven, 65% in hell
• Philippines now has more people than the UK
• Haiti: 6.1 times more homicides per 100,000 people than in 2018
• Goals to lower fertility: 2 of 4 came true on time. Ethiopia: 4.27 children per woman against a target of 3

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