Friday, June 4, 2010

Orphans across the Americas

Public policies should focus on protecting children orphaned because this is a vulnerable group. The graph shows the percentage of orphans in many countries of America, there is great variability between countries. While Haiti has a large percentage of orphans, in Costa Rica only 2 percentage of children are orphans.


Total orphans and double orphans, 0-17 years old, 2007
Source: UNICEF

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