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Chart of the Day: Same Island, 7X Difference in GDP
Jan 20, 2010

Dr. Mark J. Perry

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Source: World Bank via Wikipedia

I first thought this huge difference in per-capita GDP between Dominican Republic and Haiti could be explained by the difference in economic freedom, but according to the Cato Economic Freedom of the World report, Haiti (#94) actually ranks just slightly ahead of the Dominican Republic (#95) for economic freedom.

If that doesn't explain it, what does?