Haiti economy data: contraction, prices and reserves

The data in context

Haiti has 11.9 million people and produced $32.1 billion in 2025, or $2,694 per head. The official exchange rate in the series is 130.6 gourdes per US dollar for 2025. This article reports what the series show. It does not assess events that the series do not measure, and it is not a view on any bank or institution.

Output and prices

The growth reading and the inflation reading are both for 2025 in the World Bank series.

Real GDP changed by -2.7% in 2025. Consumer price inflation was 28.6% for the same period. The World Bank defines the series this way: "Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly." The unemployment reading is 14.9% on the ILO modelled series for 2025.

Reserves, debt and the external balance

Reserves are $3.4 billion for 2025. Import cover is 6.8 months for 2024, an older reading than the reserves level, and each is shown with its own period. The current account balance is -0.6% of GDP for 2024.

The IMF World Economic Outlook series puts general government gross debt at 12.3% of GDP for 2025. Net foreign direct investment inflows are 0.0% of GDP for 2025.

What the series do not cover

This article reports one value per indicator, each with its period. It makes no statement about banks or any institution. Several readings are for 2025 while others are older. Each figure above carries its period and its retrieval date in the sources list.

Dates and definitions

Reserves are for 2025, while import cover and the current account balance are older readings, so the table below shows the period beside each value. The gourde rate of 130.6 per US dollar is for 2025. Gross debt as a share of GDP comes from the IMF, and the other series come from the World Bank.

Figures at a glance

Sector scores

The model states what a score means: "The score describes how large and relevant a sector is in a country's economy and opportunity set, relative to other countries. It is not a measure of attractiveness, return or risk, and it is not investment advice."

Industrials and manufacturing score 77 out of 100. Rationale: Manufacturing is 20.2% of GDP; manufactures are 64.3% of merchandise exports (2017, 2025). Inputs: Manufacturing value added (weight 35%); Manufactures exports (weight 35%); Industry value added (weight 30%).

Infrastructure and logistics score 72 out of 100. Rationale: The Logistics Performance Index is 2.1 out of 5; 53.9% of the population has electricity access (2022, 2024). Inputs: Container port traffic (weight 25%); Logistics Performance Index (1 to 5) (weight 25%, inverted); Access to electricity (weight 20%, inverted); Transport services exports (weight 15%); Urban population growth (weight 15%).

Agriculture and food score 69 out of 100. Rationale: Agriculture is 15.8% of GDP; 36.5% of land is arable (2024, 2025). Inputs: Agriculture value added (weight 40%); Food exports (weight 20%); Agricultural raw materials exports (weight 15%); Arable land (weight 15%); Cereal yield (weight 10%, inverted).

Real estate scores 53 out of 100. Rationale: The urban population grows 2.2% a year; 51.1% of the urban population lives in slums (2022, 2025). Inputs: Urban population growth (weight 30%); Urban population (weight 25%); GDP per capita (weight 15%); Urban population in slums (weight 15%); Population ages 15-64 (weight 15%).

Reading the sector scores for a contracting economy

The scores describe how large and relevant a sector is relative to other countries on the inputs listed, using the latest observation not older than a stated cut-off. For Haiti some inputs are dated: the industrials and infrastructure rationales cite inputs of different dates, shown in brackets after each rationale. A high score records sector size relative to other countries on dated inputs, and it is not a measure of attractiveness, return or risk.

This page is limited to economic series.

Further reading

See the Haiti country profile, the infrastructure sector page, the industrials sector page and the data status page. The sources list shows the retrieval date of each figure.