From 2000 to 2018, the percentage of Haitian workers below the international poverty line showed a downward trend, falling from approximately 31 percent to 25 percent. By 2024, this rate had increased to 31 percent.

Historical dataset showing Haiti poverty rate by year from 2001 to 2012.

Haiti HT: Income Share Held by Highest 20% data was reported at 47.100 % in 2012. Haiti HT: Income Share Held by Highest 20% data is updated yearly, averaging 47.100 % from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2012, with 1 observations. Haiti HT: Income Share Held by Highest 20% data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Haiti – Table HT.World Bank: Poverty. Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.

Poverty rate at $3.2 a day of Haiti sank by 29.10% from 83.50 % in 2001 to 59.20 % in 2012. Since the 29.10% slump in 2012, poverty rate at $3.2 a day remained stable by 0.00% in 2012. Population below $3.1 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.1 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Haiti: Poverty ratio, percent living on less than 1.90 USD a day: The latest value from 2012 is 29.2 percent, unavailable from percent in . In comparison, the world average is 6.28 percent, based on data from 82 countries. Historically, the average for Haiti from 2012 to 2012 is 29.2 percent. The minimum value, 29.2 percent, was reached in 2012 while the maximum of 29.2 percent was recorded in 2012.

Poverty rate at national poverty line of Haiti plummeted by 24.03% from 77.0 % in 2001 to 58.5 % in 2012. Since the 19.46% drop in 2000, poverty rate at national poverty line rocketed by 21.88% in 2012. National poverty rate is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

In 2025, the United Nations identified six million people in need in Haiti. The largest increase occurred between 2019 and 2020, when the number of people in need nearly doubled from 2.6 million to 5.1 million.

Haiti HT: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data was reported at 18.200 % in 2012. Haiti HT: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data is updated yearly, averaging 18.200 % from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2012, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.200 % in 2012 and a record low of 18.200 % in 2012. Haiti HT: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Haiti – Table HT.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2017 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some countries, medians are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Haiti HT: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 58.500 % in 2012. Haiti HT: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 58.500 % from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2012, with 1 observations. Haiti HT: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Haiti – Table HT.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.; ; World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.; ; This series only includes estimates that to the best of our knowledge are reasonably comparable over time for a country. Due to differences in estimation methodologies and poverty lines, estimates should not be compared across countries.

The unemployment rate in Haiti was 15.06 percent in 2024. Between 1991 and 2024, the unemployment rate rose by 7.7 percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

Haiti HT: Income Share Held by Third 20% data was reported at 15.200 % in 2012. Haiti HT: Income Share Held by Third 20% data is updated yearly, averaging 15.200 % from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2012, with 1 observations. Haiti HT: Income Share Held by Third 20% data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Haiti – Table HT.World Bank: Poverty. Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.

Haiti HT: Income Share Held by Highest 10% data was reported at 31.200 % in 2012. Haiti HT: Income Share Held by Highest 10% data is updated yearly, averaging 31.200 % from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2012, with 1 observations. Haiti HT: Income Share Held by Highest 10% data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Haiti – Table HT.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.

In 2024, the Nord-Ouest department was the region with the highest prevalence of urgent food insecurity, with ** percent of the population. On the other hand, the Nord department was the region with the lowest percentage of food insecurity, with ** percent of the population.

Gathered for the GAFSP Open Data Services activity. This file contains summary statistics of poverty by department. Data collected by the World Bank and Observatoire National de la Pauvreté et de l’Exclusion Sociale (ONPES) and published in " Investing in People to Fight Poverty in Haiti: Reflections for Evidence-Based Policy Making."

The Living Conditions and Social Development Survey (LCSDS) aims to evaluate and monitor the economic and social conditions, as well as poverty levels, in the communes near the Caracol Industrial Park (PIC). Located 25 km southeast of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti’s second most populous city), the PIC is a flagship economic development initiative that, by 2017, had created 10,000 new jobs in the light manufacturing sector. Between 2001 and 2003, the Haitian Institute of Statistics and Informatics (IHSI) conducted its first and only comprehensive survey on living conditions. The purpose of that survey was to establish baseline development indicators on topics such as housing and infrastructure, demographics, migration, education, labor, health, household income, domestic and public life, and agriculture. No similar comprehensive survey on living conditions has been conducted since. The LCSDS adapted the IHSI’s 2001-2003 survey questionnaire, adding specific modules on perceptions and opinions about the PIC and associated changes in the area. The survey was conducted between 2014 and 2015 as part of the implementation of the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative in Northern Haiti.

Haiti HT: Income Share Held by Lowest 20% data was reported at 5.500 % in 2012. Haiti HT: Income Share Held by Lowest 20% data is updated yearly, averaging 5.500 % from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2012, with 1 observations. Haiti HT: Income Share Held by Lowest 20% data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Haiti – Table HT.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.

In 2023, around six percent of households in Haiti reported no educational diploma at all. Another 32 percent claimed to have a high school diploma as their highest degree.

In 2022, approximately 37.48 percent of households in Haiti had access to basic sanitation, up from nearly 35 percent in 2017. The rate of open defecation in the country is on the decline, from nearly 20 percent in 2017 to 17.7 percent in 2022.

Abstract

The DPHS in Cap-Haïtien was conducted in October and November 2018 in the metropolitan area of the city. The focus of the data collection was to capture information on exposure to flooding in Cap-Haïtien as well as household preparedness including access to early warning systems and the use of coping strategies.

The Poverty and Equity Global Practice designed, conducted, and managed the project in coordination with Global Practice of Urban, Resilience, and Land (GPURL). The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) financed the project. The Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED) carried out the data collection under World Bank supervision. The municipality of Cap-Haïtien also supported data collection.

Geographic coverage

Cap-Haïtien, Haiti.

Analysis unit

• Household
• Individual

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

A stratified two-stage sampling strategy was applied to ensure the representativeness of the survey results. The sampling frame was constructed using the consumption aggregates from the 2012 Enquête sur les Conditions de Vie des Ménages après le Séisme (ECVMAS) collected by the Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI). The first stage identifies all applicable Primary Sampling Units (PSUs); and the second stage selects households within selected PSUs.

PSUs are categorized based on two spatial criteria: location the project area and location in areas with high flood risk. The project area in Cap-Haïtien refers to the areas benefiting from the Municipal Development and Urban Resilience project (MDUR, P155201). The high-risk areas are identified based on hazard maps and refer to areas with ‘moderate to high/strong’ and ‘strong to very strong’ risks of floods (Guillande, 2015). Based on these two criteria, four strata are constructed: project areas with high/moderate risk of floods; project areas with low/no risk of floods; non-project areas with high/moderate risk of floods; and non-project Areas with low/no risk of floods.

To calculate the probability of selection of households, WorldPop data is used to assign number of households per PSU. In the second stage, a listing of all households within a given PSU is conducted to determine the probability of household selection. By design, 120 PSUs were surveyed and 5 households per PSU were selected.

Weights are applied to ensure that the estimates obtained from the survey data are representative of the population of interest.

Mode of data collection

Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]

Research instrument

The questionnaire contains twenty modules with questions at the household and individual level. The questionnaire is only available in French (although the data is translated and labeled in English).

At the household level, questions include housing characteristics, tenure status, and asset ownership. At the individual level, there are questions on education, employment, and unemployment. Additionally, questions on the ownership, use, and coverage of mobile phones are asked to the household head.

Questions on flooding impact, recovery and coping are asked at the household level. They include questions about the experience with frequent floods and perception of risk to future flooding. Impacts of flooding on housing, assets, consumption, access to public services and transport, work, education, and health are asked. Finally, questions on cooping strategy and awareness of emergency warning systems are also included.

Cleaning operations

The following data editing was done for anonymization purpose: - Precise location data, such as GPS coordinates, were dropped. - Identifying information, such as name and phone numbers were dropped. - Categories for type of dwelling were reduced from 7 to 4.

See the Technical Note for more details.

In the 2023-2024 school year, 24 percent of children between the ages of 3 and 18 living in Haiti's Nord-Ouest department did not attend school regularly. The Port-au-Prince department had the lowest rate, with only seven percent of children out of school.