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Government debt in Haiti

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Haiti's government debt is 12.30 % — #3 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

12.30%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.1 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Haiti over time

37.80 %25.05 %12.30 %37.80 % · 20031997: 26.20 %1998: 24.00 %1999: 24.10 %2000: 32.50 %2001: 28.80 %2002: 32.00 %2003: 37.80 %2004: 30.40 %2005: 29.70 %2006: 32.20 %2007: 24.40 %2008: 33.90 %2009: 19.40 %2010: 24.90 %2011: 22.30 %2012: 24.10 %2013: 25.10 %2014: 21.40 %2015: 23.90 %2016: 24.40 %2017: 22.50 %2018: 24.10 %2019: 26.50 %2020: 22.30 %2021: 28.40 %2022: 29.20 %2023: 27.80 %2024: 15.50 %2025: 12.30 %19972011202512.30 %
29 official observations, 1997 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#3 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
98 %
121 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 3.20 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
25.50 pp
peak 37.80 % in 2003
Full series
▼ 13.90 pp
since 1997

In Americas: #1 of 26vs median 54.55 %: −42.25 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Haiti: ahead of 98 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtHaiti 12.30 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Haiti is ahead of 98 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Haiti
1 Brunei1.50 %−10.80 pp
2 Hong Kong11.90 %−0.40 pp
3 Haiti12.30 %—
4 Kuwait14.60 %+2.30 pp
5 Russia17.20 %+4.90 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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