Haiti in figures
How much public debt does Haiti carry?
Public debt was an estimated 12.3 percent of GDP in fiscal year 2025, according to the IMF.
Updated 14 April 2026.
Definition and limits
The figure is gross debt as a share of GDP on the IMF World Economic Outlook's general government definition, which for Haiti covers the central government, for a fiscal year running October to September. The fall from 27.8 percent in FY2023 to 15.5 percent in FY2024 reflects the write-off of the PetroCaribe oil-financing debt to Venezuela. The FY2025 figure is an IMF staff estimate from the April 2026 WEO. FY2024, at 15.5 percent, is the last outturn. The MEF and the CSCCA publish the stock in gourdes.
Public debt, share of GDP
percent of GDP · fiscal years 1997 to 2025, projected to 2027 · IMF, World Economic Outlook
Data
| Period | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 26.2 percent of GDP | observed |
| 1998 | 24.0 percent of GDP | observed |
| 1999 | 24.1 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2000 | 32.5 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2001 | 28.8 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2002 | 32.0 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2003 | 37.8 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2004 | 30.4 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2005 | 29.7 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2006 | 32.2 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2007 | 24.4 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2008 | 33.9 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2009 | 19.4 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2010 | 24.9 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2011 | 22.3 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2012 | 24.1 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2013 | 25.1 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2014 | 21.4 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2015 | 23.9 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2016 | 24.4 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2017 | 22.5 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2018 | 24.1 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2019 | 26.5 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2020 | 22.3 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2021 | 28.4 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2022 | 29.2 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2023 | 27.8 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2024 | 15.5 percent of GDP | observed |
| 2025 | 12.3 percent of GDP | estimate |
From the reports
- The public debt stock was 417.2 billion gourdes at 30 September 2024, down 32.5 percent from 618.0 billion a year earlier, almost entirely on the external side. Domestic debt was 352.2 billion gourdes, 84.4 percent of the total; 293.2 billion of it, 70.3 percent of all public debt, was owed to the BRH. Source: CSCCA, Rapport sur le projet de loi de règlement, FY2023-24
- The MEF's general account puts the stock at 619.0 billion gourdes at 30 September 2023, one billion above the CSCCA's figure. Service due to Venezuela was 59 percent of the 10.35 billion gourdes of external debt service recorded in FY2022-23. Source: MEF, Compte général de l'administration, FY2022-23
- The MEF negotiated cancellation of the PetroCaribe debt to Venezuela in 2024, after the service due for 2018 to 2024, held in accounts at the state-owned Banque Nationale de Crédit (BNC) and the BRH, was paid. The CSCCA records the write-off in the FY2023-24 accounts. Source: MEF, Réforme des finances publiques, rapport de mise en oeuvre, 2024
- The overall fiscal balance was a deficit of 0.1 percent of GDP in FY2025 and the primary balance a surplus of 0.1 percent, so the debt ratio fell with nominal GDP growth. Source: IMF, Third Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program, 2026
Sources and data
- Public debt, share of GDP, IMF, World Economic Outlook, fiscal years 1997 to 2025, percent of GDP. JSON
- External debt stocks, World Bank, International Debt Statistics, 1970 to 2023, current US dollars. JSON