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How much violence is there in Haiti?

555 people were homicide victims in February 2026, according to UN.

As of 2026-02; source: UN; series refreshed 2026-05-24.

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The headline is a monthly victim count, not a stock.

ACLED event counts and UN victim counts measure different things and should not be added together.

Series details

Security incidents (homicides and kidnappings) is published in HaitiDocs as context/security_incidents. The answer headline uses period 2026-02, measure HOMICIDES in Persons, and selector component=TOTAL, measure=HOMICIDES, sex_age=ALL, source_id=un_security. The catalog range is 2018-07 to 2026-02, and the latest catalog period is 2026-01. The source named in the bundle is UN Peace and Security Data Hub: Haiti Security and Crime Statistics. The machine-readable bundle is /data/api/indicators/context/security_incidents.json.

Conflict events and fatalities (ACLED) is published in HaitiDocs as context/conflict_events. The catalog range is 2018-01 to 2026-07, and the latest catalog period is 2026-06. The headline measure is EVENTS in Events. The source named in the bundle is ACLED: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data, Haiti. The machine-readable bundle is /data/api/indicators/context/conflict_events.json.

The page prints the registered answer headline value and period from the generated data files. If the catalog drops or renames a source series, the generator fails before writing pages.

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