(2025-04) Adoption of the 2024-2025 Amended Budget in the Council of Ministers
Summary — On 14 April 2025, Haiti's Council of Ministers adopted a 323.4-billion-gourde amended budget for fiscal year 2024-2025, balanced without recourse to central bank advances and financed by 217.5 billion gourdes in projected fiscal and customs revenue. The budget prioritizes security, economic recovery, the national conference and constitutional reform, rule of law, and elections, with security spending up 11.8 percent.
Key Findings
- Amended FY2024-2025 budget totals 323.4 billion gourdes, adopted 14 April 2025 without BRH advances.
- 5 billion gourdes of the budget is financed by projected fiscal and customs revenue.
- Security spending rises 11.8 percent overall: PNH +9.8 percent to 32.935 billion gourdes, FAd'H +20.1 percent to 8.376 billion gourdes.
- Education, social affairs, defense, and justice budgets also increase by 6.2-25 percent.
- 60 million USD already available in the elections Basket Fund, with more resources to be mobilized.
- New CNSD and ANS security structures and a 10-year investor tax exemption are introduced.
Full Description
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) announced that Haiti's Council of Ministers adopted the amended state budget for fiscal year 2024-2025 on 14 April 2025, in what the communique describes as an exceptionally difficult economic and security context. The 323.4-billion-gourde budget is balanced without drawing on advances from the Banque de la République d'Haïti (BRH) and is financed to the tune of 217.5 billion gourdes by revenue the fiscal and customs administrations expect to collect. It is built around five strategic government priorities: strengthening public and national security; economic recovery, infrastructure rehabilitation, and food and health security; the national conference and constitutional reform; restoring the rule of law and justice; and organizing elections.
Security retains the top budget priority, with a combined 11.8 percent increase (4.35 billion gourdes) for the National Police of Haiti (PNH, up 9.8 percent to 32.935 billion gourdes) and the Armed Forces of Haiti (FAd'H, up 20.1 percent to 8.376 billion gourdes). Other sectors also see substantial increases: education (+10.9 percent, 4.6 billion gourdes), social affairs (+25 percent, 4.6 billion gourdes), defense (+20.3 percent, 1.6 billion gourdes), and justice (+6.2 percent, 2.3 billion gourdes). For elections, 60 million US dollars is already available in the Basket Fund, with additional resources to be mobilized as needed. The amended budget also introduces growth-support measures including higher excise duties on certain products, an extension of the tax exemption period for investors in Haiti to 10 years, and a higher threshold for public procurement. It provides for new administrative structures, the Conseil National de Sécurité et de Défense (CNSD) and the Agence Nationale de Sécurité (ANS), once formally approved. The MEF reaffirms the government's commitment to budget discipline, support for key recovery sectors, and macroeconomic stability.