(2022-04) Haiti Macro Poverty Outlook - Datasheet
Summary — Statistical datasheet accompanying the Spring 2022 World Bank Macro Poverty Outlook for Haiti: the full projection table of macroeconomic and poverty indicators.
Key Findings
- GDP contracted 1.8 percent in 2021, a third consecutive year of negative growth, with investment collapsing 21.8 percent and agriculture down 4.1 percent.
- FY2022 growth is projected at negative 0.4 percent, rebounding to about 1.7 percent over the medium term if security and politics stabilize.
- Inflation eased to 15.9 percent in FY2021 but is projected to close near 26.2 percent in FY2022 after a 74.3 percent average retail fuel-price hike and BRH financing of 1.9 percent of GDP.
- The fiscal deficit, 2.5 percent of GDP in 2021, is expected to narrow to 1.5 percent under an IMF Staff-Monitored Program; debt stands near 25.6 to 26.1 percent of GDP.
- Poverty remains high: the international ($1.9) poverty rate is projected around 26.5 percent, and food insecurity worsened with 80 percent of the poorest rural households reporting running out of food.
Full Description
The statistical annex to the Spring 2022 edition of the World Bank Macro Poverty Outlook for Haiti. It presents the complete data table underlying the country brief: historical values and projections for real GDP growth, inflation, the fiscal balance and revenues, public debt, the current account, and poverty headcount rates at the international, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-income lines, reported by fiscal year.
Notes
Statistical datasheet companion to the (2022-04) MPO Haiti country brief, Spring 2022 edition. Part of the semiannual MPO series.