Haiti Gender Data Landscape, 2026 Edition
- Laws in Haiti provide women with only 52 percent of the legal rights afforded to men.
- Only 30 percent of the mechanisms to support implementation of equal opportunity laws are in place.
- Experts say women's legal rights are enforced at only 36 percent of their full potential.
- Haiti enacted no reforms on the topics measured by Women, Business and the Law between October 2, 2023 and October 1, 2025.
- The maternal mortality ratio was 328 per 100,000 live births in 2023.
The first page lists gender indicators under six headings, among them gender-based violence, human capital, jobs, economic assets, enabling services and decision-making. Examples are a maternal mortality ratio of 328 per 100,000 live births in 2023 and women holding 2.54 percent of parliamentary seats in 2019. Many indicators show no data for Haiti.
The second page presents the Women, Business and the Law 2026 index: laws in Haiti give women 52 percent of the legal rights afforded to men, only 30 percent of the mechanisms to support implementation of equal opportunity laws are in place, and experts estimate that women's legal rights are enforced at 36 percent of their full potential. Haiti enacted no reform on the topics measured between October 2, 2023 and October 1, 2025.
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World Bank, Haiti Gender Data Landscape, 2026 Edition, https://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099058106302238977/pdf/IDU-de84ddc8-36a3-4c9e-859c-9b5302c24c4e.pdf
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