Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Haiti
Haiti: Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending was 9.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Haiti, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, WHO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of current health expenditure.
Analysis
The most recent figure for public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Haiti is 9.3%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.4% on the previous year and down 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Haiti peaked at 22.3% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 7.1%, in 2011.
Haiti ranks 190th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Haiti, year by year
| Year | % of current health expenditure | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21.8% | — |
| 2001 | 19.4% | -11.1% |
| 2002 | 14.2% | -26.5% |
| 2003 | 14.6% | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 17.1% | +17.0% |
| 2005 | 17.6% | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 8.3% | -52.9% |
| 2007 | 21.7% | +161.1% |
| 2008 | 22.2% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 22.3% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 17.9% | -20.0% |
| 2011 | 7.1% | -60.1% |
| 2012 | 8.2% | +15.3% |
| 2013 | 11.6% | +40.9% |
| 2014 | 10.4% | -10.6% |
| 2015 | 11.1% | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 11.0% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 12.2% | +10.5% |
| 2018 | 12.2% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 10.4% | -14.6% |
| 2020 | 12.8% | +23.0% |
| 2021 | 11.4% | -10.7% |
| 2022 | 10.7% | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 9.3% | -12.4% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 9.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 37.9%, 25% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 9.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 59.0%, 16% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Haiti changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +161.1% | 8.3% | 21.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.9% | 8.3% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.2% | 7.1% | 17.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.1% | 9.3% | 12.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
- 187 Myanmar 11.1% compare
- 188 Guinea-Bissau 10.6% compare
- 189 Liberia 10.0% compare
- 191 Yemen 8.4% compare
- 192 South Sudan 4.3% compare
- 193 Afghanistan 1.7% compare
More health data for Haiti
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.21 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.418 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,297 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 1,902 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 16 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.3629 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.051 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.4861 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Haiti?
- Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Haiti was 9.3% in 2023, according to Global Health Expenditure Database, WHO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 22.3% in 2009.
- What is the lowest public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1% in 2011.
- How does Haiti rank for public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending?
- Haiti ranks 190th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Haiti data come from?
- The figures come from Global Health Expenditure Database, WHO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of current health expenditures funded from domestic public sources for health.