Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Haiti

58.5% of people in Haiti lived below the national poverty line in 2012.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 1987 to 2012 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Haiti is for 2012. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Haiti, 2012 58.5% % of population
Change from 2001 −18.5percentage points 2001: 77.0%

Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Haiti over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at national poverty lines (% of population), 2001 to 2012
Period Haiti
2012 58.5%
2001 77.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 77.0% in 2001, a change of −18.5 percentage points.
  • Since 1987, when it was 59.6%, the figure has changed by −1.1 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1987 to 2012 for Haiti
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources