Haiti: Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Haiti's insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) rose 3.38 percentage points on 2023 (from 1% to 4.39%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1980 to 2023), the average change was −0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.94 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.38 percentage points in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.31 percentage points in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.26 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 45% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Haiti had the 16th highest value of the 27 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Haiti in the 2024 ranking

• Fiji — 13th of 27: 7.88%
• Zimbabwe — 14th of 27: 7.28%
• Mauritius — 15th of 27: 6.58%
• Solomon Islands — 17th of 27: 4.19%
• Mali — 18th of 27: 4.03%
• Côte d'Ivoire — 19th of 27: 3.95%

What this measures

Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.

Limitations: Balance of payments statistics, the main source of information on international trade in services, have many weaknesses. Disaggregation of important components may be limited and varies considerably across countries. There are inconsistencies in the methods used to report items. And the recording of major flows as net items is common (for example, insurance transactions are often recorded as premiums less claims). These factors contribute to a downward bias in the value of the service trade reported in the balance of payments. Efforts are being made to improve the coverage, quality, and consistency of these data.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 42 values

Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 10.21% (2025)
• Argentina — 4.19% (2025)
• Aruba — 6.39% (2023)
• Bahamas, The — 12.67% (2024)
• Barbados — 6.42% (2017)
• Belize — 15.15% (2025)
• Bolivia — 9.99% (2025)
• Brazil — 3.24% (2025)
• Chile

More private sector & trade data for Haiti

• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 16.15% (2025)
• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$4.63 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$554 million (2025)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 42.26% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) — 14.11% (2023)
• Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 2.13% (2023)
• Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$2.14 billion (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

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Questions people ask

What is Haiti's insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports)?

4.39% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is down 1.99 percentage points from 6.38% in 1971. The highest value was 6.88% in 1987 and the lowest 0.00129% in 2013.

How does Haiti rank?

16th highest of 27 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) unusual for Haiti?

In 2024, Haiti's insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) rose 3.38 percentage points on 2023 (from 1% to 4.39%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1980 to 2023), the average change was −0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.94 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.VAL.INSF.ZS.WT, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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