Haiti's total reserves (% of total external debt) was 287.3% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 193.66 percentage points from 93.64% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 287.3% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 95.35% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 93.64% | 2014 |
| Highest | 287.3% | 2024 |
| Lowest | 1.08% | 1990 |
| Average since 2015 | 108.47% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 20.76% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Haiti's total reserves (% of total external debt) rose 205.47 percentage points on 2023 (from 81.83% to 287.3%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +2.57 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 28.49 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 7.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 205.47 percentage points in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 51.85 percentage points in 2012. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 22% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
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 3rd highest value of the 96 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 287.3% | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 40.9% | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 55.78% | 2024 |
Closest to Haiti in the 2024 ranking
- Algeria — 1st of 96: 1,203%
- Iraq — 2nd of 96: 574.82%
- Timor-Leste — 4th of 96: 262.58%
- Tonga — 5th of 96: 217.87%
- Nepal — 6th of 96: 156.09%
What this measures
Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of total external debt which are all liabilities that require payment(s) of interest and/or principal by the debtor at some point(s) in the future and that are owed to non-residents by residents of an economy.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 54 values
| Year | Total reserves (% of total external debt) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 287.3 |
| 2023 | 81.83 |
| 2022 | 73.3 |
| 2021 | 82.74 |
| 2020 | 98.89 |
| 2019 | 95.35 |
| 2018 | 92.06 |
| 2017 | 97.84 |
| 2016 | 90.47 |
| 2015 | 84.93 |
| 2014 |
Total reserves (% of total external debt) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 12.2% (2024)
- Belize — 31.95% (2024)
- Bolivia — 12.58% (2024)
- Brazil — 54.46% (2024)
- Colombia — 30.68% (2024)
- Dominica — 27.39% (2024)
- Dominican Republic — 25.28% (2024)
- Ecuador — 11.44% (2024)
- El Salvador — 14.84% (2024)
- Grenada — 49.03% (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for Haiti
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$3.39 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$3.14 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$32.08 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 4.19 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$13.22 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 552.51 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$2,694 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 352,104 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,111 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 46,405 (2025)
- GDP (annual % growth)
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Questions people ask
- What is Haiti's total reserves (% of total external debt)?
- 287.3% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 266.54 percentage points from 20.76% in 1971. The highest value was 287.3% in 2024 and the lowest 1.08% in 1990.
- How does Haiti rank?
- 3rd highest of 96 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in total reserves (% of total external debt) unusual for Haiti?
- In 2024, Haiti's total reserves (% of total external debt) rose 205.47 percentage points on 2023 (from 81.83% to 287.3%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +2.57 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 28.49 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 7.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FI.RES.TOTL.DT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) 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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