Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Haiti
Haiti: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 63.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Haiti, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Haiti is 63.6%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.1% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Haiti peaked at 63.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 42.6%, in 2012.
Haiti ranks 171st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Haiti, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 57.1% | — |
| 2010 | 58.2% | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 49.6% | -14.8% |
| 2012 | 42.6% | -14.0% |
| 2013 | 53.1% | +24.5% |
| 2014 | 56.8% | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 55.1% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 54.2% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 56.5% | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 60.0% | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 63.6% | +6.1% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 63.6% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.1%, 71% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 63.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 97.4%, 65% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 57.1% | 57.1% | 57.1% | 1 |
| 2010s | 55.0% | 42.6% | 63.6% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
More private sector data for Haiti
- Merchandise trade 16.2% (2025)
- Food imports 37.3% (2016)
- Manufactures imports 43.9% (2016)
- Merchandise imports 4.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 16.4% (2016)
- Manufactures exports 79.1% (2016)
- Merchandise exports 554.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 46.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0173 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -18.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Haiti?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Haiti was 63.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 63.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.6% in 2012.
- How does Haiti rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Haiti ranks 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Haiti data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.