Starting a business: Minimum capital in Haiti
Haiti: Starting a business: Minimum capital was 11.0% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Haiti, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of income per capita.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: minimum capital in Haiti stood at 11.0%. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.3% on the previous year and down 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: minimum capital in Haiti peaked at 53.6% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 2019.
Haiti ranks 25th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Haiti, year by year
| Year | % of income per capita | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 53.6% | — |
| 2004 | 45.6% | -14.9% |
| 2005 | 38.7% | -15.1% |
| 2006 | 31.2% | -19.4% |
| 2007 | 32.2% | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 26.6% | -17.4% |
| 2009 | 19.8% | -25.6% |
| 2010 | 20.7% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 23.2% | +12.1% |
| 2012 | 21.0% | -9.5% |
| 2013 | 19.1% | -9.0% |
| 2014 | 17.6% | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 16.7% | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 15.5% | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 14.0% | -9.7% |
| 2018 | 12.4% | -11.4% |
| 2019 | 11.0% | -11.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.4% | 19.8% | 53.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 17.1% | 11.0% | 23.2% | 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 starting a business: minimum capital in Haiti?
- Starting a business: minimum capital in Haiti was 11.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 53.6% in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 2019.
- How does Haiti rank for starting a business: minimum capital?
- Haiti ranks 25th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: minimum capital rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Haiti data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The paid-in minimum capital requirement re?ects the amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a third-party before registration or up to three months after incorporation. It is calculated as percentage of income per capita. Any legal limitation of the company’s operations or decisions related to the payment of the minimum capital requirement is recorded. In case the legal minimum capital is provided per share, it is assumed 5 shareholders own the company and the legal minimum capital is multiplied by 5 shares. If an economy requires a minimum capital but allows businesses to pay only a part of it before registration, only this part is recorded.