Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Haiti
Haiti: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 97.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Haiti, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Haiti is 97.3%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Haiti peaked at 97.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 86.6%, in 2003.
That places Haiti 167th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Haiti, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 86.6% | — |
| 2004 | 88.6% | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 90.3% | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 92.2% | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 91.9% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 93.3% | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 95.0% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 94.8% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 94.2% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 94.7% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 95.2% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 95.6% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 95.8% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 96.1% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 96.5% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 96.9% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 97.3% | +0.4% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 97.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 100.0%, 97% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 97.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 100.0%, 97% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91.2% | 86.6% | 95.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 95.7% | 94.2% | 97.3% | 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: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Haiti?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Haiti was 97.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 97.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.6% in 2003.
- How does Haiti rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Haiti ranks 167th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. 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 Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement 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.