Starting a business - Score in Haiti
Haiti: Starting a business - Score was 36.43 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Haiti, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Haiti recorded 36.43 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.8% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Haiti peaked at 36.43 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 29, in 2003.
That places Haiti 190th 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 - Score in Haiti, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 29 | — |
| 2004 | 29.5 | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 29.93 | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 30.4 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 30.34 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 30.69 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 31.11 | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 32.53 | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 32.37 | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 32.51 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 33.39 | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 33.48 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 33.53 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 33.61 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 33.7 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 33.8 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 36.43 | +7.8% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 36.43 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.73, 44% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 36.43 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 85.6, 43% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.14 | 29 | 31.11 | 7 |
| 2010s | 33.54 | 32.37 | 36.43 | 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 - score in Haiti?
- Starting a business - score in Haiti was 36.43 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 36.43 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 29 in 2003.
- How does Haiti rank for starting a business - score?
- Haiti ranks 190th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. 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 - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.