🇭🇹 Haiti Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇭🇹 Haiti HT / HTI #143

Nomad Score 38.0

Cities 8

Region Caribbean Community, Latin America, Francophone, Islands, North America, Americas, Caribbean, Least Developed Countries

Currency HTG

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary semi-presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 16/100

Press Freedom (2025) 51.1/100 #111

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.238

HDI 0.554

Regional Blocs CARICOM

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 41.2/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 18.8/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.1% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary semi-presidential republic

Title	Name
President of Haiti	Vacant
Prime Minister of Haiti	Alix Didier Fils-Aimé (acting)

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 16 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 51.1 / 100

Global Rank #111 / 180

Rank Change -18 vs previous year

RSF Zone Amériques

Political #82 48.6

Economic #112 37.0

Legal #92 60.7

Social #64 67.2

Safety #139 41.8

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.238

Liberal 0.098

Participatory 0.119

Deliberative 0.195

Egalitarian 0.076

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	51.1	111	48.6	37.0	60.7	67.2	41.8
2024	55.9	93	53.4	44.4	67.5	69.1	45.3
2023	57.4	99	59.4	48.2	70.0	73.4	36.0
2022	64.6	70	59.6	50.3	72.2	80.7	59.9
2021	68.9	87	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	69.8	83	-	-	-	-	54.7
2019	71.0	62	-	-	-	-	75.2
2018	73.2	60	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	73.6	53	-	-	-	-	83.9
2016	75.3	53	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	74.9	53	-	-	-	-	69.6
2014	76.5	47	-	-	-	-	-
2013	75.9	49	-	-	-	-	-
2012	15.7	52	-	-	-	-	-
2010	16.4	56	-	-	-	-	-
2009	15.0	57	-	-	-	-	-
2008	15.1	73	-	-	-	-	-
2007	23.5	75	-	-	-	-	-
2006	19.5	87	-	-	-	-	-
2005	33.5	117	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index