Military spending in Haiti
Haiti: Military spending was 16.61 million constant 2022 US$ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
16.61 million constant 2022 US$
Change on year
down 4.9%
World rank
168th
of 172 countries
All-time high
96.02 million constant 2022 US$
in 1996
All-time low
3.75 million constant 2022 US$
in 2010
Years of data
147
1859–2023
Military spending in Haiti, 1859–2023
Source: Barnum et al. – Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in constant 2022 US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for military spending in Haiti is 16.61 million constant 2022 US$, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and up 191.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, military spending in Haiti peaked at 96.02 million constant 2022 US$ in 1996 and was at its lowest, 3.75 million constant 2022 US$, in 2010.
Haiti ranks 168th of 172 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 147 years of available data.
Military spending in Haiti, year by year
| Year | constant 2022 US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1859 | 34.31 million constant 2022 US$ | — |
| 1860 | 33.84 million constant 2022 US$ | -1.4% |
| 1861 | 27.57 million constant 2022 US$ | -18.5% |
| 1862 | 26.09 million constant 2022 US$ | -5.4% |
| 1863 | 21.27 million constant 2022 US$ | -18.4% |
| 1864 | 21.16 million constant 2022 US$ | -0.6% |
| 1865 | 16.96 million constant 2022 US$ | -19.8% |
| 1866 | 16.73 million constant 2022 US$ | -1.4% |
| 1867 | 17.49 million constant 2022 US$ | +4.5% |
| 1868 | 20.12 million constant 2022 US$ | +15.0% |
| 1869 | 20.34 million constant 2022 US$ | +1.1% |
| 1870 | 18.29 million constant 2022 US$ | -10.1% |
| 1871 | 18.74 million constant 2022 US$ | +2.5% |
| 1872 | 19.19 million constant 2022 US$ | +2.4% |
| 1873 | 19.59 million constant 2022 US$ | +2.1% |
| 1874 | 19.89 million constant 2022 US$ | +1.5% |
| 1875 | 20.07 million constant 2022 US$ | +0.9% |
| 1876 | 20.63 million constant 2022 US$ | +2.8% |
| 1877 | 19.87 million constant 2022 US$ | -3.7% |
| 1878 | 21.90 million constant 2022 US$ | +10.2% |
| 1879 | 23.44 million constant 2022 US$ | +7.1% |
| 1880 | 23.01 million constant 2022 US$ | -1.8% |
| 1881 | 22.56 million constant 2022 US$ | -1.9% |
| 1882 | 24.91 million constant 2022 US$ | +10.4% |
| 1883 | 26.28 million constant 2022 US$ | +5.5% |
| 1884 | 27.98 million constant 2022 US$ | +6.5% |
| 1885 | 25.89 million constant 2022 US$ | -7.5% |
| 1886 | 28.50 million constant 2022 US$ | +10.1% |
| 1887 | 27.29 million constant 2022 US$ | -4.2% |
| 1888 | 31.69 million constant 2022 US$ | +16.1% |
| 1889 | 32.46 million constant 2022 US$ | +2.4% |
| 1890 | 35.63 million constant 2022 US$ | +9.8% |
| 1891 | 33.83 million constant 2022 US$ | -5.0% |
| 1892 | 38.07 million constant 2022 US$ | +12.5% |
| 1893 | 39.67 million constant 2022 US$ | +4.2% |
| 1894 | 41.41 million constant 2022 US$ | +4.4% |
| 1895 | 43.95 million constant 2022 US$ | +6.1% |
| 1896 | 44.58 million constant 2022 US$ | +1.4% |
| 1897 | 41.75 million constant 2022 US$ | -6.3% |
| 1898 | 42.37 million constant 2022 US$ | +1.5% |
| 1899 | 39.40 million constant 2022 US$ | -7.0% |
| 1900 | 38.58 million constant 2022 US$ | -2.1% |
| 1901 | 38.53 million constant 2022 US$ | -0.1% |
| 1902 | 38.28 million constant 2022 US$ | -0.6% |
| 1903 | 36.92 million constant 2022 US$ | -3.6% |
| 1904 | 37.81 million constant 2022 US$ | +2.4% |
| 1905 | 39.65 million constant 2022 US$ | +4.9% |
| 1906 | 43.44 million constant 2022 US$ | +9.5% |
| 1907 | 42.38 million constant 2022 US$ | -2.4% |
| 1908 | 46.21 million constant 2022 US$ | +9.0% |
| 1909 | 51.22 million constant 2022 US$ | +10.8% |
| 1910 | 51.87 million constant 2022 US$ | +1.3% |
| 1911 | 57.74 million constant 2022 US$ | +11.3% |
| 1912 | 59.18 million constant 2022 US$ | +2.5% |
| 1913 | 64.05 million constant 2022 US$ | +8.2% |
| 1914 | 20.40 million constant 2022 US$ | -68.1% |
| 1915 | 22.51 million constant 2022 US$ | +10.3% |
| 1934 | 20.85 million constant 2022 US$ | -7.4% |
| 1935 | 22.62 million constant 2022 US$ | +8.5% |
| 1936 | 22.79 million constant 2022 US$ | +0.8% |
| 1937 | 23.77 million constant 2022 US$ | +4.3% |
| 1938 | 26.28 million constant 2022 US$ | +10.5% |
| 1939 | 27.49 million constant 2022 US$ | +4.6% |
| 1940 | 28.16 million constant 2022 US$ | +2.4% |
| 1941 | 25.91 million constant 2022 US$ | -8.0% |
| 1942 | 25.13 million constant 2022 US$ | -3.0% |
| 1943 | 24.09 million constant 2022 US$ | -4.1% |
| 1944 | 25.75 million constant 2022 US$ | +6.9% |
| 1945 | 29.90 million constant 2022 US$ | +16.1% |
| 1946 | 25.19 million constant 2022 US$ | -15.7% |
| 1947 | 25.04 million constant 2022 US$ | -0.6% |
| 1948 | 24.07 million constant 2022 US$ | -3.9% |
| 1949 | 32.19 million constant 2022 US$ | +33.7% |
| 1950 | 33.08 million constant 2022 US$ | +2.8% |
| 1951 | 35.27 million constant 2022 US$ | +6.6% |
| 1952 | 41.73 million constant 2022 US$ | +18.3% |
| 1953 | 46.96 million constant 2022 US$ | +12.5% |
| 1954 | 47.95 million constant 2022 US$ | +2.1% |
| 1955 | 45.21 million constant 2022 US$ | -5.7% |
| 1956 | 49.46 million constant 2022 US$ | +9.4% |
| 1957 | 51.40 million constant 2022 US$ | +3.9% |
| 1958 | 55.07 million constant 2022 US$ | +7.1% |
| 1959 | 52.35 million constant 2022 US$ | -4.9% |
| 1960 | 47.21 million constant 2022 US$ | -9.8% |
| 1961 | 47.43 million constant 2022 US$ | +0.5% |
| 1962 | 50.51 million constant 2022 US$ | +6.5% |
| 1963 | 49.07 million constant 2022 US$ | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 51.62 million constant 2022 US$ | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 51.88 million constant 2022 US$ | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 50.08 million constant 2022 US$ | -3.5% |
| 1967 | 51.16 million constant 2022 US$ | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 50.83 million constant 2022 US$ | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 47.65 million constant 2022 US$ | -6.3% |
| 1970 | 51.35 million constant 2022 US$ | +7.8% |
| 1971 | 54.29 million constant 2022 US$ | +5.7% |
| 1972 | 52.83 million constant 2022 US$ | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 44.98 million constant 2022 US$ | -14.8% |
| 1974 | 42.04 million constant 2022 US$ | -6.5% |
| 1975 | 40.03 million constant 2022 US$ | -4.8% |
| 1976 | 40.72 million constant 2022 US$ | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 41.60 million constant 2022 US$ | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 41.25 million constant 2022 US$ | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 45.33 million constant 2022 US$ | +9.9% |
| 1980 | 48.15 million constant 2022 US$ | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 59.08 million constant 2022 US$ | +22.7% |
| 1982 | 64.12 million constant 2022 US$ | +8.5% |
| 1983 | 63.18 million constant 2022 US$ | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 64.42 million constant 2022 US$ | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 64.71 million constant 2022 US$ | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 68.03 million constant 2022 US$ | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 69.83 million constant 2022 US$ | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 40.80 million constant 2022 US$ | -41.6% |
| 1989 | 40.18 million constant 2022 US$ | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 34.73 million constant 2022 US$ | -13.6% |
| 1991 | 35.52 million constant 2022 US$ | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 30.22 million constant 2022 US$ | -14.9% |
| 1993 | 13.14 million constant 2022 US$ | -56.5% |
| 1994 | 8.08 million constant 2022 US$ | -38.5% |
| 1995 | 22.27 million constant 2022 US$ | +175.7% |
| 1996 | 96.02 million constant 2022 US$ | +331.2% |
| 1997 | 88.41 million constant 2022 US$ | -7.9% |
| 1998 | 77.87 million constant 2022 US$ | -11.9% |
| 1999 | 75.40 million constant 2022 US$ | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 64.10 million constant 2022 US$ | -15.0% |
| 2001 | 56.76 million constant 2022 US$ | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 45.92 million constant 2022 US$ | -19.1% |
| 2003 | 34.57 million constant 2022 US$ | -24.7% |
| 2004 | 29.72 million constant 2022 US$ | -14.0% |
| 2005 | 23.50 million constant 2022 US$ | -20.9% |
| 2006 | 20.45 million constant 2022 US$ | -13.0% |
| 2007 | 16.71 million constant 2022 US$ | -18.3% |
| 2008 | 13.91 million constant 2022 US$ | -16.8% |
| 2009 | 11.72 million constant 2022 US$ | -15.7% |
| 2010 | 3.75 million constant 2022 US$ | -68.0% |
| 2011 | 3.76 million constant 2022 US$ | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 4.60 million constant 2022 US$ | +22.3% |
| 2013 | 5.71 million constant 2022 US$ | +24.1% |
| 2014 | 6.35 million constant 2022 US$ | +11.3% |
| 2015 | 7.19 million constant 2022 US$ | +13.1% |
| 2016 | 8.52 million constant 2022 US$ | +18.5% |
| 2017 | 9.14 million constant 2022 US$ | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 10.93 million constant 2022 US$ | +19.6% |
| 2019 | 15.28 million constant 2022 US$ | +39.8% |
| 2020 | 17.69 million constant 2022 US$ | +15.8% |
| 2021 | 19.38 million constant 2022 US$ | +9.6% |
| 2022 | 17.46 million constant 2022 US$ | -9.9% |
| 2023 | 16.61 million constant 2022 US$ | -4.9% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 16.61 million constant 2022 US$ is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 485.52 million constant 2022 US$, 3% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 16.61 million constant 2022 US$ is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 509.92 million constant 2022 US$, 3% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Military spending in Haiti changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +331.2% | 22.27 million constant 2022 US$ | 96.02 million constant 2022 US$ |
| 1995 | +175.7% | 8.08 million constant 2022 US$ | 22.27 million constant 2022 US$ |
| 1914 | -68.1% | 64.05 million constant 2022 US$ | 20.40 million constant 2022 US$ |
| 2010 | -68.0% | 11.72 million constant 2022 US$ | 3.75 million constant 2022 US$ |
| 1993 | -56.5% | 30.22 million constant 2022 US$ | 13.14 million constant 2022 US$ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 34.31 million constant 2022 US$ | 34.31 million constant 2022 US$ | 34.31 million constant 2022 US$ | 1 |
| 1860s | 22.16 million constant 2022 US$ | 16.73 million constant 2022 US$ | 33.84 million constant 2022 US$ | 10 |
| 1870s | 20.16 million constant 2022 US$ | 18.29 million constant 2022 US$ | 23.44 million constant 2022 US$ | 10 |
| 1880s | 27.06 million constant 2022 US$ | 22.56 million constant 2022 US$ | 32.46 million constant 2022 US$ | 10 |
| 1890s | 40.07 million constant 2022 US$ | 33.83 million constant 2022 US$ | 44.58 million constant 2022 US$ | 10 |
| 1900s | 41.30 million constant 2022 US$ | 36.92 million constant 2022 US$ | 51.22 million constant 2022 US$ | 10 |
| 1910s | 45.96 million constant 2022 US$ | 20.40 million constant 2022 US$ | 64.05 million constant 2022 US$ | 6 |
| 1930s | 23.97 million constant 2022 US$ | 20.85 million constant 2022 US$ | 27.49 million constant 2022 US$ | 6 |
| 1940s | 26.54 million constant 2022 US$ | 24.07 million constant 2022 US$ | 32.19 million constant 2022 US$ | 10 |
| 1950s | 45.85 million constant 2022 US$ | 33.08 million constant 2022 US$ | 55.07 million constant 2022 US$ | 10 |
| 1960s | 49.74 million constant 2022 US$ | 47.21 million constant 2022 US$ | 51.88 million constant 2022 US$ | 10 |
| 1970s | 45.44 million constant 2022 US$ | 40.03 million constant 2022 US$ | 54.29 million constant 2022 US$ | 10 |
| 1980s | 58.25 million constant 2022 US$ | 40.18 million constant 2022 US$ | 69.83 million constant 2022 US$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 48.17 million constant 2022 US$ | 8.08 million constant 2022 US$ | 96.02 million constant 2022 US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.74 million constant 2022 US$ | 11.72 million constant 2022 US$ | 64.10 million constant 2022 US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.52 million constant 2022 US$ | 3.75 million constant 2022 US$ | 15.28 million constant 2022 US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.79 million constant 2022 US$ | 16.61 million constant 2022 US$ | 19.38 million constant 2022 US$ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
- 165 Sierra Leone 28.24 million constant 2022 US$ compare
- 166 Laos 26.46 million constant 2022 US$ compare
- 167 Gambia 18.64 million constant 2022 US$ compare
- 169 Cape Verde 14.40 million constant 2022 US$ compare
- 170 Djibouti 13.31 million constant 2022 US$ compare
- 171 Comoros 5.56 million constant 2022 US$ compare
More reference data data for Haiti
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2934 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0485 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9837 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.6522 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.73 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.65 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2643 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is military spending in Haiti?
- Military spending in Haiti was 16.61 million constant 2022 US$ in 2023, according to Barnum et al. – Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest military spending recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 96.02 million constant 2022 US$ in 1996.
- What is the lowest military spending recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.75 million constant 2022 US$ in 2010.
- How does Haiti rank for military spending?
- Haiti ranks 168th out of 172 countries with data for 2023.
- Is military spending rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is up 191.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Haiti data come from?
- The figures come from Barnum et al. – Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Military spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.