Human Development & Quality of Life in Haiti
Human Development
Haiti enters the 2025 UNDP report with a 2023 HDI of 0.554 and rank 166, within the medium human development group. More revealing for this profile, Education combines 10.9 expected years of schooling with 5.4 mean years already attained. At the same time, the income component uses GNI per capita of $2,935 in 2021 PPP dollars.
What sits inside Haiti's HDI
Within the UNDP framework, the UNDP inputs behind Haiti's HDI are 64.9 for life expectancy, 10.9 for expected years of schooling, 5.4 for mean years of schooling and $2,935 GNI per capita in 2021 PPP dollars. These figures show what sits behind the composite score. For a like-for-like reading, avoid blending different source vintages so the limitation remains visible to the reader.
Inequality changes the headline
For Haiti, IHDI asks how the HDI changes once unequal achievement across people is considered, the adjustment is about distribution rather than subjective well-being. When looking across the UNDP tables, keep the observation year attached before comparing it with a quality-of-life observation.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Haiti's complementary UNDP indicators include GDI 0.932, GII 0.618, PHDI 0.545. These measures remain distinct because they measure different aspects of development.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
No comparable OECD life-satisfaction observation is published on this page for Haiti. An unavailable observation remains omitted rather than estimated.
What Haiti's numbers say together
Haiti's additional indicators read as IHDI 0.337 with a 39.2% loss; PHDI 0.545 after a 1.6% adjustment; GDI 0.932. Each measure has a different definition, so they are not combined.
In this country profile, the headline UNDP result for Haiti is HDI 0.554, rank 166, for 2023. Broader quality-of-life indicators remain outside that index. For the profile as a whole, treat the value as the published measure because the evidence is strongest when each metric keeps its own scope.
The IHDI is 0.337, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 39.2% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.932 in group 3; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.545, with a 1.6% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Haiti's HDI?
In the Human Development Report 2025, Haiti is listed at HDI 0.554 for 2023, rank 166.
How does inequality affect Haiti's HDI?
For Haiti, IHDI is 0.337 and the associated inequality loss is 39.2%. This adjustment concerns the distribution of HDI achievements.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
On this page, a subjective well-being figure for Haiti is published only when the source supplies a usable observation. Missing source coverage is shown as a limitation, not filled with an estimate.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. UNDP's HDI focuses on longevity, education and income. Life satisfaction is shown only as a separate subjective well-being measure.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.