What is freedom of association index in Haiti?

Freedom of association index in Haiti was 0.612 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest freedom of association index recorded in Haiti?

The highest recorded value was 0.77 in 2018.

What is the lowest freedom of association index recorded in Haiti?

The lowest recorded value was 0.041 in 1789.

How does Haiti rank for freedom of association index?

Haiti ranks 103rd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Haiti?

Over the last ten years it is down 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Haiti data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom of Association Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Freedom of Association Index in Haiti

Name: Freedom of Association Index in Haiti
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Haiti: Freedom of Association Index was 0.612 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.612

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

103rd

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.77

in 2018

All-time low

0.041

in 1789

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Freedom of Association Index in Haiti, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

Haiti recorded 0.612 for freedom of association index in 2025.

The figure is down 17.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, freedom of association index in Haiti peaked at 0.77 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.041, in 1789.

That places Haiti 103rd out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Freedom of Association Index in Haiti, year by year

Annual values for Freedom of Association Index in Haiti, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.041	—
1790	0.076	+85.4%
1791	0.076	+0.0%
1792	0.076	+0.0%
1793	0.076	+0.0%
1794	0.088	+15.8%
1795	0.17	+93.2%
1796	0.17	+0.0%
1797	0.17	+0.0%
1798	0.17	+0.0%
1799	0.089	-47.6%
1800	0.089	+0.0%
1801	0.089	+0.0%
1802	0.107	+20.2%
1803	0.107	+0.0%
1804	0.235	+119.6%
1805	0.235	+0.0%
1806	0.235	+0.0%
1807	0.235	+0.0%
1808	0.235	+0.0%
1809	0.235	+0.0%
1810	0.235	+0.0%
1811	0.235	+0.0%
1812	0.235	+0.0%
1813	0.235	+0.0%
1814	0.235	+0.0%
1815	0.235	+0.0%
1816	0.235	+0.0%
1817	0.235	+0.0%
1818	0.235	+0.0%
1819	0.235	+0.0%
1820	0.235	+0.0%
1821	0.301	+28.1%
1822	0.301	+0.0%
1823	0.301	+0.0%
1824	0.301	+0.0%
1825	0.301	+0.0%
1826	0.301	+0.0%
1827	0.301	+0.0%
1828	0.301	+0.0%
1829	0.301	+0.0%
1830	0.301	+0.0%
1831	0.301	+0.0%
1832	0.301	+0.0%
1833	0.301	+0.0%
1834	0.301	+0.0%
1835	0.301	+0.0%
1836	0.301	+0.0%
1837	0.301	+0.0%
1838	0.301	+0.0%
1839	0.301	+0.0%
1840	0.301	+0.0%
1841	0.301	+0.0%
1842	0.301	+0.0%
1843	0.301	+0.0%
1844	0.301	+0.0%
1845	0.301	+0.0%
1846	0.301	+0.0%
1847	0.301	+0.0%
1848	0.237	-21.3%
1849	0.237	+0.0%
1850	0.237	+0.0%
1851	0.237	+0.0%
1852	0.237	+0.0%
1853	0.237	+0.0%
1854	0.237	+0.0%
1855	0.237	+0.0%
1856	0.237	+0.0%
1857	0.237	+0.0%
1858	0.237	+0.0%
1859	0.237	+0.0%
1860	0.276	+16.5%
1861	0.276	+0.0%
1862	0.276	+0.0%
1863	0.276	+0.0%
1864	0.276	+0.0%
1865	0.276	+0.0%
1866	0.276	+0.0%
1867	0.276	+0.0%
1868	0.276	+0.0%
1869	0.276	+0.0%
1870	0.276	+0.0%
1871	0.276	+0.0%
1872	0.276	+0.0%
1873	0.276	+0.0%
1874	0.276	+0.0%
1875	0.276	+0.0%
1876	0.276	+0.0%
1877	0.276	+0.0%
1878	0.276	+0.0%
1879	0.276	+0.0%
1880	0.276	+0.0%
1881	0.276	+0.0%
1882	0.276	+0.0%
1883	0.276	+0.0%
1884	0.276	+0.0%
1885	0.276	+0.0%
1886	0.276	+0.0%
1887	0.276	+0.0%
1888	0.276	+0.0%
1889	0.276	+0.0%
1890	0.276	+0.0%
1891	0.276	+0.0%
1892	0.276	+0.0%
1893	0.276	+0.0%
1894	0.276	+0.0%
1895	0.276	+0.0%
1896	0.276	+0.0%
1897	0.276	+0.0%
1898	0.276	+0.0%
1899	0.276	+0.0%
1900	0.276	+0.0%
1901	0.276	+0.0%
1902	0.276	+0.0%
1903	0.276	+0.0%
1904	0.276	+0.0%
1905	0.285	+3.3%
1906	0.288	+1.1%
1907	0.288	+0.0%
1908	0.288	+0.0%
1909	0.287	-0.3%
1910	0.287	+0.0%
1911	0.287	+0.0%
1912	0.287	+0.0%
1913	0.287	+0.0%
1914	0.287	+0.0%
1915	0.291	+1.4%
1916	0.273	-6.2%
1917	0.273	+0.0%
1918	0.273	+0.0%
1919	0.273	+0.0%
1920	0.273	+0.0%
1921	0.273	+0.0%
1922	0.273	+0.0%
1923	0.273	+0.0%
1924	0.273	+0.0%
1925	0.273	+0.0%
1926	0.273	+0.0%
1927	0.273	+0.0%
1928	0.273	+0.0%
1929	0.273	+0.0%
1930	0.275	+0.7%
1931	0.28	+1.8%
1932	0.28	+0.0%
1933	0.28	+0.0%
1934	0.287	+2.5%
1935	0.301	+4.9%
1936	0.3	-0.3%
1937	0.298	-0.7%
1938	0.298	+0.0%
1939	0.298	+0.0%
1940	0.298	+0.0%
1941	0.297	-0.3%
1942	0.297	+0.0%
1943	0.297	+0.0%
1944	0.297	+0.0%
1945	0.252	-15.2%
1946	0.329	+30.6%
1947	0.341	+3.6%
1948	0.319	-6.5%
1949	0.319	+0.0%
1950	0.26	-18.5%
1951	0.265	+1.9%
1952	0.265	+0.0%
1953	0.265	+0.0%
1954	0.265	+0.0%
1955	0.25	-5.7%
1956	0.25	+0.0%
1957	0.081	-67.6%
1958	0.049	-39.5%
1959	0.049	+0.0%
1960	0.049	+0.0%
1961	0.047	-4.1%
1962	0.046	-2.1%
1963	0.046	+0.0%
1964	0.046	+0.0%
1965	0.045	-2.2%
1966	0.045	+0.0%
1967	0.047	+4.4%
1968	0.047	+0.0%
1969	0.047	+0.0%
1970	0.047	+0.0%
1971	0.054	+14.9%
1972	0.057	+5.6%
1973	0.06	+5.3%
1974	0.06	+0.0%
1975	0.06	+0.0%
1976	0.06	+0.0%
1977	0.06	+0.0%
1978	0.06	+0.0%
1979	0.072	+20.0%
1980	0.06	-16.7%
1981	0.065	+8.3%
1982	0.065	+0.0%
1983	0.065	+0.0%
1984	0.064	-1.5%
1985	0.064	+0.0%
1986	0.133	+107.8%
1987	0.445	+234.6%
1988	0.566	+27.2%
1989	0.566	+0.0%
1990	0.512	-9.5%
1991	0.566	+10.5%
1992	0.479	-15.4%
1993	0.479	+0.0%
1994	0.488	+1.9%
1995	0.564	+15.6%
1996	0.638	+13.1%
1997	0.635	-0.5%
1998	0.634	-0.2%
1999	0.634	+0.0%
2000	0.671	+5.8%
2001	0.655	-2.4%
2002	0.622	-5.0%
2003	0.622	+0.0%
2004	0.588	-5.5%
2005	0.636	+8.2%
2006	0.703	+10.5%
2007	0.724	+3.0%
2008	0.724	+0.0%
2009	0.703	-2.9%
2010	0.708	+0.7%
2011	0.713	+0.7%
2012	0.723	+1.4%
2013	0.723	+0.0%
2014	0.723	+0.0%
2015	0.74	+2.4%
2016	0.755	+2.0%
2017	0.74	-2.0%
2018	0.77	+4.1%
2019	0.739	-4.0%
2020	0.702	-5.0%
2021	0.71	+1.1%
2022	0.589	-17.0%
2023	0.609	+3.4%
2024	0.612	+0.5%
2025	0.612	+0.0%

Haiti compared with similar countries

Haiti's 0.612 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.567, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Haiti's 0.612 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.839, 73% of the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.041	0.041	0.041	1
1790s	0.1161	0.076	0.17	10
1800s	0.1802	0.089	0.235	10
1810s	0.235	0.235	0.235	10
1820s	0.2944	0.235	0.301	10
1830s	0.301	0.301	0.301	10
1840s	0.2882	0.237	0.301	10
1850s	0.237	0.237	0.237	10
1860s	0.276	0.276	0.276	10
1870s	0.276	0.276	0.276	10
1880s	0.276	0.276	0.276	10
1890s	0.276	0.276	0.276	10
1900s	0.2816	0.276	0.288	10
1910s	0.2818	0.273	0.291	10
1920s	0.273	0.273	0.273	10
1930s	0.2897	0.275	0.301	10
1940s	0.3046	0.252	0.341	10
1950s	0.1999	0.049	0.265	10
1960s	0.0465	0.045	0.049	10
1970s	0.059	0.047	0.072	10
1980s	0.2093	0.06	0.566	10
1990s	0.5629	0.479	0.638	10
2000s	0.6648	0.588	0.724	10
2010s	0.7334	0.708	0.77	10
2020s	0.639	0.589	0.71	6

Countries ranked near Haiti

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100 Tanzania 0.616 compare
102 Cote d'Ivoire 0.615 compare
104 Angola 0.61 compare
105 Bhutan 0.609 compare
105 Gabon 0.609 compare

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More social development data for Haiti

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 180,702 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 16.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0152 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 180,702 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is freedom of association index in Haiti?: Freedom of association index in Haiti was 0.612 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest freedom of association index recorded in Haiti?: The highest recorded value was 0.77 in 2018.
What is the lowest freedom of association index recorded in Haiti?: The lowest recorded value was 0.041 in 1789.
How does Haiti rank for freedom of association index?: Haiti ranks 103rd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Haiti?: Over the last ten years it is down 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Haiti data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom of Association Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Freedom of Association Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,011 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which parties, including opposition parties, are allowed to form and participate in elections and the extent to which civil society organizations are allowed to form and operate freely.