Freedom Score in Haiti
Haiti: Freedom Score was 22 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Freedom Score in Haiti, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Haiti recorded 22 for freedom score in 2025.
The figure is down 8.3% on the previous year and down 46.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freedom score in Haiti peaked at 47 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 19, in 2004.
Haiti ranks 156th of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Freedom Score in Haiti, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 25 | — |
| 2003 | 21 | -16.0% |
| 2004 | 19 | -9.5% |
| 2005 | 21 | +10.5% |
| 2006 | 42 | +100.0% |
| 2007 | 47 | +11.9% |
| 2008 | 47 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 47 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 45 | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 45 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 43 | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 43 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 41 | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 41 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 39 | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 41 | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 41 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 38 | -7.3% |
| 2020 | 37 | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 33 | -10.8% |
| 2022 | 31 | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 30 | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 24 | -20.0% |
| 2025 | 22 | -8.3% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 22 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 41, 54% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 22 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 81, 27% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Freedom Score 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +100.0% | 21 | 42 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 33.62 | 19 | 47 | 8 |
| 2010s | 41.7 | 38 | 45 | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.5 | 22 | 37 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is freedom score in Haiti?
- Freedom score in Haiti was 22 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest freedom score recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 47 in 2007.
- What is the lowest freedom score recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 in 2004.
- How does Haiti rank for freedom score?
- Haiti ranks 156th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is freedom score rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Haiti data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Freedom House's total democracy score is a 0-to-100 aggregate that adds up a country's points on 25 indicators of political rights (max 40) and civil liberties (max 60), creating a single snapshot of the freedoms people actually enjoy.