How does Haiti rank for political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index?

Haiti ranks 37th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index rising or falling in Haiti?

Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Haiti data come from?

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

Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Haiti

Name: Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Haiti
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Haiti: Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index was 0.786 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.786

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

37th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.905

in 1847

All-time low

0.73

in 1789

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Haiti, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

Haiti recorded 0.786 for political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index in 2025.

That represents a change of down 8.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index in Haiti peaked at 0.905 in 1847 and was at its lowest, 0.73, in 1789.

Haiti ranks 37th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 237 years of available data.

Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Haiti, year by year

Annual values for Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Haiti, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.73	—
1790	0.73	+0.0%
1791	0.73	+0.0%
1792	0.843	+15.5%
1793	0.843	+0.0%
1794	0.843	+0.0%
1795	0.843	+0.0%
1796	0.843	+0.0%
1797	0.843	+0.0%
1798	0.843	+0.0%
1799	0.875	+3.8%
1800	0.875	+0.0%
1801	0.875	+0.0%
1802	0.903	+3.2%
1803	0.903	+0.0%
1804	0.903	+0.0%
1805	0.903	+0.0%
1806	0.903	+0.0%
1807	0.903	+0.0%
1808	0.876	-3.0%
1809	0.876	+0.0%
1810	0.876	+0.0%
1811	0.876	+0.0%
1812	0.876	+0.0%
1813	0.876	+0.0%
1814	0.876	+0.0%
1815	0.876	+0.0%
1816	0.876	+0.0%
1817	0.889	+1.5%
1818	0.889	+0.0%
1819	0.889	+0.0%
1820	0.889	+0.0%
1821	0.889	+0.0%
1822	0.889	+0.0%
1823	0.889	+0.0%
1824	0.889	+0.0%
1825	0.889	+0.0%
1826	0.889	+0.0%
1827	0.889	+0.0%
1828	0.889	+0.0%
1829	0.889	+0.0%
1830	0.889	+0.0%
1831	0.889	+0.0%
1832	0.889	+0.0%
1833	0.889	+0.0%
1834	0.889	+0.0%
1835	0.889	+0.0%
1836	0.889	+0.0%
1837	0.889	+0.0%
1838	0.889	+0.0%
1839	0.889	+0.0%
1840	0.889	+0.0%
1841	0.889	+0.0%
1842	0.889	+0.0%
1843	0.889	+0.0%
1844	0.876	-1.5%
1845	0.876	+0.0%
1846	0.876	+0.0%
1847	0.905	+3.3%
1848	0.905	+0.0%
1849	0.905	+0.0%
1850	0.905	+0.0%
1851	0.905	+0.0%
1852	0.905	+0.0%
1853	0.905	+0.0%
1854	0.905	+0.0%
1855	0.905	+0.0%
1856	0.905	+0.0%
1857	0.905	+0.0%
1858	0.905	+0.0%
1859	0.905	+0.0%
1860	0.875	-3.3%
1861	0.875	+0.0%
1862	0.875	+0.0%
1863	0.875	+0.0%
1864	0.875	+0.0%
1865	0.875	+0.0%
1866	0.875	+0.0%
1867	0.875	+0.0%
1868	0.875	+0.0%
1869	0.875	+0.0%
1870	0.875	+0.0%
1871	0.875	+0.0%
1872	0.875	+0.0%
1873	0.875	+0.0%
1874	0.875	+0.0%
1875	0.875	+0.0%
1876	0.875	+0.0%
1877	0.875	+0.0%
1878	0.875	+0.0%
1879	0.875	+0.0%
1880	0.875	+0.0%
1881	0.875	+0.0%
1882	0.875	+0.0%
1883	0.875	+0.0%
1884	0.875	+0.0%
1885	0.875	+0.0%
1886	0.875	+0.0%
1887	0.875	+0.0%
1888	0.875	+0.0%
1889	0.875	+0.0%
1890	0.887	+1.4%
1891	0.887	+0.0%
1892	0.887	+0.0%
1893	0.887	+0.0%
1894	0.887	+0.0%
1895	0.887	+0.0%
1896	0.887	+0.0%
1897	0.887	+0.0%
1898	0.903	+1.8%
1899	0.903	+0.0%
1900	0.903	+0.0%
1901	0.903	+0.0%
1902	0.903	+0.0%
1903	0.903	+0.0%
1904	0.903	+0.0%
1905	0.903	+0.0%
1906	0.903	+0.0%
1907	0.903	+0.0%
1908	0.903	+0.0%
1909	0.903	+0.0%
1910	0.903	+0.0%
1911	0.903	+0.0%
1912	0.903	+0.0%
1913	0.903	+0.0%
1914	0.903	+0.0%
1915	0.846	-6.3%
1916	0.839	-0.8%
1917	0.839	+0.0%
1918	0.811	-3.3%
1919	0.811	+0.0%
1920	0.811	+0.0%
1921	0.811	+0.0%
1922	0.811	+0.0%
1923	0.811	+0.0%
1924	0.811	+0.0%
1925	0.811	+0.0%
1926	0.811	+0.0%
1927	0.811	+0.0%
1928	0.811	+0.0%
1929	0.811	+0.0%
1930	0.811	+0.0%
1931	0.824	+1.6%
1932	0.824	+0.0%
1933	0.824	+0.0%
1934	0.824	+0.0%
1935	0.824	+0.0%
1936	0.834	+1.2%
1937	0.834	+0.0%
1938	0.834	+0.0%
1939	0.834	+0.0%
1940	0.834	+0.0%
1941	0.834	+0.0%
1942	0.834	+0.0%
1943	0.834	+0.0%
1944	0.834	+0.0%
1945	0.834	+0.0%
1946	0.834	+0.0%
1947	0.834	+0.0%
1948	0.834	+0.0%
1949	0.834	+0.0%
1950	0.834	+0.0%
1951	0.834	+0.0%
1952	0.834	+0.0%
1953	0.834	+0.0%
1954	0.834	+0.0%
1955	0.834	+0.0%
1956	0.824	-1.2%
1957	0.843	+2.3%
1958	0.868	+3.0%
1959	0.868	+0.0%
1960	0.868	+0.0%
1961	0.868	+0.0%
1962	0.868	+0.0%
1963	0.868	+0.0%
1964	0.868	+0.0%
1965	0.868	+0.0%
1966	0.868	+0.0%
1967	0.868	+0.0%
1968	0.868	+0.0%
1969	0.868	+0.0%
1970	0.868	+0.0%
1971	0.868	+0.0%
1972	0.868	+0.0%
1973	0.868	+0.0%
1974	0.868	+0.0%
1975	0.868	+0.0%
1976	0.868	+0.0%
1977	0.868	+0.0%
1978	0.868	+0.0%
1979	0.868	+0.0%
1980	0.868	+0.0%
1981	0.868	+0.0%
1982	0.868	+0.0%
1983	0.868	+0.0%
1984	0.868	+0.0%
1985	0.868	+0.0%
1986	0.868	+0.0%
1987	0.85	-2.1%
1988	0.85	+0.0%
1989	0.85	+0.0%
1990	0.851	+0.1%
1991	0.857	+0.7%
1992	0.84	-2.0%
1993	0.84	+0.0%
1994	0.84	+0.0%
1995	0.84	+0.0%
1996	0.84	+0.0%
1997	0.812	-3.3%
1998	0.812	+0.0%
1999	0.812	+0.0%
2000	0.812	+0.0%
2001	0.831	+2.3%
2002	0.831	+0.0%
2003	0.831	+0.0%
2004	0.818	-1.6%
2005	0.83	+1.5%
2006	0.789	-4.9%
2007	0.833	+5.6%
2008	0.833	+0.0%
2009	0.833	+0.0%
2010	0.846	+1.6%
2011	0.853	+0.8%
2012	0.85	-0.4%
2013	0.832	-2.1%
2014	0.849	+2.0%
2015	0.86	+1.3%
2016	0.835	-2.9%
2017	0.851	+1.9%
2018	0.89	+4.6%
2019	0.882	-0.9%
2020	0.854	-3.2%
2021	0.869	+1.8%
2022	0.841	-3.2%
2023	0.786	-6.5%
2024	0.786	+0.0%
2025	0.786	+0.0%

Haiti compared with similar countries

Haiti's 0.786 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.7175, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Haiti's 0.786 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.574, 1.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.73	0.73	0.73	1
1790s	0.8236	0.73	0.875	10
1800s	0.892	0.875	0.903	10
1810s	0.8799	0.876	0.889	10
1820s	0.889	0.889	0.889	10
1830s	0.889	0.889	0.889	10
1840s	0.8899	0.876	0.905	10
1850s	0.905	0.905	0.905	10
1860s	0.875	0.875	0.875	10
1870s	0.875	0.875	0.875	10
1880s	0.875	0.875	0.875	10
1890s	0.8902	0.887	0.903	10
1900s	0.903	0.903	0.903	10
1910s	0.8661	0.811	0.903	10
1920s	0.811	0.811	0.811	10
1930s	0.8267	0.811	0.834	10
1940s	0.834	0.834	0.834	10
1950s	0.8407	0.824	0.868	10
1960s	0.868	0.868	0.868	10
1970s	0.868	0.868	0.868	10
1980s	0.8626	0.85	0.868	10
1990s	0.8344	0.812	0.857	10
2000s	0.8241	0.789	0.833	10
2010s	0.8548	0.832	0.89	10
2020s	0.8203	0.786	0.869	6

Countries ranked near Haiti

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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 political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index in Haiti?: Political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index in Haiti was 0.786 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Haiti?: The highest recorded value was 0.905 in 1847.
What is the lowest political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Haiti?: The lowest recorded value was 0.73 in 1789.
How does Haiti rank for political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index?: Haiti ranks 37th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is political corruption index vs. electoral democracy index rising or falling in Haiti?: Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Haiti data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 25,295 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which a country is affected by political corruption.