Cost of Living in Haiti
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Haiti: $2,810/capita.
Cities in Haiti
Income Category
GDP per Capita
Population
Child Education
Public-schooling rules are not sourced for Haiti yet. Country-level enrollment, instruction-language, and homeschool notes will appear here once verified.
Childcare & Domestic Help
Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for Haiti. We publish this section only when we can tie it to verified local samples or a clearly marked country fallback.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Haiti.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
LimitedSolid hospital-bed capacity help, but coverage looks thinner and doctor staffing is lighter.
Public care
LimitedPublic coverage looks thinner, public funding looks lighter, and patients still shoulder a meaningful share of costs weigh on this rating.
Private care
GoodA large tracked hospital and clinic network and a clearly private facility base help, but self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse.
UHC coverage
44/100
2023
Physicians
0.29/1k
2022
Hospital beds
4.90/1k
2023
Out of pocket
52%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
65.1 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
328/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
22.6/1k
2024
International patient readiness
MixedA visible private hospital base and there is visible specialty depth help, but price transparency is still sparse and headline outcomes are less reassuring.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Haiti yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2024 annual wages in Haiti · Source: GDP-derived estimate
Visa Information (US passport)
Short-stay entry
US passport holders can stay up to 90 days without a visa.
About Haiti
Haiti is a lower middle income Caribbean country of 11,772,557 people, centered politically and economically on Port-au-Prince. For cost-of-living comparisons it sits very low, below most Latin America and Caribbean options and among the cheapest destinations globally, with modest monthly expenses under $1,000. That low price point should not be read as easy relocation value. Port-au-Prince and other urban areas face serious safety problems, including gang violence and kidnapping risk, so neighborhood choice and daily movement need unusually careful planning. French and Haitian Creole are official languages, and most nationalities need a tourist visa or residency permit, with renewable tourist visas typically around 90 days. The practical tradeoffs are infrastructure and risk: healthcare is limited, internet is often unreliable, and the tropical climate includes hurricane season from June to November.
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Common questions about Haiti
Sourced from SortaRich's public-data ranking engine — every figure links to its institutional source.
How far does $1 go in Haiti?
$1 goes about 1.5x further in Haiti than in the baseline market — your home-country income stretches that much more (current PPP ratio: 1.48). The figure adjusts every year as exchange rates and local prices shift. SortaRich uses World Bank ICP 2021 as the anchor and Penn World Tables 11.0 for cross-validation.
Sources: World Bank ICP 2021, Penn World Tables 11.0
What visa do I need to move to Haiti?
To move to Haiti you have these visa options: Tourist entry: visa_free (90 days). Visa rules change frequently — confirm the current terms with the official immigration authority before booking flights.
Source: SortaRich Visa Database
What are the best cities to live in Haiti?
The best cities to live in Haiti are Port-au-Prince — those are the most-searched options among the 1 cities profiled in the SortaRich database. Each city page includes a personalized PPP comparison versus your home city plus subnational price data where available.
Source: SortaRich City Index