Haiti vs Mexico
Haiti vs Mexico: Inflation
Inflation: 25.8% a year in Haiti in 2024 and 3.8% a year in Mexico in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Haiti, by 21.1 percentage points, or 5.47 times that in Mexico.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Haiti has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Mexico.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Haiti at 8% a year and Mexico at 3% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Haiti | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28.3 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 25.8 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 44.1 | 5.5 |
| 2022 | 27.6 | 7.9 |
| 2021 | 15.9 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 23 | 3.4 |
| 2019 | 17.3 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 11.4 | 4.9 |
| 2017 | 10.6 | 6 |
| 2016 | 11.4 | 2.8 |
| 2015 | 5.3 | 2.7 |
| 2014 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 5.3 | 3.8 |
| 2012 | 5.7 | 4.1 |
| 2011 | 5.2 | 3.4 |
| 2010 | 2.9 | 4.2 |
| 2009 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 12.5 | 5.1 |
| 2007 | 6.9 | 4 |
| 2006 | 13 | 3.6 |
| 2005 | 14.1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 25.7 | 4.7 |
| 2003 | 22.2 | 4.6 |
| 2002 | 6.6 | 5 |
| 2001 | 15.5 | 6.4 |
| 2000 | 6.4 | 9.5 |
| 1999 | 2.8 | 16.6 |
| 1998 | 6.6 | 15.9 |
| 1997 | 11.6 | 20.6 |
| 1996 | 20.6 | 34.4 |
| 1995 | 30.2 | 35.1 |
| 1994 | 42.6 | 7 |
| 1993 | 22.6 | 9.8 |
| 1992 | 19.4 | 15.5 |
| 1991 | 15.4 | 22.6 |
| 1990 | 21.3 | 26.7 |
| 1989 | 6.9 | 19.9 |
| 1988 | 4.1 | 113.5 |
| 1987 | -11.5 | 132 |
| 1986 | 3.3 | 86.5 |
| 1985 | 10.7 | 57.8 |
| 1984 | 6.4 | 65.4 |
| 1983 | 10.2 | 101.8 |
| 1982 | 7.4 | 59.1 |
| 1981 | 10.9 | 28 |
| 1980 | 19.1 | 26.5 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Haiti | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21.5 | 3.8 |
| 2027 | 15.8 | 3.6 |
| 2028 | 12.7 | 3.1 |
| 2029 | 9.4 | 3 |
| 2030 | 8 | 3 |
| 2031 | 8 | 3 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Haiti vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyHaiti: 64.9 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHaiti: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHaiti: 43.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionHaiti: 2.96% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateHaiti: 8.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHaiti: 11.6 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthHaiti: 1.17% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHaiti: 2.66 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHaiti: 55.6% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageHaiti: 23.5 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHaiti: 4.6% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateHaiti: -2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHaiti: 0.12% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHaiti: $30.4M in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personHaiti: $3 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHaiti: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHaiti: 1,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerHaiti: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHaiti: 0.02% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHaiti: 1 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025