In an early-June Council of Ministers meeting, Haiti’s governing administration formally adopted an amended 2025-2026 national budget, marking a 4.3% upward adjustment from the fiscal period’s initial spending plan to total 360.3 billion Haitian gourdes. The revised budget is crafted to advance three core national priorities that top the government’s current agenda: restoring widespread public security, organizing long-planned national elections, and stabilizing Haiti’s fragile macroeconomic landscape.
Beyond addressing pressing immediate public security needs, the supplementary budget is structured around three overarching strategic pillars that guide all allocated spending. First, the plan prioritizes advancing food security across the country, expanding existing government social safety net programs, and expanding access to critical basic social services for vulnerable populations. Second, it targets broad economic rebound through large-scale infrastructure rehabilitation and the revitalization of Haiti’s agricultural sector, a backbone of rural employment and domestic food production. Third, it allocates dedicated resources to fully support the administration of upcoming national elections.
Based on current projections for public revenue collection, policymakers forecast that Haiti’s overall tax burden will remain largely unchanged from the 2024-2025 fiscal year. To cover the adjusted spending totals, the government plans to modify planned Treasury bond issuances to align with current market conditions and the absorption capacity of Haiti’s domestic financial system.
Breaking down the budget’s funding structure, 67.5% of the total 360.3 billion gourdes, equal to 243.1 billion gourdes, will come from tax revenue collected by Haiti’s Directorate General of Taxes and customs revenue administered by the General Customs Administration. Combined international grants and concessionary loans contribute an additional 70 billion gourdes, accounting for 19.4% of the total budget. When combined with other domestic funding sources—including 24.8 billion gourdes from Treasury bonds, 16.45 billion gourdes from a loan from the Bank of the Republic of Haiti, and 4.3 billion gourdes in other domestic project financing—total domestic resources reach 288.7 billion gourdes, covering 80.1% of the full amended budget.
On the expenditure side, current operating spending makes up 59.3% of the total budget at 213.7 billion gourdes, with personnel costs accounting for 31.5% of the overall budget and goods and services expenditures making up 19.4%, the two largest spending categories. Capital expenditures, totaling 146.6 billion gourdes, represent 40.6% of the total revised budget—a notable increase from the initial budget’s capital allocation. This expanded capital spending underscores the government’s stated commitment to advancing the public investments required to improve security conditions and lay the groundwork for long-term economic recovery.
Compared to the original 2025-2026 budget, the amended plan increases domestic resources from 279.61 billion gourdes to 290.2 billion gourdes, while external resources rise from 65.9 billion gourdes to 70.12 billion gourdes. Current operating expenditures see only a minor uptick from 213.56 billion to 213.72 billion gourdes, while capital expenditures get a far more substantial boost from 131.95 billion to 146.59 billion gourdes. The share of total budget funding covered by current tax and customs revenue has edged down from 70.5% in the initial plan to 67.5% in the amended version, offset by increases in both domestic borrowing and external financing.