On October 28, 2026, Haiti’s Ministry of Economy and Finance released a comprehensive statistical snapshot tracking shifts in the country’s civil service, encompassing both tenured career personnel and senior leadership roles, over the 12-month period spanning September 2025 to September 2026. The official analysis covers two core performance metrics: the aggregated public sector wage expenditure, and total staffing headcount across all 127 state-run institutions, alongside supplementary data on upcoming eligible retiree cohorts.
Over the surveyed 12-month window, the cumulative civil service wage pool climbed from 3.417 billion gourdes to 3.578 billion gourdes, marking a 4.7% year-over-year expansion that translates to an additional 160.57 million gourdes in public payroll outlays. Sectoral breakdowns reveal starkly uneven distribution of these budget adjustments: the Central Administration and Office of the Prime Minister saw the largest nominal wage allocation boost at 12.185 billion gourdes, followed by the Public Security portfolio with a 421.79 million gourdes increase, and the National Defense sector logging a 419.17 million gourdes rise. In contrast, the National Education and Vocational Training budget line saw a 58.16 million gourdes reduction, while the Youth and Sports portfolio faced a 20.38 million gourdes cut.
Parallel to the wage bill shifts, total civil service headcount rose 2.44% over the year, growing from 100,634 registered personnel in September 2025 to 103,090 a year later, a net addition of 2,456 public employees. The largest staffing surges were recorded in frontline public services: the Haitian National Police brought on 915 new officers to strengthen domestic security capacity, the Ministry of Public Health and Population added 425 new staff to expand community care access, while the National Education and Public Works ministries also posted notable headcount gains. Small targeted staffing reductions were implemented in a handful of administrative divisions, including select non-frontline roles within the education system and general civil service support units.
The published statistical brief also includes a preliminary overview of personnel eligible for retirement as of September 2026, flagging the Ministry of National Education and Ministry of Public Health as the two state bodies with the largest cohorts of soon-to-retire staff, data that will inform future workforce succession planning across the public sector. The full 3-page French-language PDF of the official report is available for public download via the HaitiLibre hosted portal.