Where Is War

Is there a war in Haiti?

Yes. UCDP lists 1 active armed conflict with fighting recorded in Haiti.

It is at war level (1,000+ deaths in a year). Largest: Haiti: Government, 1,211 deaths in 2025.

Updated 30 October 2026 · UCDP data through 30 September 2026 · View on map →

Deaths recorded in Haiti in 2025

1,211in state-based fighting
0in fighting between armed groups
1,237in attacks on civilians (one-sided violence)

UCDP GED Global 26.1: best estimates for events located in Haiti (as UCDP places them), by type of violence. The three are shown separately, as UCDP counts them, and are not added together here.

The conflict

Each conflict as UCDP defines it: a dispute with at least 25 battle-related deaths in a year. Figures are UCDP best estimates; the newest months are preliminary and can change. UCDP does not record who started each clash.

War levelState-based conflict · UCDP start year 1989

Haiti: Government

1,211deaths in 2025UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset 26.1 (conflict level)
125deaths in Jan–Sep 2026preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09
1,843total 1989–2025sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (5 years listed)

Who is fighting: Government of Haiti vs Viv Ansanm

1989: 481990: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1991: 1601992: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1993: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1994: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1995: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1996: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1997: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1998: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1999: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2000: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2001: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2002: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2003: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2004: 2072005: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2006: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2007: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2008: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2009: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2010: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2011: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2012: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2013: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2014: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2015: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2016: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2017: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2018: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2019: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2020: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2021: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2022: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2023: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2024: 2172025: 1,2112026: 125 (Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary)
1989highest: 1,2112026*

* Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary (hatched). Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).

Latest recorded fighting: September 2026

Figures by year
YearDeaths (best estimate)
Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary125
20251,211
2024217
2004207
1991160
198948

UCDP conflict page · CrisisWatch: Haiti · War WATCH (legal classification) · View on map →

Military personnel

1,000own armed forces (2020)World Bank / IISS · active + paramilitary

Foreign military personnel in Haiti

UN peacekeepers5

BINUH · 31 Jul 2026 · UN DPO

Top contributors

Niger 2Burkina Faso 1Senegal 1Togo 1
United States14

assigned · 31 Aug 2026 · DoD DMDC

Other countries may have forces here; only official, reusable figures are shown.

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