Type 1 diabetes in Haiti
T1D Index estimates for 2025 · IDF North America and Caribbean region · Lower-Middle-Income country
An estimated 4,699 people are living with type 1 diabetes in Haiti in 2025. Each year about 389 people are newly diagnosed and 212 people with T1D die. A further 5,213 people would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes.
People living with T1D
4,699
New diagnoses this year
389
Deaths this year
212
Missing people
5,213
Expected age at death, diagnosed at 10
32.2years
How many people have type 1 diabetes in Haiti?
4,699 people in Haiti are living with type 1 diabetes in 2025, or 39.5 per 100,000 people. That is lower than the North America and Caribbean average of 352.1 per 100,000 and lower than the global average of 115.5. Haiti has the 115th-largest number of people living with T1D of the 202 countries in the T1D Index, and the 4th-largest of the 19 countries in the IDF North America and Caribbean region.
For every 100 people living with T1D in Haiti, another 111 are missing: people who would be alive today had they not died early from T1D.
Is type 1 diabetes increasing in Haiti?
The number of people living with T1D in Haiti went from 1,243 in 2000 to 4,699 in 2025, and is projected to rise to 7,005 by 2040 (+49%).
| Year | Living with T1D | New diagnoses | Deaths | Missing people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,243 | 189 | 110 | 1,875 |
| 2010 | 2,589 | 315 | 350 | 3,010 |
| 2020 | 3,968 | 344 | 201 | 4,448 |
| 2025 | 4,699 | 389 | 212 | 5,213 |
| 2030 (projected) | 5,526 | 466 | 279 | 6,114 |
| 2040 (projected) | 7,005 | 491 | 341 | 8,356 |
What is the life expectancy with type 1 diabetes in Haiti?
A 10-year-old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Haiti today is expected to live to 32.2, compared with 69.5 for a 10-year-old without T1D: 37.3 years of life lost. Counting years lived with complications as well, T1D costs 41.3 years of healthy life at today's level of care. If everyone received timely diagnosis, insulin and test strips, and insulin pumps and CGMs, that loss would fall to 15.1 years.
| Level of care | Healthy years restored | Healthy years of life | Healthy years still lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current level of care | – | 28.2 | 41.3 |
| + Timely diagnosis for everyone | +2.1 | 30.3 | 39.2 |
| + Insulin and test strips for everyone | +17.0 | 47.3 | 22.2 |
| + Insulin pumps and CGMs for everyone | +7.1 | 54.4 | 15.1 |
How does Haiti compare?
| 2025 | Haiti | North America and Caribbean | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| People living with T1D per 100,000 | 39.5 | 352.1 | 115.5 |
| New diagnoses per 100,000 | 3.3 | 12.4 | 6.2 |
| Missing people per 100 living with T1D | 110.9 | 26.5 | 43.0 |
| Expected age at death, 10-year-old with T1D | 32.2 | 66.1 | 51.3 |
| Expected age at death, 10-year-old in general population | 69.5 | 80.2 | 77.0 |
Type 1 diabetes in other North America and Caribbean countries
- United States1,512,851 living with T1D
- Canada250,506 living with T1D
- Mexico124,895 living with T1D
- Jamaica1,694 living with T1D
- Trinidad and Tobago1,254 living with T1D
- Suriname537 living with T1D
- Guyana416 living with T1D
- Belize400 living with T1D
More data
All figures are T1D Index version 3.0 estimates for all ages. Missing people are those who would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes. Expected age at death is for a 10-year-old. See Data & Methods for how the estimates are made and the peer-reviewed publications behind them.