The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that Haiti’s food insecurity crisis remains severe, with more than 5.8 million people—around 52% of the population—facing crisis levels or worse of hunger, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis. Among them, over 1.8 million people are experiencing emergency-level food insecurity, struggling to meet even basic food needs as they exhaust their remaining resources. Despite challenging conditions, WFP, alongside the government and partners, assisted 2.7 million people in 2025 through food aid, school meals, social protection programmes, and agricultural support, leading to slight improvements in earlier projections. However, the agency cautions that these gains remain fragile and could be reversed due to rising fuel prices, which are increasing food and transport costs and worsening access for vulnerable households.
WFP has urged urgent funding and stronger coordinated action to sustain emergency relief efforts while investing in long-term solutions to address the root causes of hunger. It stressed that food security is central to restoring stability in Haiti, where prolonged violence, political instability, economic challenges, and extreme weather events have driven a deepening crisis for nearly a decade. With over 1.4 million people displaced and hundreds of thousands living in overcrowded shelters, the agency says continued support is essential to prevent further deterioration. WFP is seeking $332 million over the next year to maintain operations and aims to reach more than 2.7 million people with emergency assistance and resilience-building programmes if sufficient funding is secured.
