IPC analysis projects 6.35 million Haitians will face acute food insecurity within six months
A new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification analysis finds 53% of Haiti's population already in crisis-level hunger, with numbers set to rise amid violence, displacement and flooding.
PORT-AU-PRINCE — More than 5.94 million people, or 53% of Haiti's population, face "crisis" levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), according to a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification analysis released October 28 and reported by CARE. That figure represents an increase of nearly a quarter of a million compared with the same period a year earlier, and the IPC projects the number will rise to 6.35 million over the coming six months as extreme hunger expands to more regions.
CARE attributes the deepening crisis to years of acute armed violence, including sexual violence, which has displaced nearly 1.5 million people, many more than once. Violence once contained near Port-au-Prince has spread; on October 19 an armed attack forced thousands from Petite-Rivière de l'Artibonite, according to OCHA.
Hunger is felt nationwide. Inflation stands at 17%, poor harvests worsened by last year's Hurricane Melissa have cut supplies, and recent flooding destroyed farmland in the south and southwest. Dianna Darsney, CARE's Global Humanitarian Director, said women and girls are most affected. Nathalie Éléonor Vilgrain of MARIJÀN said displacement is straining host communities.
Less than half of the UN's $880 million humanitarian appeal for Haiti in 2026 has been funded, CARE said.