Armed gang violence has increased in recent months, pushing many people to seek refuge in safer places, with an estimated 362,000 people now internally displaced – around 17,000 people have left Port-au-Prince for the departments, leaving behind their livelihoods and facing even more vulnerable situations.

Compared to the previous projection made during the August 2023 analysis, the situation has deteriorated, with approximately 4.97 million people (50 percent of the analysed population) facing high levels of acute food insecurity for the period March to June 2024. This includes approximately 1.64 million people (17 percent of the analysed population) classified in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency), and another 3.32 million (33 percent of the analysed population), classified in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis). The current update shows a stark deterioration of food security in Haiti, with 532,000 additional people experiencing acute food insecurity compared to previous estimates for this season.

The key drivers to this deterioration are increased gang violence, rising prices, low agricultural production due to below-normal rainfall, and the lack of previously planned humanitarian aid.

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