Is Haiti in Central America? No—It's in the Caribbean.

No. Haiti is not in Central America. It occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea.

Location

• Coordinates: 19°0′N, 72°25′W
• Borders: Dominican Republic (east, 376 km land border).
• Maritime neighbors: Cuba (west, 80 km), Jamaica (southwest, 190 km), Bahamas (north).

Regional Classification

• Caribbean / West Indies (Greater Antilles).
• Latin America (cultural/linguistic).
• Not Central America — that isthmus connects North & South America (Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama).

Why Confusion Exists

Haiti is sometimes grouped with Central America in broad "Latin America & Caribbean" (LAC) development contexts, but geographically and politically it is Caribbean.