The invention relates to a solid solution catalyst for acetic acid self-heating hydrogen production by reforming. Aiming at the problem that in an acetic acid self-heating reforming reaction of an existing catalyst, by means of oxidizing, sintering, carbon depositing and other factors of the active components of the catalyst, the catalyst is inactivated, the novel catalyst is stable in structure, resistant to sintering, resistant to carbon depositing and oxidization and stable in activity, and the composition by weight of the catalyst is (NiO)a(YO1.5)b(ZrO2)c, wherein a ranges from 0.07 to 0.20, b ranges from 0.02 to 0.35, and c ranges from 0.58 to 0.91. According to the catalyst, zirconium oxide is adopted as a carrier, an aid yttrium oxide is introduced, a polyethylene oxide-polypropylene oxide-polyethylene oxide triblock copolymer is adopted as a template, a mesoporous structure is formed through evaporation self-assembly, and the nickel-based catalyst with the stable ZrxY1-xOy solid solution as the main structure is obtained. The hydrogen productivity, stability and carbon depositing resisting capacity of the acetic acid self-heating reforming process are effectively improved.