Latin America & Caribbean · Lower-middle income
Venezuela: key statistics
Venezuela has 28.5m people (2025) and a GDP per person of $3,495. Below: 75 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Caracas
- Income group
- Lower-middle income
- Currency
- sovereign bolivar VES
- Languages
- Spanish, Venezuelan Sign Language
- ISO codes
- VEVEN
topic profiles
Venezuela, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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Venezuela by topic
World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within Latin America & Caribbean.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 28.5m | 2025 | 53/217 | 6/42 | −6.7% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | 0.39% | 2025 | 148/217 | 26/42 | −0.7 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 89.3% | 2025 | 33/217 | 10/42 | +0.4 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 2.08 | 2024 | 100/217 | 12/42 | −9.5% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 10.0% | 2025 | 99/217 | 24/42 | +3.5 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 24.9% | 2025 | 95/217 | 11/42 | −3.3 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 32.2 | 2024 | 168/216 | 32/42 | −6.1% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 15.2 | 2024 | 103/217 | 15/42 | −20% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 912,050 km² | 2024 | 32/216 | 7/42 | ±0.0% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $99.7bn | 2025 | 79/211 | 13/41 | −20% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $3,495 | 2025 | 156/211 | 39/41 | −15% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $21,283 | 2011 | — | — | +44% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $3,860 | 2025 | 142/201 | 35/38 | −27% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 1.6% | 2025 | 159/210 | 32/41 | +7.8 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | 1.2% | 2025 | 140/210 | 31/41 | +8.3 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 0.0% | 2011 | — | — | ±0.0 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 0.0% | 2011 | — | — | ±0.0 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 0.0% | 2011 | — | — | ±0.0 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 5.9% | 2025 | 171/175 | 25/25 | −13.5 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | 12.8% | 2025 | 138/163 | 22/22 | −21.6 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | 254.9% | 2016 | — | — | — | 3.0% | |
| Real interest rate | -89.5% | 2017 | 136/136 | 31/31 | −91.0 pp | — | |
| Lending rate | 21.1% | 2017 | 12/136 | 3/31 | +4.0 pp | — | |
| Exchange rate | 9.97 | 2017 | — | — | +365% | — | |
| Military spending | 2.23% | 2017 | — | — | +0.3 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 14.9% | 2025 | 164/184 | 26/27 | −25.9 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 10.1% | 2025 | 183/184 | 27/27 | −9.5 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 25.0% | 2025 | 182/184 | 26/27 | −35.4 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | 0.6% | 2025 | 69/185 | 10/35 | +10.0 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | -0.5% | 2025 | 185/197 | 37/38 | −2.8 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 4.3% | 2025 | 59/178 | 12/35 | +4.1 pp | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 429,000 | 2017 | 132/196 | 30/41 | −52% | 2.4bn |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 5.3% | 2025 | 91/187 | 18/31 | −0.8 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 10.4% | 2025 | 112/187 | 21/31 | −2.9 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 51.9% | 2025 | 156/187 | 30/31 | −9.7 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 37.1% | 2025 | 160/187 | 30/31 | −11.2 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net ODA received | $405m | 2023 | 76/145 | 14/32 | +971% | $259bn | |
| ODA, % of GNI | 0.4% | 2023 | 113/139 | 22/30 | +0.4 pp | 0.2% | |
| ODA per person | $14.3 | 2023 | 122/145 | 26/32 | +1,032% | $32.2 | |
| Extreme poverty | 9.7% | 2006 | — | — | −5.4 pp | 10.1% | |
| Poverty, $4.20/day | 16.4% | 2006 | — | — | −8.9 pp | 18.2% | |
| National poverty rate | 33.1% | 2015 | 42/145 | 5/23 | −9.3 pp | — | |
| Gini index | 44.7 | 2006 | — | — | −5.3% | — | |
| Undernourishment | 5.3% | 2024 | 79/167 | 12/28 | +1.4 pp | 8.1% | |
| Women in parliament | 32.1% | 2025 | 63/190 | 13/32 | +15.2 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 97.2% | 2017 | 45/141 | 6/26 | +2.0 pp | 87.7% | |
| Female literacy | 97.2% | 2017 | 36/147 | 4/28 | +2.3 pp | 84.6% | |
| Primary enrolment | 113.7% | 2024 | 23/191 | 4/39 | +13.4 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 97.8% | 2024 | 69/176 | 17/37 | +7.0 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 78.3% | 2009 | — | — | — | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 103.0% | 2024 | 20/168 | 7/33 | +7.9 pp | 88.0% | |
| Education spending | 6.9% | 2009 | — | — | +1.9 pp | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 72.7 yrs | 2024 | 129/217 | 34/42 | −0.2% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 21.2 | 2024 | 66/196 | 5/35 | +34% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 24.2 | 2024 | 67/196 | 5/35 | +32% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 227 | 2023 | 35/194 | 2/34 | +85% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 3.8% | 2023 | 159/193 | 31/33 | — | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $186 | 2023 | 132/193 | 32/33 | — | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 1.66 | 2017 | — | — | −13% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 71% | 2024 | 169/193 | 32/33 | −18.0 pp | 84% | |
| HIV prevalence | 0.6% | 2024 | 60/153 | 18/29 | +0.1 pp | 0.7% | |
| Child stunting | 13.4% | 2009 | 82/154 | 9/28 | −4.9 pp | — | |
| Basic water | 93.3% | 2024 | 134/206 | 30/35 | −1.4 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 98.4% | 2024 | 67/203 | 9/34 | +4.4 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 76.7% | 2024 | 110/188 | 22/34 | +19.7 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 71.0 | 2024 | 176/210 | 37/40 | −30% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 12.9 | 2024 | 106/208 | 25/39 | +63% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 100.0% | 2024 | 120/215 | 20/42 | ±0.0 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 92.0% | 2024 | 101/192 | 24/33 | −5.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 3.39 t | 2024 | 88/203 | 13/39 | −46% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 33.7% | 2021 | 74/212 | 9/41 | +18.9 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 81.7% | 2021 | 25/206 | 5/41 | +11.0 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 53.4% | 2024 | 47/214 | 14/42 | −1.0 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 2.9% | 2024 | 157/206 | 31/39 | ±0.0 pp | 10.7% | |
| Water withdrawals | 2.8% | 2022 | 123/177 | 21/33 | ±0.0 pp | 9.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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