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Venezuela, RB

Latin America & Caribbean · Lower middle income · capital Caracas

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

72.7years

Ranks 129 of 217 in 2024

3% below world median · 4% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

24.2per 1,000 live births

Ranks 130 of 196 in 2024

62% above world median · 85% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

227per 100,000 live births

Ranks 160 of 194 in 2023

3.8× above world median · 3.2× above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2009 · 17 years old

13.4% of under-5s

Ranks 9 of 33 in 2009

47% below world median · 38% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 33 countries reporting in 2009 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

3.78% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

40% below world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

2.08births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

10% above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2017 · 9 years old

97.2% of adults 15+

Ranks 9 of 44 in 2017

5% above world median · 3% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 44 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

113.7% gross

Ranks 16 of 134 in 2024

14% above world median · 17% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2009 · 17 years old

6.87% of GDP

Ranks 12 of 115 in 2009

47% above world median · 37% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 115 countries reporting in 2009 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

3,495current US$

Ranks 133 of 186 in 2025

56% below world median · 68% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2011 · 15 years old

21,283international $

Ranks 65 of 201 in 2011

86% above world median · 53% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 201 countries reporting in 2011 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2006 · 20 years old

9.7% of population

Ranks 60 of 82 in 2006

7.8× above world median · 9% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 82 countries reporting in 2006 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2006 · 20 years old

44.7index, 0–100

Ranks 63 of 82 in 2006

25% above world median · 13% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 82 countries reporting in 2006 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

5.3% of labour force

Ranks 97 of 182 in 2025

4% above world median · 11% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2016 · 10 years old

254.9% per year

Not ranked — no better end

158.7× above world median

Medians computed across 189 countries reporting in 2016 — not a published figure

Military spending

2023 · 3 years old

0.50% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

67% below world median

Medians computed across 150 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

76.7% of population

Ranks 107 of 182 in 2024

7% below world median · 4% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

3.39t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

33% above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

28.5mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

3.4× above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Venezuela, RB has no figure in this dataset for Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.

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