Venezuela
Country in Americas
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 28.5M (2025). World rank 53 of 216; in Americas, 8 of 46. Area: 916,445 km². World rank 34 of 249; in Americas, 10 of 56. GDP per person: $3,495 (2025). World rank 155 of 210 (1 = best); in Americas, 43 of 45. From 2015 to 2025: population 30.6M → 28.5M, GDP $125.2B → $99.7B, and GDP per person $4,097 → $3,495. Worse than all its neighbours (Brazil, Colombia, and Guyana): GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
- Local name
- Venezuela
- Capital
- Caracas
- Region
- Americas
- Form of government
- Federal presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Delcy Rodriguez
- Independence
- July 5, 1811
- Women in parliament
- 32.1% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 28,516,896 2025
- Area
- 916,445 km²
- GDP
- $99.7B 2025
- GDP per person
- $3,495 2025
- Life expectancy
- 72.7 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- Venezuelan Bolívar (VES)
- Time zones
- UTC−4
- Calling code
- +58
- Emergency numbers
- 171, 911
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- A, B
- Mains voltage
- 120 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 2,800
- Neighbours
- Brazil, Colombia, Guyana
- Agricultural land
- 24.4% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Pico Bolívar, 4,978 m
- Lowest point
- Caribbean Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 450
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 24
- Warmest month in the capital
- May, 25°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 23°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 2,044 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 31.1 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.4% 2025
- Living in cities
- 89.3% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -100.5K 2025
- Born in another country
- 4.4% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 24.9% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 65.1% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 10% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 76.7 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 68.9 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 2.1 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 15.2 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 7.7 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 48.1%, Protestant 31.6%, no religion 13.7%, other 4.3%, and other Christian 1.4% (2023)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 22.4 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 16.9 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 23.8 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 21.3 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 25.7 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $21,283 2011
- GDP growth per year
- +1.6% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $3,860 2025
- Inflation
- +255% 2016
- Price level, USA = 100
- 0 2011
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 0% 2011
- Industry, share of GDP
- 0% 2011
- Services, share of GDP
- 0% 2011
- Unemployment
- 5.3% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 10.4% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 37.1% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 14.9% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 10.1% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +0.6% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- -0.5% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 4.3% 2025
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 44.7 2006
- Living on under $3 a day
- 9.7% 2006
Education
- Adult literacy
- 97.2% 2017
- Primary school enrolment
- 114% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 97.8% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 78.3% 2009
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 6.9% 2009
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 3.8% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $186 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 29.7% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 1.7 2017
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 2 2018
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1 2020
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 71% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 21.2 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 24.2 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 227 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.6% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 8.6% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 53.5% 2022
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 93.3% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 98.4% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 92% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 12.7 2022
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 39 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 8.6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 39.2 2025
- Natural hazards
- floods, droughts, and landslides
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 19.2 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 3.4 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 5.9 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 53.4% 2024
- Protected areas
- 39% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 28,533 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 7.5% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 76.7% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 71 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 12.9 2024
- Internet domain
- .ve
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 2,362 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 33.7% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 81.7% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 9.6% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 1,783,667 2023
- Airports
- 509 2025
- Railways, km
- 447 2014
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.3% 2014
- Researchers per million people
- 180 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 475 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 63 2024