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Venezuela

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  • Venezuela has a population of about 28.5M; its total GDP of $99.7B ranks #77 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 912,301 km² is about 4.8× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Inflation rate stands out most against the median: 254.9% — rank #1 of 162 countries with data.

Venezuela: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 28.5M (2025) #53 / 169 median 11.5M · 2.5×
Population growth 0.4% (2025) #126 / 169 median 1.1% · 36%
Urban population share 89.3% (2025) #15 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.4×
Population aged 65+ 10.0% (2025) #67 / 169 median 7.4% · 1.4×
Fertility rate 2.1 (2024) #86 / 169 median 2.1 · 99%
Birth rate 15.2‰ (2024) #93 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 95%
Death rate 7.7‰ (2024) #74 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.1×
Net migration -100.5K (2025) #153 / 169 N/A
Surface area 912,301 km² #33 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 4.8×
Population density derived 31.3/km² (2025) #123 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 43%
Economy
GDP (total) $99.7B (2025) #77 / 168 median $80.7B · 1.2×
GDP per capita $3,495 (2025) #112 / 168 median $6,834 · 51%
GNI per capita $3,860 (2025) #108 / 168 median $6,350 · 61%
GDP growth (annual) 1.6% (2025) #123 / 168 median 3.1% · 51%
Inflation rate 254.9% (2016) #1 / 162 median 3.3% · 77×
Unemployment rate 5.3% (2025) #81 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.0×
Gini index 44.7 (2006) #21 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.3×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 9.7% (2006) #54 / 153 median 2.5% · 3.9×
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 14.9% (2025) #145 / 163 median 35.0% · 43%
Imports share of GDP 10.1% (2025) #162 / 163 median 40.2% · 25%
Agriculture share of GDP 0.0% (2011) #168 / 168 N/A
Manufacturing share of GDP 0.0% (2011) #165 / 165 N/A
International tourist arrivals 429K (2017) #120 / 162 median 1.1M · 38%
Tourism receipts $546M (2016) #91 / 165 median $705M · 77%
Health & education
Life expectancy 72.7 years (2024) #93 / 169 median 73.8 years · 99%
Infant mortality 21.2‰ (2024) #62 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 1.6×
Under-five mortality 24.2‰ (2024) #63 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 1.5×
DPT immunization 62.0% (2024) #155 / 166 median 90.5% · 69%
Hospital beds 1.0 per 1,000 (2020) #129 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 49%
Health spending share of GDP 3.8% (2023) #132 / 165 median 6.5% · 58%
Secondary school enrollment 97.8% (2024) #54 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Education spending share of GDP 6.9% (2009) #11 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.7×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.709 (2023) #101 / 165 median 0.754 · 94%
Internet users 76.7% (2024) #95 / 169 median 81.5% · 94%
Mobile subscriptions 71.0 per 100 (2024) #142 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 61%
Fixed broadband 12.9 per 100 (2024) #80 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 1.1×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #82 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 3.4 t (2024) #74 / 165 median 2.6 t · 1.3×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 96.4 Mt (2024) #41 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 4.5×
Renewable electricity share 81.7% (2021) #26 / 169 median 34.1% · 2.4×
Renewable energy consumption 33.7% (2021) #69 / 169 median 26.9% · 1.3×
Forest area 52.2% (2023) #35 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.6×
Agricultural land 24.4% (2023) #121 / 169 median 41.7% · 58%
Arable land 2.9% (2023) #134 / 168 median 11.0% · 27%
PM2.5 exposure 19.2 µg/m³ (2023) #89 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 97%
Military spending 0.5% (2023) #148 / 157 median 1.8% · 28%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Venezuela's true-shape outline

Venezuela's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 912,301 km².

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Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).