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Venezuela

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Key facts

  • currency: Venezuelan bolivar fuerte
  • capital city: Caracas
  • region: South America
  • continent: Americas
  • land area: 882,050 km²
  • population: 28,838,499 people
  • political leader: Nicolás Maduro (President)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [8°0′N, -66°0′W]

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Summary

Venezuela is a country. The capital city is Caracas, located in the South America region of Americas. It has a land area of 882,050 km², a population of 28,838,499 people and uses the currency Venezuelan bolivar fuerte. The President is Nicolás Maduro.

Environment

Venezuela is one of the countries in Americas, countries in South America and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 215,000.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 8.25 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 96.92 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 19.42 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 63.70 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 16.89 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
  • Net energy imports: -178.77 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 2.19 births per woman
  • Forest area: 461,733 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 88.38 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 169.52 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 24.30
  • Methane emissions: 55.72 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 8.84 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 14,583,567 people
  • Male population: 14,254,932 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 33.70 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 899,029.26 km²
  • Rural population: 3,334,307 people
  • Urban land area: 6,248.97 km²
  • Urban population: 25,504,192 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 3.25 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Venezuela by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Venezuela

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Venezuela

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Venezuela

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Venezuela relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Venezuela relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Venezuela relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Venezuela

Evolution of historical internet access in Venezuela

Evolution of historical land area in Venezuela

Evolution of historical median age in Venezuela

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Venezuela relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Venezuela relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Venezuela relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Venezuela relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Venezuela relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Venezuela

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Venezuela relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Venezuela relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Venezuela

Evolution of historical male population in Venezuela

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Venezuela

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Venezuela

Evolution of historical rural population in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical total urban land in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Venezuela

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between date and population over time

Venezuela relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Venezuela relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Venezuela

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Venezuela relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Venezuela relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Venezuela relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Venezuela relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Venezuela relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Venezuela relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Venezuela relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Venezuela relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Venezuela relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Venezuela

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Venezuela

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Venezuela

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Venezuela

Distribution of sites in Venezuela by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Venezuela by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Venezuela

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Venezuela by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Venezuela

Cities in Venezuela

Sites in Venezuela

Wildfires in Venezuela

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Health

  • Birth rate: 15.57 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 8.10 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 160.10 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 4.04 % of GDP
  • Hospital beds: 0.99 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 71
  • Suicide mortality rate: 2.10 per 100,000 population

Distribution of diseases in Venezuela by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Venezuela by start date

Evolution of historical birth rate in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Venezuela relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Venezuela relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Venezuela relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Venezuela relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Venezuela

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Venezuela

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Venezuela

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Venezuela

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Venezuela relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Venezuela

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Venezuela

Evolution of historical covid cases in Venezuela

Evolution of historical covid deaths in Venezuela

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Venezuela

Diseases in Venezuela

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 343,000 people
  • Democracy score: 3.16
  • Democracy type: Authoritarian
  • Military expenditure: 0.65 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 22.16 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Venezuela relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Venezuela relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Venezuela relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Venezuela relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Venezuela relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Venezuela relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Venezuela

Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Venezuela

Distribution of politicians from Venezuela by birth date

Distribution of politicians from Venezuela by gender

Political parties in Venezuela

Politicians from Venezuela

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Business

  • Gdp: 482,359,318,767.70 current US$
  • Inflation: 254.95 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 40.15 % of total employment
  • Unemployment: 5.53 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 38.60 % of total employment

Distribution of companies from Venezuela by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Venezuela

Evolution of historical expense in Venezuela

Evolution of historical GDP in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Venezuela

Evolution of historical self employed in Venezuela

Venezuela relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Venezuela

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Venezuela

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Venezuela

Distribution of shops in Venezuela by country

Companies in Venezuela

Exchanges in Venezuela

Shops from Venezuela

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Venezuela by birth year

Distribution of athletes by gender in Venezuela

Distribution of competitions by city in Venezuela

Distribution of competitions by country in Venezuela

Distribution of competitions in Venezuela by start date

Distribution of medals won by Venezuela at the Olympics

Athletes from Venezuela

Competitions in Venezuela

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Culture

Distribution of artists from Venezuela by birth date

Distribution of artists from Venezuela by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in Venezuela by visitors

Artists from Venezuela

Museums in Venezuela

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Venezuela by total students

Distribution of universities in Venezuela by foundation year

Universities in Venezuela

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In literature

There are 196 books written about Venezuela in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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