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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

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.

Location on a map: [8°0′N, -66°0′W]

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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
  • Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
  • 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

Cities in Venezuela

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Venezuela

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Venezuela

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Venezuela

Evolution of historical forest area in Venezuela

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Venezuela

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Venezuela

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Venezuela

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

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Venezuela

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Venezuela

Evolution of historical land area in Venezuela

Evolution of historical median age in Venezuela

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Venezuela

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Venezuela

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Venezuela

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Venezuela

Relationship between methane emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Venezuela

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Venezuela

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Venezuela

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Venezuela

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Venezuela

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions in Venezuela

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Venezuela

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Venezuela

Evolution of historical population in Venezuela

Relationship between urban land area and population in Venezuela

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 rural land area in Venezuela

Evolution of historical rural population in Venezuela

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Venezuela

Evolution of historical urban land area in Venezuela

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Venezuela

Evolution of historical urban population in Venezuela

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

Relationship between population and date in Venezuela

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Venezuela

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Venezuela

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Venezuela

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Venezuela

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Venezuela

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Venezuela

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Venezuela

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Venezuela

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Venezuela

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Venezuela

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Venezuela

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Venezuela

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate in Venezuela

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Venezuela

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Venezuela

Distribution of sites in Venezuela by inscription year

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Venezuela

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Venezuela

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Venezuela

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

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

Geographical distribution of sites in Venezuela by area

Sites in Venezuela

Proportion of transboundary sites in Venezuela

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Venezuela by mean width

Wildfires in Venezuela

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Venezuela

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 343,000 people
  • Democracy score: 3.16
  • Democracy type: Authoritarian
  • Individuals using the internet: 61.60 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 0.65 % of GDP
  • Net migration: 321,106 people
  • Press freedom: 1.59
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 22.16 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Venezuela

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Venezuela

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Venezuela

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Venezuela

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Venezuela

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Venezuela

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Venezuela

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Venezuela

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

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Venezuela

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Venezuela

Evolution of historical net migration in Venezuela

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

Political parties in Venezuela

Distribution of politicians from Venezuela by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Venezuela

Politicians from 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

Evolution of historical death rate in Venezuela

Evolution of historical birth rate in Venezuela

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Venezuela

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Venezuela

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Venezuela

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Venezuela

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Venezuela

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Venezuela

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 at birth in Venezuela

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Venezuela

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Venezuela

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Venezuela

Diseases in Venezuela

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Venezuela

Proportion of diseases in Venezuela by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Venezuela by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Venezuela

Evolution of historical deaths in Venezuela

Relationship between cases and deaths in 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

Proportion of revenue types by company in Venezuela

Distribution of companies founded in Venezuela by year

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Venezuela

Companies from Venezuela

Proportion of employee types in companies from Venezuela

Evolution of historical central government debt in Venezuela

Evolution of historical expense in Venezuela

Evolution of historical GDP in Venezuela

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Venezuela

Evolution of historical inflation in Venezuela

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Venezuela

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Venezuela

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Venezuela

Evolution of historical unemployment in Venezuela

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Venezuela

Exchanges in Venezuela

Proportion of shops per country in Venezuela

Shops in Venezuela

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Venezuela by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Venezuela

Athletes from Venezuela

Proportion of competitions per city in Venezuela

Competitions in Venezuela

Proportion of competitions per country in Venezuela

Distribution of competitions in Venezuela by start date

Proportion of medals won by Venezuela in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Venezuela

Distribution of artists from Venezuela by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Venezuela

Geographical distribution of museums in Venezuela by visitors

Museums in Venezuela

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Venezuela by total students

Distribution of universities in Venezuela per 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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Details

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

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