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Venezuela

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Capital
Caracas
Languages
Spanish
Currency
Venezuelan bolívar soberano
People
28.5 million (2025)
Neighbours
3
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Venezuela

  • 11th lowest military spending 0.5% · #11 of 158 · 2023
  • 17th lowest tourists per resident 0.01 · #17 of 179 · 2017
  • 21st highest renewable electricity 91.1% · #21 of 201 · 2024

Surprising facts about Venezuela

The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.

Picked for surprise among Venezuela’s neighbours, its region and the world median.

Venezuela among 213 countries & territories

Each dot shows where Venezuela sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.

World twins

The countries most like Venezuela across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.

Next door

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Countries sharing a land border. Tap one to compare. Equal-area map centred on Venezuela.

Natural rivals

About the same size

About as many people