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Venezuela
Basic data — Venezuela, Americas.
Data refreshed on 2026.05.10 · source: Wikidata
Composite reading — institute
Crise
6.6 /10 risk
- Security 4.5
- Legitimacy 1.7
- Economy 6.8
- Diplomacy 2.4
- Influence 0.7
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
- Capital
- Caracas
- Population
- 28,517,000 inh.
- Area
- 916,445 km²
- Currency
- VES
- Regime
- presidential system
Executive in office
Head of State
Delcy Rodríguez
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
120 G$
GDP / capita
4,218 $
Growth
5.3 %
Unemployment
5.3 %
Defense / GDP
0.5 %
Life expectancy
72.7 yrs
Governance indices V-Dem · Freedom House · CPI · RSF · 2024
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.10/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
15/100
Corruption (CPI)
10/100
Press freedom (RSF)
32/100
Strategic minerals USGS · production / réserves mondiales
- #1 Pétrole (réserves) — 2024
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
32 Md$
Imports
18 Md$
Balance
14 Md$
Top exports
- 90.0% Pétrole brut + raffiné 29 Md$
- 4.0% Or 1 Md$
Top imports
- 14.0% Pétrole raffiné (paradoxe) 3 Md$
- 10.0% Riz + maïs 2 Md$
Export partners
-
Chine
53.0%
-
États-Unis
18.0%
-
Inde
7.0%
Import partners
-
Chine
28.0%
-
États-Unis
25.0%
-
Brésil
9.0%
Sanctions US partielles ; transactions via réseaux iraniens, russes, intermédiaires.
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
-
USA
18%
-
GBR
18%
-
FRA
22%
-
DEU
22%
-
RUS
76%
-
CHN
80%
-
IRN
75%
Abstention: 8%
Key treaties UN Treaty Collection · IAEA · ICRC · OPCW
-
✓
NPT
-
✓
CTBT
-
◐
TPNW
-
↩
Rome Statute
-
✓
Genocide
-
✓
Geneva
-
✓
Ottawa Mine Ban
-
◐
Oslo Cluster Munitions
-
✗
Arms Trade Treaty
-
✓
Paris Agreement
Political calendar Wikipedia · IFES · NDI
Upcoming
-
2030
Présidentielle
Maduro reconduit malgré contestation 2024
Last election
-
2024-07-28
Présidentielle
Maduro proclamé 51% — résultats contestés (opposition revendique 67%)
Reconnaissance internationale partielle
Last institutional rupture Tentative coup raté 2002 ; insurrection Carmona
Society · human UNDP HDI · WID · UNHCR
HDI
0.699/1
Top 10% (wealth)
57.0 %
Gini
49.0
Refugees originating
6,900,000
Plus grande crise réfugiée Amériques
Disputed recognitions curé éditorial · UN Member States
Recognizes
- Palestine
- Crimée russe
- Donetsk Lougansk
Does not recognize
- Kosovo
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