International Rankings of Venezuela 2014, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	1,016,000	46	2012
Internet users	8,918,000	32	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	7,650,000	24	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	30,520,000	34	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$165,300,000,000	26	2012 est.
Budget revenues	$109,800,000,000	32	2012 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-14.80	213	2012 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	29.5	1	31 Dec 201
Commercial bank prime lending rate(%)	17.15	27	31 Dec 2011 est.
Current account balance	$11,020,000,000	25	2012 est.
Debt - external	$75,750,000,000	53	31 Dec 2012 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	39.0	67	2011
Exports	$97,340,000,000	39	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	25.80	147	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	12.20	141	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	58.90	124	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-22.90	16	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	19.90	118	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	6.10	7	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	3.70	141	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	35.50	52	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	60.80	110	2012 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$376,100,000,000	32	2012 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$13,500	96	2012 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$397,900,000,000	34	2012 est.
GDP - real growth rate(%)	5.60	48	2012 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	28.90	29	2012 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	32.70	58	2006
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%(%)	1.70	119	2006
Imports	$59,310,000,000	50	2012 est.
Industrial production growth rate(%)	4.70	59	2012 est.
Inflation rate (consumer prices)(%)	21.10	8	2012 est.
Labor force	13,490,000	40	2012 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture(%)	7.30	132	NA
Labor force - by occupation - industry(%)	21.80	67	NA
Labor force - by occupation - services(%)	70.90	48	NA
Market value of publicly traded shares	$ 3,991,000,000	89	31 Dec 2010
Population below poverty line(%)	31.60	60	2011 est.
Public debt(% of GPD)	26.80	121	2012 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$29,890,000,000	51	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 188,200,000,000	43	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad	$21,250,000,000	46	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	$47,400,000,000	55	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$160,100,000,000	45	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 162,700,000,000	23	31 Dec 2012 est.
Taxes and other revenues	29.2	100	2012 est.
Unemployment rate(%)	7.80	115	2012 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	182,700,000	33	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	1,645,000	8	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	0	85	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	2,489,000	13	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	297,600,000,000	1	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	85,050,000,000	35	2011 est.
Electricity - exports(kWh)	626,000,000	62	2010 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	35.7	172	2012 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	64.3	30	2012 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	37	2012 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	110	2012 est.
Electricity - imports(kWh)	0	108	2010 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	27,500,000	29	2012 est.
Electricity - production(kWh)	127,600,000,000	28	2012 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	2,988.50	84	NA
Natural gas - consumption(cu m)	27,110,000,000	30	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports(cu m)	0	56	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports(cu m)	2,110,000,000	46	2011 est.
Natural gas - production(cu m)	25,280,000,000	30	2012 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves(cu m)	5,524,000,000,000	8	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	571,000	32	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	638,000	12	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	16,660	110	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	1,110,000	20	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	2,800	48	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point(m)	5007	29	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point(m)	0	47	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	358.6	85	2008
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	9.06	52	2008
Irrigated land(sq km)	10,550	43	2008
Land Area - sq km	882,050.00	34	NA
Land boundaries - km	4,993	34	NA
Land use - arable land(%)	2.85	174	2011
Land use - other(%)	96.44	72	2011
Land use - permanent crops(%)	0.71	137	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	32.26	177	Jul 2013 est.
Total Area - sq km	912,050.00	33	NA
Total renewable water resources(cu km)	1,233.00	12	2011
Water Area - sq km	30,000	19	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	7,165,661	40	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	7,013,854	45	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	6,074,834	41	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	5,614,743	43	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	273,353	42	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	277,210	41	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	0.70	152	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	3,989,521	49	2013 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	4,144,958	48	2013 est.
Age structure 0-14 years(%)	28.60	89	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	2,664,062	42	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	2,686,366	45	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	18.80	88	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	5,727,432	42	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	5,520,689	45	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	39.50	127	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	1,094,586	41	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	993,176	43	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	7.30	118	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	916,061	52	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	722,234	50	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over(%)	5.80	127	2013 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	19.66	89	2013 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	3.70	98	2007
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	70.30	43	1998
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	5.23	182	2013 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio (number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+))	0	8	201
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	75.3	141	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - total	92.9	113	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	94.3	144	NA
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	24.7	59	2007 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	7.1	91	2007 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	5.7	62	2007 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	3.60	123	2007
Health expenditures	5.20	135	2011
Hospital bed density	0.90	156	2011
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	16.14	98	2013 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	23.18	91	2013 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	19.75	94	2013 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	77.50	106	2013 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male(years)	71.12	114	2013 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	74.23	113	2013 est.
Literacy - female(%)	95.40	87	2009 est.
Literacy - male(%)	95.70	101	2009 est.
Literacy - total(%)	95.50	95	2009 est.
Maternal mortality rate	92.00	79	2010
Median age - female (years)	27.30	130	2013 est.
Median age - male (years)	25.90	142	2013 est.
Median age - total (years)	26.60	138	2013 est.
Net migration rate(migrant(s)/1,000 population)	0.00	75	2013 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	30.30	26	2008
Physicians density	1.94	70	2001
Population	28,459,085	46	Jul 2013 est.
Population growth rate(%)	1.44	84	2013 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	56.9	125	NA
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	43.1	74	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	90.9	94	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	9.1	109	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	93.6	89	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	6.4	112	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	22.6	3	2009
School life expectancy - male (years)	14.3	48	2009
School life expectancy - total (years)	14.3	53	2009
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	116	2013 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	161	2013 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	0.96	165	2013 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.91	134	2013 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over(male(s)/female)	0.79	115	2013 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.05	80	2013 est
Sex ratio - total population(male(s)/female)	0.98	119	2013 est
Suffrage	18.00	20	NA
Total fertility rate(children born/woman)	2.37	91	2013 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	23	54	2012
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	14	76	2012
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	18	72	2011
Urbanization - rate of urbanization(%)	1.7	106	2010
Urbanization - urban population(%)	93	18	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	444	19	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	127	19	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	317	16	2013
Heliports	3.00	41	2013
Merchant marine(ships)	53	69	2010
Pipelines(km)	16,288	22	2013
Railways(km)	806	98	2008
Roadways(km)	96,155	48	2002
Waterways(km)	7,100	21	2011

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