International Rankings of Venezuela 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Venezuela, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Venezuela, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	110	8.93	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	48	2.561 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	84	72 %	2018
Internet users - total	37	21.354 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	83	18.67	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	29	5.351 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	196	47.01	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	71	13.476 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	25	189.700 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	35	92.800 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	112	46.1 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	114	46.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	151	30.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	132	25	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	153	0	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	53	210.100 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	177	7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	52	19.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	71	68.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	3	10.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	120	13.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	38	1.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	108	4.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	27	40.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	118	54.9 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	42	32.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2006
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	34	1.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	93	2 %	2017
Labor force	38	14.210 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	102	7.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	56	21.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	45	70.9 %	2011
Population below poverty line	52	33.1	2015
Public debt	42	38.9 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	59	269.068 billion US Dollars	2018
Real GDP per capita	126	7704 US Dollars	2018
Taxes and other revenues	25	44.2 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	37	129.900 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	9	1.656 million	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	17	1.484 million	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	2	302.300 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	40	71.960 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	47	51	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	29	49	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	41	0	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	33	31.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	34	109.300 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	34	24.210 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	29	27.070 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	7	5.739 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	30	659000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	28	325800 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	117	20640 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	21	926300 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	31	164.18 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	21	68.66 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	123	15.82 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	127	24.5	2018
Land use - arable land	131	3.1	2018
Land use - forest	41	52.1	2018
Land use - other	103	23.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	77	0.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	73	20.6	2018
Revenue from coal	32	N/A % of GDP	2021
Revenue from forest resources	96	N/A % of GDP	2021
Total renewable water resources	10	1.325 trillion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	28	16.710 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	57	793.300 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	19	5.123 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	102	1.16	2025
Urbanization - urban population	22	88.3	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	36	882050 sq km	0
Area - total	36	912050 sq km	0
Area - water	20	3.000 million sq km	0
Coastline	43	2800 km	0
Elevation - highest point	20	4978 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	77	450 meters	0
Irrigated land	45	10550 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	33	5267 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	127	24.5	2018
Land use - arable land	131	3.1	2018
Land use - forest	41	52.1	2018
Land use - other	103	23.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	77	0.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	73	20.6	2018
Total renewable water resources	10	1.325 trillion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	92	16.14 %	5912
Age structure - 25-54 years	83	41.26 %	9082
Age structure - 55-64 years	108	8.76 %	5285
Birth rate	85	17.55 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	17	75 %	2010
Current Health Expenditure	73	3.6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	101	7.13 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	73	12.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	81	8.1 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	88	54.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	78	42.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	35	95.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - unimproved	36	4.3 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	33	0.5	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	33	100000	2020
Hospital bed density	60	0.9 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	71	19.55 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	76	24.79 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	74	22.23 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	124	75.7 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	131	68.9 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	132	72.22 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	57	125	2017
Median age - female	88	30.7 years	2020
Median age - male	85	29.4 years	0
Median age - total	84	30 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	2	14.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	42	25.6 %	2016
Physicians density	156	N/A physicians/1,000 population	2021
Population	49	29.069 million	2021
Population growth rate	21	2.46 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	40	93.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	66	6.4 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	30	0.92	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.84 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	71	2.24 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	81	14.9	2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	89	10.5	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	88	12.1	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	102	1.16	2025
Urbanization - urban population	22	88.3	2021
Transportation
Airports	17	444	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	20	33	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	30	9	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	12	62	2013
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	21	6	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	18	127	2013
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	20	17	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	6	57	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	11	127	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	14	317	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	17	130	2013
Heliports	23	3	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	116	1.550 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	80	2.138 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	54	75	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	16	12	2020
Railways - total	113	447 km	2014
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	20	7100 km	400

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Venezuela on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Venezuela 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Venezuela 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.