Social Development in Venezuela

148 indicators covering social development for Venezuela.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index -3 2018 down 160.0% 132nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 1.18 million 2025 up 7,729.0% 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0414 units per person 2025 up 8,293.8% 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 9,739.1% 7th
Political Rights Score 0 2025 down 100.0% 185th
Freedom Score 13 2025 down 62.9% 171st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 1,577 2025 up 626.7% 91st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0001 units per person 2025 up 679.2% 116th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 813.3% 93rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -13.15 % change on previous year 2025 down 106.2% 64th
Full democracy 0 2025 78th
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 7 2018 down 53.3% 132nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -0.0634 % change on previous year 2025 up 99.9% 92nd
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.177 2025 down 73.0% 162nd
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.163 2025 down 65.5% 160th
Political Corruption Index 0.968 2025 up 3.0% 1st
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.968 2025 up 3.0% 1st
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.8833 2024 down 82.4% 113th
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 down 100.0% 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 1.36 units per square kilometre 2023 up 103,897.0% 10th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0018 units per square kilometre 2023 up 49.3% 131st
LGBT+ Rights Index 2.07 2019 up 93.3% 75th
Forcibly displaced people 15,910 2025 down 90.9% 117th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 0 2016 131st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 1 number 2025 down 50.0% 90th
Age of electoral democracy 50 years 2007 up 25.0% 40th
Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 1998 74th
Corruption Perceptions Index 10 2024 down 47.4% 177th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.61 2024 down 63.5% 137th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.19 2024 down 66.5% 121st
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.4145 2024 down 30.5% 124th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0.0119 2024 down 67.1% 29th
Self-reported life satisfaction 5.76 2025 down 5.4% 80th
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 5.76 2025 down 5.4% 80th
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 39.9% 2024 down 47.2% 91st
Homicide rate 12.65 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 down 76.7% 28th
Homicides 3,568 homicides 2022 down 77.8% 16th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 12.65 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 down 76.7% 28th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 12.65 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 down 76.7% 28th
Age of electoral democracy 43 years 2001 up 30.3% 32nd
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 51st
Citizen support for democracy 0.1397 2020 down 88.2% 50th
Homicides 13,846 deaths 2016 up 56.9% 5th
Child homicide rate 20.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2016 up 45.5% 1st
Citizen satisfaction with democracy -1.06 2020 down 479.3% 117th
Homicide rate 46.38 deaths per 100,000 people 2016 up 41.2% 1st
Homicide rate by age of the victim 46.38 deaths per 100,000 people 2016 up 41.2% 1st
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% 90th
Homicides 17,722 deaths 2021 up 16.1% 8th
Homicide rate 62.84 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 19.8% 3rd
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 63.15 2021 up 20.3% 3rd
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 1.83 2030 down 11.7% 140th
Age of full democracy 28 years 1997 up 55.6% 63rd