Life expectancy in Venezuela
Venezuela: Life expectancy was 72.51 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Venezuela, 1900–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Venezuela recorded 72.51 years for life expectancy in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Venezuela peaked at 73.35 years in 2007 and was at its lowest, 28 years, in 1900.
Venezuela ranks 146th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 79 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 28 years | 28 years | 28 years | 1 |
| 1910s | 29 years | 29 years | 29 years | 1 |
| 1920s | 31 years | 31 years | 31 years | 1 |
| 1930s | 32 years | 32 years | 32 years | 1 |
| 1940s | 38 years | 38 years | 38 years | 1 |
| 1950s | 54.45 years | 51.14 years | 57.68 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 61.49 years | 58.38 years | 63.91 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 66.55 years | 64.82 years | 68.23 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 69.78 years | 68.18 years | 70.81 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 71.67 years | 70.96 years | 72.56 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 72.58 years | 71.02 years | 73.35 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.75 years | 71.9 years | 73.09 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.25 years | 71.54 years | 72.57 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Venezuela
- 143 American Samoa 72.85 years compare
- 144 Saint Lucia 72.7 years compare
- 145 Guatemala 72.6 years compare
- 147 Uzbekistan 72.39 years compare
- 148 Iraq 72.32 years compare
- 149 Saint Kitts and Nevis 72.14 years compare
More health data for Venezuela
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 278,072 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 2.86 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 10.0% (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 281,359 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 267,112 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 281,506 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 266,941 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 258,261 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 252,373 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 266,884 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Venezuela?
- Life expectancy in Venezuela was 72.51 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 73.35 years in 2007.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 28 years in 1900.
- How does Venezuela rank for life expectancy?
- Venezuela ranks 146th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Venezuela data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.