Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Venezuela

33.1% of people in Venezuela lived below the national poverty line in 2015. The value for 2015 is the highest since 2006.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 1997 to 2015 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Venezuela is for 2015. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Venezuela, 2015 33.1% % of population
Change from 2014 +3.6percentage points 2014: 29.5%

Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Venezuela over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at national poverty lines (% of population), 2001 to 2015
Period Venezuela
2015 33.1%
2014 29.5%
2013 29.4%
2012 27.2%
2011 27.4%
2010 26.8%
2009 26.4%
2008 27.7%
2007 27.5%
2006 33.1%
2005 42.4%
2004 53.1%
2003 54.0%
2002 41.1%
2001 31.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.6 percentage points from 29.5% in 2014.
  • Since 2005, when it was 42.4%, the figure has changed by −9.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1997 to 2015 for Venezuela
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources