Venezuela, year by year

Every index this site holds for Venezuela, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.658 in 1990 to 0.709 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 72.7 years2024at birthDown 0.4 years from 73.1 years in 2005
Internet users: 77%2024of people onlineUp 61 points from 15% in 2006
Urban population: 89%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 1 point from 89% in 2006
Births per woman: 2.082024births per womanDown 0.55 from 2.63 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 34%2021of energy usedUp 19 points from 15% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 1 point from 99% in 2005
Infant mortality: 212024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsUp 6 from 15 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 3.4 t2024of CO2 per person a yearDown 2.4 t from 5.8 t in 2005
Forest area: 52%2023of land under forestDown 3 points from 55% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 12 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.658	71.0	—	—	3.45	12.0	—	24	5.2	59.0	—	—
1991	0.669	71.2	—	84.4	3.37	13.2	—	24	5.2	58.7	—	—
1992	0.676	71.2	0.0	84.9	3.29	14.2	98	23	5.1	58.3	—	—
1993	0.680	71.4	0.0	85.4	3.22	13.2	98	22	5.2	58.0	—	—
1994	0.681	71.3	0.1	85.9	3.15	13.8	98	22	5.6	57.7	—	—
1995	0.687	71.7	0.1	86.3	3.08	13.2	99	22	5.4	57.4	—	—
1996	0.690	71.9	0.3	86.8	3.02	12.9	98	21	5.9	57.0	—	—
1997	0.698	72.6	0.4	87.3	2.97	13.9	99	20	5.8	56.7	—	—
1998	0.700	72.5	1.4	87.7	2.91	13.7	98	19	5.7	56.4	—	—
1999	0.698	72.1	2.8	88.0	2.86	15.0	99	18	5.5	56.0	—	—
2000	0.703	72.4	3.4	88.2	2.79	15.3	99	18	5.6	55.7	—	—
2001	0.708	71.0	4.6	88.4	2.78	14.0	100	17	5.7	55.5	—	—
2002	0.716	72.8	4.9	88.5	2.74	12.8	100	17	5.8	55.4	—	—
2003	0.707	72.1	7.5	88.5	2.70	13.4	96	16	5.5	55.2	—	—
2004	0.718	72.8	8.4	88.6	2.64	14.6	99	16	5.7	55.0	—	—
2005	0.728	73.1	12.6	88.6	2.63	14.2	99	15	5.8	54.8	—	—
2006	0.736	73.0	15.2	88.7	2.60	15.6	99	15	5.8	54.6	6739	18441
2007	0.753	73.3	20.8	88.7	2.52	16.6	99	15	5.6	54.4	8332	20292
2008	0.759	72.6	25.9	88.8	2.48	16.4	99	14	5.8	54.2	11262	21448
2009	0.760	72.8	32.7	88.8	2.42	16.2	99	14	5.8	54.0	11597	20634
2010	0.764	73.1	37.4	88.8	2.40	13.8	99	15	6.1	53.9	13646	20286
2011	0.770	73.1	40.2	88.8	2.40	14.8	99	15	5.9	53.7	10844	21283
2012	0.772	73.1	49.0	88.8	2.38	13.8	99	15	6.6	53.5	12582	—
2013	0.773	73.1	54.9	88.9	2.33	15.4	99	15	6.5	53.3	8642	—
2014	0.770	72.8	57.0	88.9	2.30	12.1	100	16	6.3	53.1	7101	—
2015	0.768	73.0	58.0	89.0	2.25	15.4	100	17	5.8	52.9	4097	—
2016	0.761	72.0	60.0	89.0	2.22	14.6	99	21	5.3	52.8	3671	—
2017	0.749	71.9	—	89.0	2.18	14.3	99	21	5.0	52.6	3792	—
2018	0.741	72.6	—	89.1	2.15	14.6	100	21	4.6	52.5	3422	—
2019	0.724	72.8	49.0	89.1	2.13	15.8	100	21	4.2	52.5	2523	—
2020	0.699	72.4	72.4	89.1	2.12	31.2	100	21	2.7	52.4	1506	—
2021	0.696	71.5	74.1	89.2	2.11	33.7	100	21	2.7	52.4	2005	—
2022	0.706	72.6	75.8	89.2	2.09	—	100	21	3.3	52.3	3155	—
2023	0.709	72.5	76.3	89.3	2.08	—	100	21	3.4	52.2	3617	—
2024	—	72.7	76.7	89.3	2.08	—	100	21	3.4	—	4244	—
2025	—	—	—	89.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	3495	—
On the profile	0.709	72.7	76.7	89.3	2.08	33.7	—	—	3.4	52.2	3495	—

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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