Venezuela, RB — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Venezuela, RB, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Venezuela, RB was 3,495 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 13,646 in 2010. The lowest was 869 in 1965 (about 4.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.04% per year.
Venezuela, RB ranks 155 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 73%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 13,889, so Venezuela, RB sits below it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 74% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 15%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 38 of 40 economies; Nicaragua (3,173) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 57% in 2022. That is 8% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1974; grown tenfold by 2008. Doubling roughly every 34 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 21st of 111 in 1960 → 44th of 146 in 1970 → 50th of 163 in 1980 → 82nd of 192 in 1990 → 70th of 204 in 2000 → 69th of 212 in 2010 → 176th of 210 in 2020 → 133rd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,494.81 | -17.7% |
| 2024 | 4,244.46 | +17.3% |
| 2023 | 3,617.47 | +14.7% |
| 2022 | 3,155.04 | +57.4% |
| 2021 | 2,004.94 | +33.1% |
| 2020 | 1,506.04 | -40.3% |
| 2019 | 2,523.12 | -26.3% |
| 2018 | 3,421.51 | -9.8% |
| 2017 | 3,791.63 | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 3,671.23 | -10.4% |
| 2015 | 4,096.62 | -42.3% |
| 2014 | 7,101.15 | -17.8% |
| 2013 | 8,642.37 | -31.3% |
| 2012 | 12,582.01 | +16.0% |
| 2011 | 10,843.92 | -20.5% |
| 2010 | 13,646.3 | +17.7% |
| 2009 | 11,596.6 | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 11,262.45 | +35.2% |
| 2007 | 8,331.62 | +23.6% |
| 2006 | 6,739.38 | +24.1% |
| 2005 | 5,432.49 | +27.3% |
| 2004 | 4,269.09 | +32.2% |
| 2003 | 3,229.51 | -11.6% |
| 2002 | 3,652.1 | -25.8% |
| 2001 | 4,920.39 | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 4,776.28 | +17.3% |
| 1999 | 4,070.91 | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 3,869.98 | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 3,710.83 | +19.2% |
| 1996 | 3,112.83 | -10.7% |
| 1995 | 3,486.98 | +29.7% |
| 1994 | 2,688.98 | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 2,824.69 | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 2,907.3 | +10.4% |
| 1991 | 2,632.54 | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 2,451.55 | +9.0% |
| 1989 | 2,250.08 | -29.5% |
| 1988 | 3,191.48 | +22.2% |
| 1987 | 2,610.99 | -22.7% |
| 1986 | 3,376.35 | -4.9% |
| 1985 | 3,548.7 | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 3,519.8 | -13.7% |
| 1983 | 4,078.94 | -2.9% |
| 1982 | 4,201.54 | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 4,228.1 | +9.1% |
| 1980 | 3,874.4 | +19.0% |
| 1979 | 3,256.65 | +19.4% |
| 1978 | 2,727.14 | +5.5% |
| 1977 | 2,585.22 | +12.0% |
| 1976 | 2,309.19 | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 2,078.15 | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 2,033.52 | +48.8% |
| 1973 | 1,366.83 | +18.3% |
| 1972 | 1,155.26 | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 1,106.09 | +9.0% |
| 1970 | 1,015.22 | +9.0% |
| 1969 | 931.6 | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 938.02 | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 892.99 | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 875.96 | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 869.04 | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 873.6 | -17.6% |
| 1963 | 1,060.09 | +5.3% |
| 1962 | 1,006.56 | +5.5% |
| 1961 | 954.04 | +1.6% |
| 1960 | 939.2 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Venezuela, RB’s GDP per capita in 1961?
954.04 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Venezuela, RB’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Venezuela, RB’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +272.1% in total — about 2.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3,494.81; 2024: 4,244.46; 2023: 3,617.47; 2022: 3,155.04; 2021: 2,004.94. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.