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Topic 05 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Venezuela: Health & Wellbeing
How long, and how well fed, do people live?
Venezuela is placed 135th of 200 countries on health & wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Life Expectancy at Birth 72.51 (2023); Under-Five Mortality Rate 24.2 (2024).
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Health & Wellbeing
135th
of 200 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 4 key statistics
- 72.51Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023Years a newborn would live at current death rates
- 24.2Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
- —Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024No reading for this country
- —Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2024No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Venezuela on health & wellbeing — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Life Expectancy at Birth
UN DESA Population Division
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
72.51
Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Higher is better
Venezuela: 72.51. Across the 222 countries in this edition, values run from 54.46 (Nigeria) to 86.37 (Monaco); the world median is 74.63.
- World median
- 74.63
- Best in South America
- 81.17 Chile
- Land neighbours
- Brazil 75.85 · Colombia 77.72 · Guyana 70.18
Key 2 of 4
Under-Five Mortality Rate
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
24.2
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Lower is better
Venezuela: 24.2. Across the 200 countries in this edition, values run from 1.26 (San Marino) to 115.65 (Nigeria); the world median is 14.54.
- World median
- 14.54
- Best in South America
- 6.753 Chile
- Land neighbours
- Brazil 14.22 · Colombia 11.54 · Guyana 25.21
Key 3 of 4
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Lower is better
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) publishes no reading from 2014–2024 for Venezuela, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 162 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.518 (Latvia) to 52.8 (Burundi); the world median is 13.8.
- World median
- 13.8
- Best in South America
- 1.8 Chile
- Land neighbours
- Brazil 7.989 · Colombia 12.74 · Guyana 9.527
Key 4 of 4
Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Population in severe food insecurity (%)
Lower is better
FAO publishes no 2024 figure for Venezuela, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 125 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Brazil) to 62.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 4.9.
- World median
- 4.9
- Best in South America
- 0.6 Brazil
- Land neighbours
- Brazil 0.6 · Colombia 5.2 · Guyana 4.7
02Over time
Which way Venezuela is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Life Expectancy at Birth
Years a newborn would live at current death rates · higher is better
VenezuelaWorld median
Venezuela rose from 72.39 in 2000 to 72.51 in 2023; the world median went from 70.68 to 74.63.
Every year’s figures
Year Venezuela World median 2023 72.514 74.630 2022 72.566 74.313 2021 71.536 72.433 2020 72.369 73.063 2019 72.766 74.196 2018 72.642 74.081 2017 71.903 74.029 2016 72.002 74.013 2015 73.004 73.783 2014 72.837 73.330 2013 73.077 73.386 2012 73.086 73.210 2011 73.090 73.003 2010 73.092 72.827 2009 72.785 72.426 2008 72.578 72.264 2007 73.348 72.113 2006 72.972 72.027 2005 73.075 71.876 2004 72.752 71.477 2003 72.056 71.409 2002 72.823 71.173 2001 71.019 70.926 2000 72.388 70.678 Under-Five Mortality Rate
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) · lower is better
VenezuelaWorld median
Venezuela rose from 21.52 in 2000 to 24.2 in 2024; the world median went from 30.43 to 14.54.
Every year’s figures
Year Venezuela World median 2024 24.200000 14.5 2023 24.200000 15.2 2022 24.200000 14.7 2021 24.200000 15.1 2020 24.200000 15.3 2019 24.200000 15.7 2018 24.200000 16.3 2017 24.200000 16.8 2016 24.200000 17.5 2015 19.120000 17.9 2014 18.285472 18.3 2013 17.911803 18.7 2012 17.597050 18.8 2011 17.354228 19.0 2010 17.184684 19.2 2009 17.103938 20.8 2008 17.170498 20.7 2007 17.445743 21.8 2006 17.906540 22.8 2005 18.497980 24.0 2004 19.154615 25.9 2003 19.791642 26.9 2002 20.341690 28.0 2001 20.871391 29.1 2000 21.520348 30.4
03In context
Venezuela beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 200 countries on health & wellbeing, never a place within the region.
Venezuela and the countries it borders
Standing among all 200; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Life Expectancy at BirthYears a newborn would live at current death rates | Under-Five Mortality RateDeaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) | Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveChildren under 5 who are stunted (%) | Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityPopulation in severe food insecurity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil | 63rd | 75.85 | 14.22 | 7.989 | 0.6 |
 Colombiacompare | 89th | 77.72 | 11.54 | 12.74 | 5.2 |
 Guyana | 112th | 70.18 | 25.21 | 9.527 | 4.7 |
| Venezuela | 135th | 72.51 | 24.2 | 13.4 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across South America
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 200.
Placed either side on health & wellbeing
The countries immediately above and below Venezuela in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Venezuela is ahead of the world, and behind
42 more statistics filed under health & wellbeing, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median11
Statistics on which Venezuela does better than the middle country measured.
Agreement That Vaccines Are SafeWellcome Trust · 2018 · world median 77.6592.2277.65No earlier reading
Venezuela: 92.22 · world median 77.65 · People aged 15+ who agree that vaccines are safe (% of those who had heard of vaccines). Wellcome Trust, 2018 edition, data for 2018.
Published values in that edition run from 29.29 to 97.91; higher is better.
Position 14th of 144 · derived.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.2582.171.25No real change since 2013
Venezuela: 82.1 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 37th of 196 · derived.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.998.996.9No earlier reading
Venezuela: 98.9 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum)MAP · 2025 · world median 52.472.20252.47▲ Improved since 2015
Venezuela: 2.202 · world median 52.47 · New P. falciparum malaria cases per 1,000 people per year. Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 334.75; lower is better.
Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum)MAP · 2024 · world median 8.1060.7358.106▼ Worsened since 2014
Venezuela: 0.735 · world median 8.106 · Deaths from P. falciparum malaria per 100,000 people per year. Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 133.27; lower is better.
Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric ConsumptionFAO · 2024 · world median 0.250.230.25▼ Worsened since 2014
Venezuela: 0.23 · world median 0.25 · Coefficient of variation of habitual calorie consumption across the population (standard deviation ÷ mean). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.17 to 0.4; lower is better.
Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of PneumoniaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 67.77267.7No earlier reading
Venezuela: 72 · world median 67.7 · Children under 5 with pneumonia symptoms taken to a health provider (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 14 to 99.1; higher is better.
Position 52nd of 127 · derived.
Low Birthweight PrevalenceUNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) · 2020 · world median 10.219.30310.21▼ Worsened since 2010
Venezuela: 9.303 · world median 10.21 · Live births weighing under 2,500 g (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates), 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 3.993 to 27.44; lower is better.
Position 92nd of 158 · derived, 1st = worst.
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 8183.881No earlier reading
Venezuela: 83.8 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 67th of 153 · derived.
Fruit Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 84.8391.8284.83▲ Improved since 2013
Venezuela: 91.82 · world median 84.83 · Fruit available as food, excluding wine (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.27 to 379.63; higher is better.
Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 16.3916.5316.39▼ Worsened since 2013
Venezuela: 16.53 · world median 16.39 · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 12.13 to 23.21; higher is better.
Position 108th of 222 · derived.
Behind the world median23
Statistics on which Venezuela does worse than the middle country measured.
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and TubersFAO · 2022 · world median 414241▼ Worsened since 2012
Venezuela: 42 · world median 41 · Share of dietary energy supply from cereals, roots and tubers (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 21 to 82; lower is better.
Prevalence of UndernourishmentFAO · 2023 · world median 5.25.95.2▼ Worsened since 2013
Venezuela: 5.9 · world median 5.2 · Population undernourished (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 54.2; lower is better.
Position 76th of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Wasting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 3.5464.13.546No earlier reading
Venezuela: 4.1 · world median 3.546 · Children under 5 who are wasted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.1 to 22.74; lower is better.
Position 74th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8583.2592.858▼ Worsened since 2014
Venezuela: 3.259 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 88th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Overweight Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 5.57.3195.5No real change since 2014
Venezuela: 7.319 · world median 5.5 · Children under 5 who are overweight (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.623 to 26.43; lower is better.
Position 67th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with DiarrhoeaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 41.537.741.5No earlier reading
Venezuela: 37.7 · world median 41.5 · Children under 5 with diarrhoea given oral rehydration salts (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 9.9 to 95.4; higher is better.
Position 78th of 127 · derived.
PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 2023 · world median 14.4517.314.45▼ Worsened since 2013
Venezuela: 17.3 · world median 14.45 · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³). Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 68.2; lower is better.
Position 85th of 220 · derived, 1st = worst.
Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.7620.7090.762▼ Worsened since 2013
Venezuela: 0.709 · world median 0.762 · HDI score (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.388 to 0.972; higher is better.
Ranked 121st of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 133.7163.29133.7▼ Worsened since 2013
Venezuela: 163.29 · world median 133.7 · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 25.15 to 415.44; lower is better.
Position 81st of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.16310.348.163▼ Worsened since 2013
Venezuela: 10.34 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 70th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Dietary Energy SupplyFAO · 2024 · world median 2,9822,8082,982▼ Worsened since 2014
Venezuela: 2,808 · world median 2,982 · Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1,757 to 3,962; higher is better.
Position 102nd of 155 · derived.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.2621.1712.26▼ Worsened since 2014
Venezuela: 21.17 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 67th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Malaria Incidence (P. vivax)MAP · 2025 · world median 1.3823.8431.382▲ Improved since 2015
Venezuela: 3.843 · world median 1.382 · New P. vivax malaria cases per 1,000 people per year. Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.001 to 184.62; lower is better.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.13415.028.134▼ Worsened since 2014
Venezuela: 15.02 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 60th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
INFORM Severity IndexACAPS · 2025 · world median 3.13.83.1▲ Improved since 2020
Venezuela: 3.8 · world median 3.1 · INFORM Severity (1–5, most severe crisis). ACAPS, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.3 to 4.7; lower is better.
Position 22nd of 81 · derived, 1st = worst.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.4832.913.48▲ Improved since 2015
Venezuela: 32.91 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
Vegetable Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 102.6947.94102.69No real change since 2013
Venezuela: 47.94 · world median 102.69 · Vegetables available as food (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.89 to 412.72; higher is better.
Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.5120.351▼ Worsened since 2013
Venezuela: 0.512 · world median 0.351 · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 0.838; lower is better.
Ranked 137th of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.65226.6946.65▼ Worsened since 2013
Venezuela: 226.69 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 36th of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.4673.327.46No real change since 2013
Venezuela: 73.3 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 36th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 905390▼ Worsened since 2015
Venezuela: 53 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 915091▼ Worsened since 2015
Venezuela: 50 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 40.747.140.74No earlier reading
Venezuela: 7.1 · world median 40.74 · Infants under 6 months exclusively breastfed (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.497 to 83.3; higher is better.
Position 135th of 136 · derived.
No better end8
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Caesarean Section RateUNICEF · 2025 · world median 20.6552.420.65No earlier reading
Venezuela: 52.4 · world median 20.65 · Live births delivered by caesarean section (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 72.2.
Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry OnWellcome Trust · 2020 · world median 20.0538.2320.05No earlier reading
Venezuela: 38.23 · world median 20.05 · People aged 15+ who have ever been too anxious or depressed to continue their usual activities for two weeks or more (%). Wellcome Trust, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 2.934 to 49.35.
Modern Contraceptive PrevalenceUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 35.450.435.4No real change since 2013
Venezuela: 50.4 · world median 35.4 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using a modern contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 73.8.
Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 41.255441.25No real change since 2013
Venezuela: 54 · world median 41.25 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using any contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.6 to 78.7.
Average Weekly Hours WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 38.8938.2338.89Moved since 2015
Venezuela: 38.23 · world median 38.89 · Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.64 to 54.7.
Position 99th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.731.191.73Moved since 2014
Venezuela: 1.19 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 108th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Meat Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 57.8337.9857.83Moved since 2013
Venezuela: 37.98 · world median 57.83 · Meat available as food (kg per person per year, carcass weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.49 to 156.95.
Fish and Seafood Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 16.178.7516.17Moved since 2013
Venezuela: 8.75 · world median 16.17 · Fish and seafood available as food (kg per person per year, live-weight equivalent). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 83.81.
No current reading for Venezuela
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff (last 2018), Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Children with Functional Difficulties, Cost of a Healthy Diet, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises (last 2019), HPV Vaccination Coverage, Girls, Human Capital Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two Days, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet and Violent Discipline of Children. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Health & Wellbeing among Venezuela’s 15 topics
Health & Wellbeing is Venezuela’s 7th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Energyjoint 8th of 1652/3 keys
- Gender & Equality68th of 1833/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge89th of 1983/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation108th of 1762/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture114th of 1843/4 keys
- Digital & Technology126th of 1983/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing135th of 2002/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade124th of 1773/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 140th of 1963/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 133rd of 1864/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience140th of 1934/4 keys
- Peace & Security159th of 1774/4 keys
- Work & Labour164th of 1824/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties192nd of 1984/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions194th of 1944/4 keys
No standing on Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on health & wellbeing
The three countries placed highest of 200, and the leaders Venezuela can most readily be measured against.
1
San MarinoSouthern Europe
1st of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Matl derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
MonacoWestern Europe
2nd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
AndorraSouthern Europe
3rd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
South Korea5th4/4 keysHighest in Americas
United States=30th4/4 keysHighest in South America
Chile46th4/4 keysThis page
Venezuela135th2/4 keys
Positions out of 200 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Venezuela and health & wellbeing
On health & wellbeing
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On health & wellbeing
World Happiness Report 2025: Finland Leads Again as the US and UK Face Major Declines
The ten highest life evaluations of 2025, drawn on a world map, and the six things the report uses to explain them. Costa Rica and Mexico are the only two outside Europe and the Middle East.
08Questions
Venezuela on health & wellbeing: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Venezuela rank on health & wellbeing?
Venezuela is placed 135th of 200 countries on Health & Wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics (Life Expectancy at Birth and Under-Five Mortality Rate). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Life Expectancy at Birth figure for Venezuela?
72.51 in 2023 (years a newborn would live at current death rates), according to UN DESA Population Division. The world median in the same edition was 74.63.
What is the latest Under-Five Mortality Rate figure for Venezuela?
24.2 in 2024 (deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)), according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The world median in the same edition was 14.54.
How does Venezuela compare with Brazil on health & wellbeing?
Brazil is placed 63rd of 200, and Venezuela 135th. Life Expectancy at Birth: Brazil 75.85, Venezuela 72.51; Under-Five Mortality Rate: Brazil 14.22, Venezuela 24.2.
How have Venezuela’s health & wellbeing figures changed?
Life Expectancy at Birth rose from 72.39 in 2000 to 72.51 in 2023; Under-Five Mortality Rate rose from 21.52 in 2000 to 24.2 in 2024.
Which health & wellbeing statistics are missing for Venezuela?
No current reading is published for Venezuela on Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Children with Functional Difficulties, Cost of a Healthy Diet, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, HPV Vaccination Coverage, Girls, Human Capital Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two Days, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet and Violent Discipline of Children. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Health spending, hospital beds and doctors per person are not measured, because more of any of them does not guarantee better outcomes. Mental health and self-reported happiness are not part of this topic. Food supply per person is measured under Food & Agriculture. Maternal mortality and many other indicators are published here as context; maternal mortality is a key in Development & Human Capital instead.
How the Health & Wellbeing standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The health & wellbeing method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Life Expectancy at Birth — UN DESA Population Division, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Under-Five Mortality Rate — UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five — UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 42 statistics on this page come from 15 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Venezuela’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Venezuela (banner) — Samuel Bristow, CC0
- San Marino — Matl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andorra — Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Venezuela: Health & Wellbeing — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/venezuela/health