VENEZUELA
Official name: BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA
Date of membership: 14 January 1976
Short name: Venezuela
Capital: Caracas
Government
Administrative divisions: 23 states (estados, singular - estado), 1 federal district (distrito federal), and 1 federal dependency (dependencia federal); Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Vargas, Yaracuy, Zulia.
Note: The federal dependency consists of 11 federally controlled island groups with a total of 72 individual islands.
Independence: 5 July 1811 (from Spain)
Constitution: 30 December 2009
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch: Chief of state: President: Nicolás Maduro (since 5 January 2019); Vice President: Delcy Rodríguez
Legislative branch: Unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (165 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms; three seats reserved for the indigenous peoples of Venezuela).
Judicial branch: Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (magistrates are elected by the National Assembly for a single 12-year term)
Internet code: .ve
Official Web Portal: http://www.gobiernoenlinea.gob.ve
Geography
Location: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana.
Area: 916,445 sq km
Land boundaries: 4,993 km
Border countries: Brazil 2,000 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km
Coastline: 2.813 km
Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds.
Environment - international agreements: Party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94.
Economic indicators
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Total at current prices |
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Millions USD |
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Per capita at current prices |
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US |
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Growth rate per capita at |
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% |
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Country share in regional GDP |
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% |
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Imports of goods and services |
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% |
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Exports of goods and services |
ND |
% |
ND |
Source: Venezuela: Economic National Profile. CEPALSTAT. Databases
and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. On line. Inquiry: July 07, 2019.
Socio-demographic indicators
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Total population |
NA |
(000) |
NA |
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Life expectancy |
NA |
Years |
NA |
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Women |
NA |
Years |
NA |
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Men |
NA |
Years |
NA |
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Public health expenditure |
NA |
% |
NA |
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Literacy rate for persons between |
NA |
% |
NA |
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Net rate of enrolment in |
90.7 |
% |
2014 |
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Net rate of enrolment in |
74.8 |
% |
2014 |
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Public expenditure on education |
6.9
|
% |
2009 |
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Gini Coefficient |
0.41 |
% |
2013 |
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Uemployment |
7.0 |
% |
2015 |
Source: Venezuela: National Socio-Demographic Profile. ECLAC. On line.
Inquiry: July 07, 2019. NA= Not available
Languages: Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects
