International Human Development Indicators

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

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National Human Development Reports for Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

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Caracas

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HIGHLIGHT

2013

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Human Development Index

Ranking

Year	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	High human development	Latin America and the Caribbean	World
2012	0.748	0.758	0.741	0.694
2011	0.746	0.755	0.739	0.692
2010	0.744	0.753	0.736	0.690
2009	0.741	0.747	0.730	0.685
2008	0.738	0.745	0.729	0.683
2007	0.712	0.738	0.722	0.678
2006	0.703	0.732	0.715	0.672
2005	0.694	0.725	0.708	0.666
2000	0.662	0.695	0.683	0.639
1995	n.a.	n.a.	0.653	0.618
1990	0.635	0.656	0.623	0.600
1985	n.a.	n.a.	0.600	0.578
1980	0.629	0.605	0.574	0.561

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Health

Life expectancy at birth (years)

74.6

Indicator	Value	Notes
Expenditure on health, public (% of GDP) (%)	1.7
Under-five mortality (per 1,000 live births)	18
Life expectancy at birth (years)	74.6
Health index	0.861

Education

Mean years of schooling (of adults) (years)

7.6

Indicator	Value	Notes
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP) (%)	3.7
Primary school teachers trained to teach (%)	88.4	¹
Primary school dropout rates (% of primary school cohort)	7.9
Expected Years of Schooling (of children) (years)	14.4	²
Adult literacy rate, both sexes (% aged 15 and above)	95.5	³
Mean years of schooling (of adults) (years)	7.6	⁴ ⁵
Education index	0.697
Combined gross enrolment in education (both sexes) (%)	89.0	⁶

Income

GNI per capita in PPP terms (constant 2005 international $) (Constant 2005 international $)

11,475

Indicator	Value	Notes
GNI per capita in PPP terms (constant 2005 international $) (Constant 2005 international $)	11,475

Inequality

Inequality-adjusted HDI value

0.549

Indicator	Value	Notes
Loss due to inequality in life expectancy (%)	12.2
Loss due to inequality in education (%)	18.1
Loss due to inequality in income (%)	44.9
Inequality-adjusted education index	0.571	⁷
Inequality-adjusted life expectancy index	0.754
Inequality-adjusted income index	0.385	⁸
Inequality-adjusted HDI value	0.549

Poverty

MPI: Multidimensional poverty index (%)

n.a.

Indicator	Value	Notes
MPI: Multidimensional poverty index (%)	n.a.
MPI: Intensity of deprivation	n.a.
MPI: Headcount, percentage of population in multidimensional poverty (% of population)	n.a.
MPI: Population living below $1.25 PPP per day (%)	6.6

Gender

GII: Gender Inequality Index, value

0.466

Indicator	Value	Notes
Population with at least secondary education, female/male ratio (Ratio of female to male rates)	1.130
Adolescent fertility rate (women aged 15-19 years) (births per 1,000 women aged 15-19)	89.9
Labour force participation rate, female-male ratio (Ratio of female to male shares)	0.650
GII: Gender Inequality Index, value	0.466
Shares in parliament, female-male ratio	0.204
Maternal mortality ratio (deaths of women per100,000 live births)	92	⁹ ¹⁰

Sustainability

Carbon dioxide emissions per capita (tonnes)

6.1

Indicator	Value	Notes
Carbon dioxide emissions per capita (tonnes)	6.1
Population living on degraded land (%)	1.9
Change in forest area, 1990/2010 (%)	-11.1

Demography

Population, total both sexes (thousands)

29,890.7

Indicator	Value	Notes
Population, total both sexes (thousands)	29,890.7	¹¹
Population, urban (%) (% of population)	93.7
Population, female (thousands)	14,901.20
Population, male (thousands)	14,989.49

Composite indices

Non-income HDI value

0.774

Indicator	Value	Notes
Non-income HDI value	0.774

Innovation and technology

Fixed and mobile telephone subscribers per 100 people (per100 people)

121.3

Indicator	Value	Notes
Fixed and mobile telephone subscribers per 100 people (per100 people)	121.3

Trade, economy and income

Income index

0.700

Indicator	Value	Notes
GDP per capita (2005 PPP $)	11,258
Income index	0.700

Footnotes

1.	Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
2.	Data refer to 2011 or the most recent year available.
3.	Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
4.	Updated by HDRO based on UNESCO (2012) data.
5.	Data refer to 2010 or the most recent year available.
6.	Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
7.	The list of surveys used for estimation of inequalities is given at http://hdr.undp.org.
8.	The list of surveys used for estimation of inequalities is given at http://hdr.undp.org.
9.	Estimates have been computed to ensure comparability across countries; thus they are not necessarily the same as official statistics of the countries, which may use alternative rigorous methods.
10.	Data were computed to ensure comparability across countries and are thus not necessarily the same as official country statistics, which may be based on alternative rigorous methods. Data are rounded according to the following scheme: less than 100, no rounding; 100–999, rounded to the nearest 10; and greater than 1,000, rounded to the nearest 100.
11.	Projections based on medium-fertility variant.

n.a.	Data not available

Human Development Index: Trends 1980 - present

The Human Development Index - going beyond income

Each year since 1990 the Human Development Report has published the Human Development Index (HDI) which was introduced as an alternative to conventional measures of national development, such as level of income and the rate of economic growth. The HDI represents a push for a broader definition of well-being and provides a composite measure of three basic dimensions of human development: health, education and income. Between 1980 and 2012 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)'s HDI rose by 0.1% annually from 0.629 to 0.748 today, which gives the country a rank of 71 out of 187 countries with comparable data. The HDI of Latin America and the Caribbean as a region increased from 0.574 in 1980 to 0.741 today, placing Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) above the regional average. The HDI trends tell an important story both at the national and regional level and highlight the very large gaps in well-being and life chances that continue to divide our interconnected world. Learn more

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