Venezuela's life expectancy rose from 71.7 yrs in 1995 to 72.7 yrs in 2024.
Venezuela · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 21 with data
Venezuela's healthy life expectancy at birth fell from 64.4 yrs in 2000 to 62.0 yrs in 2021.
Venezuela's infant mortality fell from 21.5 ‰ in 1995 to 21.2 ‰ in 2024.
Venezuela's under-5 mortality rate fell from 26.3 ‰ in 1995 to 24.2 ‰ in 2024.
Venezuela's maternal mortality ratio rose from 84.0 /100k in 1994 to 227.0 /100k in 2023.
Venezuela's ncd mortality rose from 16.8 % in 2000 to 18.7 % in 2021.
Venezuela's suicide mortality rate rose from 6.6 /100k in 2000 to 8.6 /100k in 2021.
Venezuela's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 27.4 /100k in 2000 to 39.0 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.8 pts158th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −10.9 %130th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +4.8 pts107th of 192
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- Physiciansdown −13.4 %84th of 139*
- Nurses and midwivesup +3.6 %114th of 180*
- Hospital bedsup +6.5 %112th of 132*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +3.0 pts165th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +8.0 pts181st of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts89th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −2.1 %110th of 208
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- Safe sanitationunchanged +0.0 pts114th of 141
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Venezuela.
- SmokingNo data
- Safe drinking waterNo data