Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Venezuela
Venezuela: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.447 in 2006. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Venezuela, 1981–2006
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2006, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Venezuela stood at 0.447.
The figure is down 9.4% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Venezuela peaked at 0.5561 in 1981 and was at its lowest, 0.4206, in 1992.
That places Venezuela 13th out of 120 countries with data for 2006, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Venezuela, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.5561 | — |
| 1987 | 0.5345 | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 0.4378 | -18.1% |
| 1992 | 0.4206 | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 0.4717 | +12.1% |
| 1998 | 0.48 | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 0.477 | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.4717 | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.4888 | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.4791 | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4732 | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.4932 | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 0.447 | -9.4% |
Venezuela compared with similar countries
- Venezuela's 0.447 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3528, 1.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Venezuela's 0.447 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4447, 1.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5094 | 0.4378 | 0.5561 | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.4623 | 0.4206 | 0.48 | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.4755 | 0.447 | 0.4932 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Venezuela
More poverty & inequality data for Venezuela
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.08 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,080 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 15.68 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 20.19 (2015)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 20.2% (2015)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Venezuela?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Venezuela was 0.447 in 2006, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5561 in 1981.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4206 in 1992.
- How does Venezuela rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Venezuela ranks 13th out of 120 countries with data for 2006.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Venezuela data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.