{"id":125571,"date":"2023-06-28T21:12:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T02:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selasite.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=125571"},"modified":"2024-02-08T13:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:00:23","slug":"venezuela","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/en\/member-states\/venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Official name:<\/strong> BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date of membership:<\/strong> 14 January 1976<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short name:<\/strong> Venezuela<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital:<\/strong> Caracas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area:<\/strong> 916,445 sq km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land boundaries: <\/strong>4,993 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Border countries:<\/strong> Brazil 2,000 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coastline:<\/strong> 2.813 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural resources:<\/strong> Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment – international agreements:<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economic indicators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total at current prices  <\/td>150 117<\/td>Millions USD<\/td>2015<\/td><\/tr>
Per capita at current prices<\/td>4990<\/td>USD<\/td>2015<\/td><\/tr>
Growth rate per capita at 
constant prices<\/td>		-18.2<\/td>%<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Imports of goods and services 
(GDP at current prices)<\/td>		8.2<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Exports of goods and services
(GDP at current prices)<\/td>		9.3<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Venezuela: Economic National Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Databases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC.  Inquiry: February 24, 2022 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Socio-demographic indicators <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total population  <\/td>28435.9<\/td>(000)<\/td>2017<\/td><\/tr>
Life expectancy<\/td>NA<\/td>Years<\/td>2015-2020<\/td><\/tr>
Women<\/td>NA<\/td>Years<\/td>2015-2020<\/td><\/tr>
Men<\/td>NA<\/td>Years<\/td>2015-2020<\/td><\/tr>
Public health expenditure 
as a percentage of GDP<\/td>		53.6<\/td>%<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Literacy rate for persons between
the ages of 15 to 24<\/td>		98.8<\/td>%<\/td>2016<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in 
primary education<\/td>		90.4<\/td>%<\/td>2017<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in 
secondary education<\/td>		76.6<\/td>%<\/td>2017<\/td><\/tr>
Public expenditure on education
as a percentage of GDP<\/td>		1.3  <\/td>%<\/td>2017<\/td><\/tr>
Gini Coefficient<\/td>0.38<\/td>%<\/td>2014<\/td><\/tr>
Uemployment<\/td>6.8<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Migartion<\/td>10.9<\/td>%<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Venezuela: National Socio-Demographic Profile<\/a>. ECLAC. 
 Inquiry: February 24, 2022. NA= Not available<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Languages: <\/strong>Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independence: <\/strong>5 July 1811 (from Spain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constitution: <\/strong>30 December 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suffrage:<\/strong> 18 years of age; universal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive branch:<\/strong> Chief of state: President: Nicol\u00e1s Maduro (since 19 April 2013); Vice President: Delcy Rodr\u00edguez (since June 14, 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative branch:<\/strong> 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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judicial branch: <\/strong>Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (magistrates are elected by the National Assembly for a single 12-year term)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internet code:<\/strong> .ve<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Official Web Portal:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.gobiernoenlinea.gob.ve<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Official name: BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA Date of membership: 14 January 1976 Short name: Venezuela Capital: Caracas 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, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":125521,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125571","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125571\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}