Venezuela
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
- Capital
- Caracas
- Region
- South America
- Population, 2025
- 29 million
- Currency
- VES
- Area
- 916,445 km²
Across Venezuela's 19 priced cities, one person needs about $752 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $208.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
47out of 100
- Purchasing power25%23
- Safety20%20
- Health care15%39
- Climate10%80
- Air quality10%88
- Connectivity10%61
- Cost10%87
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #102
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
36.3
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
4.1
New York = 100
Purchasing power
31.5
New York = 100
One person
$752
A month, rent included
Net salary
$208
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$208
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$3,495
2025
Growth
+1.6%
2025
Unemployment
5.3%
2025
Inflation
254.9%
2016
Life expectancy
72.7 years
2024
Internet users
77%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 34%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 34%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 16%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 6%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 17%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 19.5
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 80.5
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2022
- 12.6
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #59 worldwide
- 127
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #96 worldwide
- 28
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +38%
Cities in Venezuela
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Ejido | 58 | — | — | — | — | 121K | Low confidence |
| 2Cabudare | 58 | 36.1 | — | — | — | 102.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 3Acarigua | 57 | 43.1 | — | — | — | 188.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 4Cúa | 56 | — | — | — | — | 182.6K | Low confidence |
| 5Lander | 56 | — | — | — | — | 176.3K | Low confidence |
| 6San Juan de los Morros | 56 | — | — | — | — | 160.9K | Low confidence |
| 7Upata | 56 | — | — | — | — | 112.6K | Low confidence |
| 8La Victoria | 56 | — | — | — | — | 126.7K | Low confidence |
| 9Guanare | 56 | — | — | — | — | 112.3K | Low confidence |
| 10Catia La Mar | 56 | — | — | — | — | 106.8K | Low confidence |
| 11El Tigre | 55 | — | — | — | — | 222.5K | Low confidence |
| 12Guatire | 55 | — | — | — | — | 227.7K | Low confidence |
| 13Carora | 55 | — | — | — | — | 121.7K | Low confidence |
| 14Cumaná | 55 | — | — | — | — | 405.6K | Low confidence |
| 15Anaco | 55 | — | — | — | — | 139.4K | Low confidence |
| 16Valle de La Pascua | 55 | — | — | — | — | 153.1K | Low confidence |
| 17Ciudad Bolivar | 55 | — | — | — | — | 412.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 18Calabozo | 55 | — | — | — | — | 168.6K | Low confidence |
| 19San Fernando de Apure | 55 | — | — | — | — | 229.2K | Low confidence |
| 20Merida | 55 | 36.3 | $133 | $290 | 48.8 | 300K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 21Santa Teresa del Tuy | 55 | — | — | — | — | 278.9K | Low confidence |
| 22Charallave | 55 | — | — | — | — | 129.2K | Low confidence |
| 23Petare | 54 | — | — | — | — | 364.7K | Low confidence |
| 24Guarenas | 54 | — | — | — | — | 248.6K | Low confidence |
| 25Baruta | 54 | — | — | — | — | 244.2K | Low confidence |
| 26San Carlos | 54 | — | — | — | — | 120.4K | Low confidence |
| 27Táriba | 54 | — | — | — | — | 138.4K | Low confidence |
| 28Palo Negro | 54 | — | — | — | — | 128.9K | Low confidence |
| 29Cagua | 54 | — | — | — | — | 119K | Low confidence |
| 30Punta Cardón | 54 | — | — | — | — | 114K | Low confidence |
| 31Barinas | 54 | — | — | — | — | 397.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 32Araure | 54 | — | — | — | — | 181.8K | Low confidence |
| 33Tinaquillo | 54 | — | — | — | — | 115.9K | Low confidence |
| 34Carúpano | 54 | — | — | — | — | 167.2K | Low confidence |
| 35Yaritagua | 54 | — | — | — | — | 113.3K | Low confidence |
| 36Los Rastrojos | 54 | — | — | — | — | 100.5K | Low confidence |
| 37Alto Barinas | 53 | — | — | — | — | 284.3K | Low confidence |
| 38Valera | 53 | — | — | — | — | 244.7K | Low confidence |
| 39Turmero | 53 | — | — | — | — | 344.7K | Low confidence |
| 40El Limón | 53 | — | — | — | — | 148.2K | Low confidence |
| 41Mariara | 53 | — | — | — | — | 116.1K | Low confidence |
| 42San Felipe | 53 | — | — | — | — | 206.3K | Low confidence |
| 43San Carlos del Zulia | 53 | — | — | — | — | 126.4K | Low confidence |
| 44El Vigía | 53 | — | — | — | — | 162.3K | Low confidence |
| 45La Concepción | 52 | — | — | — | — | 120.5K | Low confidence |
| 46Guacara | 52 | — | — | — | — | 198.9K | Low confidence |
| 47Machiques | 52 | — | — | — | — | 132.7K | Low confidence |
| 48Puerto Ayacucho | 52 | — | — | — | — | 125.8K | Low confidence |
| 49San Cristobal | 52 | 28.8 | $200 | $200 | 36.1 | 289.9K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 50Ciudad Ojeda | 51 | — | — | — | — | 240.3K | Low confidence |
| 51Puerto Cabello | 51 | — | — | — | — | 174K | Low confidence |
| 52Los Puertos de Altagracia | 51 | — | — | — | — | 101.5K | Low confidence |
| 53Cabimas | 51 | — | — | — | — | 351.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 54Porlamar | 51 | 28.4 | $200 | $215 | 39.2 | 216.2K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 55Maturin | 50 | 35.0 | — | $210 | 35.0 | 647.5K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 56Puerto la Cruz | 50 | 35.6 | $150 | $225 | 37.6 | 370K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 57Maracay | 49 | 30.5 | $225 | $208 | 34.8 | 464.7K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 58Los Teques | 49 | 43.1 | — | $200 | 28.3 | 252.2K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 59Coro | 49 | 30.6 | $120 | $133 | 26.3 | 246.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 60Barcelona | 49 | 33.2 | $200 | $233 | 38.1 | 815.1K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 61Valencia | 49 | 36.3 | $208 | $208 | 31.5 | 1.6M | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 62Ocumare del Tuy | 49 | 30.9 | $200 | $100 | 17.2 | 166.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 63Barquisimeto | 48 | 37.7 | $213 | $188 | 27.5 | 1.2M | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 64Ciudad Guayana | 48 | 39.3 | $150 | $110 | 17.0 | 978.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 65Yaracuy | 46 | 43.1 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 66Punto Fijo | 46 | 49.0 | $400 | $200 | 20.1 | 141.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 67Maracaibo | 44 | 34.5 | $160 | $200 | 33.7 | 1.8M | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 68Caracas | 43 | 45.6 | $610 | $304 | 26.8 | 3M | High confidence, 44 contributors |