Political centralization index in Venezuela
Venezuela: Political centralization index was 0.974 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
0.974
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
8th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.976
in 2024
All-time low
0.167
in 1992
Years of data
227
1789–2025
Political centralization index in Venezuela, 1789–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political centralization index in Venezuela is 0.974, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political centralization index in Venezuela peaked at 0.976 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.167, in 1992.
Venezuela ranks 8th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 227 years of available data.
Political centralization index in Venezuela, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1789 | 0.84 | — |
| 1790 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1791 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1792 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1793 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1794 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1795 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1796 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1797 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1798 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1799 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1800 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1801 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1802 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1803 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1804 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1805 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1806 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1807 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1808 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1809 | 0.84 | +0.0% |
| 1810 | 0.615 | -26.8% |
| 1811 | 0.615 | +0.0% |
| 1812 | 0.706 | +14.8% |
| 1813 | 0.953 | +35.0% |
| 1814 | 0.953 | +0.0% |
| 1815 | 0.953 | +0.0% |
| 1816 | 0.953 | +0.0% |
| 1817 | 0.953 | +0.0% |
| 1818 | 0.953 | +0.0% |
| 1819 | 0.953 | +0.0% |
| 1830 | 0.415 | -56.5% |
| 1831 | 0.415 | +0.0% |
| 1832 | 0.415 | +0.0% |
| 1833 | 0.415 | +0.0% |
| 1834 | 0.415 | +0.0% |
| 1835 | 0.415 | +0.0% |
| 1836 | 0.415 | +0.0% |
| 1837 | 0.415 | +0.0% |
| 1838 | 0.415 | +0.0% |
| 1839 | 0.415 | +0.0% |
| 1840 | 0.415 | +0.0% |
| 1841 | 0.415 | +0.0% |
| 1842 | 0.415 | +0.0% |
| 1843 | 0.415 | +0.0% |
| 1844 | 0.434 | +4.6% |
| 1845 | 0.434 | +0.0% |
| 1846 | 0.478 | +10.1% |
| 1847 | 0.501 | +4.8% |
| 1848 | 0.855 | +70.7% |
| 1849 | 0.922 | +7.8% |
| 1850 | 0.933 | +1.2% |
| 1851 | 0.933 | +0.0% |
| 1852 | 0.933 | +0.0% |
| 1853 | 0.933 | +0.0% |
| 1854 | 0.933 | +0.0% |
| 1855 | 0.933 | +0.0% |
| 1856 | 0.933 | +0.0% |
| 1857 | 0.933 | +0.0% |
| 1858 | 0.893 | -4.3% |
| 1859 | 0.843 | -5.6% |
| 1860 | 0.787 | -6.6% |
| 1861 | 0.787 | +0.0% |
| 1862 | 0.787 | +0.0% |
| 1863 | 0.725 | -7.9% |
| 1864 | 0.725 | +0.0% |
| 1865 | 0.725 | +0.0% |
| 1866 | 0.725 | +0.0% |
| 1867 | 0.725 | +0.0% |
| 1868 | 0.725 | +0.0% |
| 1869 | 0.815 | +12.4% |
| 1870 | 0.883 | +8.3% |
| 1871 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1872 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1873 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1874 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1875 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1876 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1877 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1878 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1879 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1880 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1881 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1882 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1883 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1884 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1885 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1886 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1887 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1888 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1889 | 0.883 | +0.0% |
| 1890 | 0.873 | -1.1% |
| 1891 | 0.873 | +0.0% |
| 1892 | 0.873 | +0.0% |
| 1893 | 0.873 | +0.0% |
| 1894 | 0.873 | +0.0% |
| 1895 | 0.873 | +0.0% |
| 1896 | 0.873 | +0.0% |
| 1897 | 0.873 | +0.0% |
| 1898 | 0.873 | +0.0% |
| 1899 | 0.899 | +3.0% |
| 1900 | 0.957 | +6.5% |
| 1901 | 0.957 | +0.0% |
| 1902 | 0.957 | +0.0% |
| 1903 | 0.957 | +0.0% |
| 1904 | 0.957 | +0.0% |
| 1905 | 0.957 | +0.0% |
| 1906 | 0.957 | +0.0% |
| 1907 | 0.957 | +0.0% |
| 1908 | 0.957 | +0.0% |
| 1909 | 0.949 | -0.8% |
| 1910 | 0.939 | -1.1% |
| 1911 | 0.939 | +0.0% |
| 1912 | 0.939 | +0.0% |
| 1913 | 0.939 | +0.0% |
| 1914 | 0.939 | +0.0% |
| 1915 | 0.954 | +1.6% |
| 1916 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1917 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1918 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1919 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1920 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1921 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1922 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1923 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1924 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1925 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1926 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1927 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1928 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1929 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1930 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1931 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1932 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1933 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1934 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1935 | 0.948 | -0.6% |
| 1936 | 0.853 | -10.0% |
| 1937 | 0.679 | -20.4% |
| 1938 | 0.664 | -2.2% |
| 1939 | 0.664 | +0.0% |
| 1940 | 0.664 | +0.0% |
| 1941 | 0.654 | -1.5% |
| 1942 | 0.654 | +0.0% |
| 1943 | 0.654 | +0.0% |
| 1944 | 0.654 | +0.0% |
| 1945 | 0.638 | -2.4% |
| 1946 | 0.533 | -16.5% |
| 1947 | 0.533 | +0.0% |
| 1948 | 0.611 | +14.6% |
| 1949 | 0.744 | +21.8% |
| 1950 | 0.872 | +17.2% |
| 1951 | 0.884 | +1.4% |
| 1952 | 0.886 | +0.2% |
| 1953 | 0.902 | +1.8% |
| 1954 | 0.902 | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 0.902 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.902 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.902 | +0.0% |
| 1958 | 0.507 | -43.8% |
| 1959 | 0.231 | -54.4% |
| 1960 | 0.221 | -4.3% |
| 1961 | 0.221 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.227 | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 0.227 | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.222 | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 0.222 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.222 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.222 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.219 | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 0.222 | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 0.227 | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 0.227 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.227 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.241 | +6.2% |
| 1974 | 0.243 | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.243 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.234 | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 0.234 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.234 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.234 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.234 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.234 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.228 | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 0.228 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.236 | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 0.236 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.236 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.236 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.234 | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.248 | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 0.235 | -5.2% |
| 1991 | 0.168 | -28.5% |
| 1992 | 0.167 | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.181 | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 0.24 | +32.6% |
| 1995 | 0.228 | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 0.228 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.228 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.258 | +13.2% |
| 1999 | 0.389 | +50.8% |
| 2000 | 0.612 | +57.3% |
| 2001 | 0.621 | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.639 | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 0.671 | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.801 | +19.4% |
| 2005 | 0.925 | +15.5% |
| 2006 | 0.931 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.933 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.931 | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.935 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.929 | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.937 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.939 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.958 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.965 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.956 | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.957 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.956 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.972 | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.972 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.962 | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.962 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.956 | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.962 | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.976 | +1.5% |
| 2025 | 0.974 | -0.2% |
Venezuela compared with similar countries
- Venezuela's 0.974 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5475, 1.8× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Venezuela's 0.974 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.236, 4.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 1 |
| 1790s | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 10 |
| 1800s | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 10 |
| 1810s | 0.8607 | 0.615 | 0.953 | 10 |
| 1830s | 0.415 | 0.415 | 0.415 | 10 |
| 1840s | 0.5284 | 0.415 | 0.922 | 10 |
| 1850s | 0.92 | 0.843 | 0.933 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.7526 | 0.725 | 0.815 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.883 | 0.883 | 0.883 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.883 | 0.883 | 0.883 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.8756 | 0.873 | 0.899 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.9562 | 0.949 | 0.957 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.9465 | 0.939 | 0.954 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.954 | 0.954 | 0.954 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.8578 | 0.664 | 0.954 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.6339 | 0.533 | 0.744 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.789 | 0.231 | 0.902 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2225 | 0.219 | 0.227 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2344 | 0.227 | 0.243 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.235 | 0.228 | 0.248 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2322 | 0.167 | 0.389 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7999 | 0.612 | 0.935 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9541 | 0.929 | 0.972 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9653 | 0.956 | 0.976 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Venezuela
- 5 Equatorial Guinea 0.977 compare
- 5 Eritrea 0.977 compare
- 7 Chad 0.976 compare
- 9 Azerbaijan 0.972 compare
- 10 El Salvador 0.969 compare
- 11 Tajikistan 0.968 compare
More reference data data for Venezuela
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 384.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 1,173 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 43,034 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 41.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0.1023 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Burning - Crop 110.44 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Enteric 39,390 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 1,537 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.45 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political centralization index in Venezuela?
- Political centralization index in Venezuela was 0.974 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 0.976 in 2024.
- What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.167 in 1992.
- How does Venezuela rank for political centralization index?
- Venezuela ranks 8th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political centralization index rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Venezuela data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Political centralization index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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