Democracy in Venezuela
Venezuela: Democracy was 1 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Democracy in Venezuela, 2005–2025
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Venezuela recorded 1 for democracy in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, democracy in Venezuela peaked at 2 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2017.
Venezuela ranks 80th of 128 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Democracy in Venezuela, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2 | — |
| 2007 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1 | +0.0% |
Venezuela compared with similar countries
- Venezuela's 1 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2, 50% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Venezuela's 1 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4, 25% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010s | 1.6 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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More reference data data for Venezuela
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 10.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 6.85 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.34 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2667 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Crop Residues 384.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 1,190 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 14,168 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 31.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 51.45 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is democracy in Venezuela?
- Democracy in Venezuela was 1 in 2025, according to Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest democracy recorded in Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 2005.
- What is the lowest democracy recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2017.
- How does Venezuela rank for democracy?
- Venezuela ranks 80th out of 128 countries with data for 2025.
- Is democracy rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Venezuela data come from?
- The figures come from Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between hard-line autocracies (score 1), moderate autocracies (score 2), highly defective democracies (score 3), defective democracies (score 4), and consolidating democracies (score 5).