Mexico vs Venezuela
Mexico vs Venezuela: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 99.8% in Mexico and 100% in Venezuela, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1 times that in Mexico.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Venezuela has been higher since 2023.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Mexico | Venezuela | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.8 | 100 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 99.7 | 100 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 100 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 100 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 99.4 | 99.9 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 99.5 | 99.9 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 100 | 99.2 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 99.5 | 99.4 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 99 | 100 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 99.2 | 100 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 99.1 | 99.4 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 99.1 | 99.3 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 99 | 98.8 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 99.2 | 99.1 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 98.3 | 99 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 98.9 | 98.9 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 97.9 | 98.9 | 82 |
| 2006 | 99.1 | 99.3 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 98.9 | 98.8 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 98.6 | 99.1 | 80 |
| 2003 | 97.4 | 95.7 | 80 |
| 2002 | 97.9 | 99.8 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 97.1 | 99.9 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 98 | 98.9 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 96.8 | 98.9 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 96.1 | 98.4 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 96.3 | 98.7 | – |
| 1996 | 96.1 | 98.5 | – |
| 1995 | 95.9 | 99 | – |
| 1994 | 95.2 | 98.3 | – |
| 1993 | 95.5 | 98.2 | – |
| 1992 | 93.2 | 97.8 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Mexico vs Venezuela
Health
- Life expectancyMexico: 75.1 years in 2023Venezuela: 72.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Venezuela: 2.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Venezuela: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMexico: 2.79% in 2017Venezuela: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateMexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Venezuela: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMexico: 130 million people in 2023Venezuela: 28.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthMexico: 0.88% a year in 2023Venezuela: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023Venezuela: 2.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMexico: 80% in 2025Venezuela: 89.3% in 2025
- Median ageMexico: 28.9 years in 2023Venezuela: 29 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMexico: 8% in 2023Venezuela: 9.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateMexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Venezuela: -4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025Venezuela: 2.23% of GDP in 2017
- Military spending per personMexico: $104 in 2025Venezuela: $69 in 2017
- Armed forces personnelMexico: 341,000 people in 2020Venezuela: 343,000 people in 2020
- National powerMexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022Venezuela: 0.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Venezuela: 3.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMexico: 9 million TIV in 2025Venezuela: 98 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsMexico: 1 million TIV in 2019Venezuela: 40 million TIV in 2009