Venezuela
GDP growth in Venezuela
GDP growth in Venezuela: -4.9% a year in 1980 and 9% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 9% a year
- Since 1980
- +14 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 5 of 143
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2027
- 7% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 7% a year in 2027.
- The highest was 18.3% a year in 2004, the lowest -33.2% a year in 2020.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Venezuela |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8.9 |
| 2023 | 5.7 |
| 2022 | 15.1 |
| 2021 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | -33.2 |
| 2019 | -29 |
| 2018 | -21.4 |
| 2017 | -14.4 |
| 2016 | -17 |
| 2015 | -3.9 |
| 2014 | -2.3 |
| 2013 | 0.1 |
| 2012 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | 2.7 |
| 2010 | -0.7 |
| 2009 | -4.1 |
| 2008 | 3.3 |
| 2007 | 8.8 |
| 2006 | 9.9 |
| 2005 | 10.3 |
| 2004 | 18.3 |
| 2003 | -7.8 |
| 2002 | -8.9 |
| 2001 | 3.4 |
| 2000 | 3.7 |
| 1999 | -6 |
| 1998 | 0.3 |
| 1997 | 6.4 |
| 1996 | -0.2 |
| 1995 | 4 |
| 1994 | -2.3 |
| 1993 | 0.3 |
| 1992 | 6.1 |
| 1991 | 9.7 |
| 1990 | 6.5 |
| 1989 | -13.9 |
| 1988 | 6.5 |
| 1987 | 4.8 |
| 1986 | 6.1 |
| 1985 | 0.9 |
| 1984 | 5.2 |
| 1983 | -9.9 |
| 1982 | 2.6 |
| 1981 | -1.3 |
| 1980 | -4.9 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2027
| Year | Venezuela |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 |
| 2027 | 7 |
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Venezuela in numbers
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