Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of was 7.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), 2000–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) recorded 7.5% for level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) peaked at 7.5% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2000.
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ranks 109th of 196 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.0% | — |
| 2001 | 3.7% | +21.9% |
| 2002 | 4.3% | +17.9% |
| 2003 | 4.8% | +9.7% |
| 2004 | 5.4% | +13.0% |
| 2005 | 6.0% | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 6.6% | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 7.5% | +14.4% |
| 2008 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 7.5% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.6% | 3.0% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.5% | 7.5% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.5% | 7.5% | 7.5% | 4 |
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More environment data for Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.301 °C (2025)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 3.25 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 24.42 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 18,241 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 84.68 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 20.68 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 31.98 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 21,541 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
- Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) was 7.5% in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of recorded in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 2007.
- What is the lowest level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of recorded in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2000.
- How does Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) rank for level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of?
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ranks 109th out of 196 countries with data for 2023.
- Is level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of rising or falling in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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