Latin America & Caribbean · Partial data: missing GF10, GF0107, debt
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
17.6%
-15.3 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
Not available
Education · 2024
Not available
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · —
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Population · 2025
28.5m
28.5% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Venezuela, RB yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Healthcare fell from 1.2% to 1.2% of GDP between 2018 and 2023.
Defence rose from 1.5% to 2.2% of GDP between 1995 and 2017.
Total spending rose from 32.9% to 39.4% of GDP between 1995 and 2011, then fell to 17.6% by 2024.
Population grew from 22.2 million in 1995 to 28.5 million in 2025; the UN projects 31.1 million by 2050.