Haiti vs Venezuela

Haiti and Venezuela compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Venezuela has about 2.4 times as many people as Haiti: 28.5 million against 11.9 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Venezuela ($3,495) is 30% higher than in Haiti ($2,694) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Venezuela (1.6%) than in Haiti (-2.7%), a difference of 4.3 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Venezuela (254.9% in 2016) than in Haiti (28.6% in 2025), a difference of 226.3 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Haiti (14.9%) than in Venezuela (5.3%), a difference of 9.6 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Venezuela can expect to live 7.6 years longer than one born in Haiti: 72.7 years against 65.1 years in 2024.
• The population of Venezuela is older: half of its people are over 29 years, against 23.5 years in Haiti in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Venezuela (76.7%) than in Haiti (47.9%), a difference of 28.8 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Venezuela (3.4 tonnes) are about 11 times as high as in Haiti (0.3 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Venezuela (53.4%) than in Haiti (13.5%), a difference of 39.9 percentage points in 2024.