Nicaragua vs Venezuela

Nicaragua 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 4.1 times as many people as Nicaragua: 28.5 million against 7 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Venezuela ($3,495) is 10% higher than in Nicaragua ($3,173) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Nicaragua (4.9%) than in Venezuela (1.6%), a difference of 3.3 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Venezuela (254.9% in 2016) than in Nicaragua (2.1% in 2025), a difference of 252.8 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Venezuela (5.3%) than in Nicaragua (5%), a difference of 0.3 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Nicaragua can expect to live 2.4 years longer than one born in Venezuela: 75.1 years against 72.7 years in 2024.
• The population of Venezuela is older: half of its people are over 29 years, against 25.3 years in Nicaragua in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Venezuela (76.7%) than in Nicaragua (61.4%), a difference of 15.3 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Venezuela (3.4 tonnes) are about 4.1 times as high as in Nicaragua (0.83 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Venezuela (53.4% in 2024) than in Nicaragua (25.8% in 2023), a difference of 27.6 percentage points.