What is freedom of association index in Venezuela?

Freedom of association index in Venezuela was 0.224 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest freedom of association index recorded in Venezuela?

The highest recorded value was 0.908 in 1979.

What is the lowest freedom of association index recorded in Venezuela?

The lowest recorded value was 0.016 in 1789.

How does Venezuela rank for freedom of association index?

Venezuela ranks 144th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Venezuela?

Over the last ten years it is down 56.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Venezuela data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom of Association Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Freedom of Association Index in Venezuela

Name: Freedom of Association Index in Venezuela
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Venezuela: Freedom of Association Index was 0.224 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.224

Change on year

down 11.5%

World rank

144th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.908

in 1979

All-time low

0.016

in 1789

Years of data

227

1789–2025

Freedom of Association Index in Venezuela, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, freedom of association index in Venezuela stood at 0.224.

That represents a change of down 11.5% on the previous year and down 56.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, freedom of association index in Venezuela peaked at 0.908 in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.016, in 1789.

That places Venezuela 144th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Freedom of Association Index in Venezuela, year by year

Annual values for Freedom of Association Index in Venezuela, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.016	—
1790	0.016	+0.0%
1791	0.016	+0.0%
1792	0.016	+0.0%
1793	0.016	+0.0%
1794	0.016	+0.0%
1795	0.016	+0.0%
1796	0.016	+0.0%
1797	0.016	+0.0%
1798	0.016	+0.0%
1799	0.016	+0.0%
1800	0.029	+81.2%
1801	0.029	+0.0%
1802	0.029	+0.0%
1803	0.029	+0.0%
1804	0.029	+0.0%
1805	0.029	+0.0%
1806	0.029	+0.0%
1807	0.029	+0.0%
1808	0.029	+0.0%
1809	0.029	+0.0%
1810	0.293	+910.3%
1811	0.293	+0.0%
1812	0.293	+0.0%
1813	0.053	-81.9%
1814	0.053	+0.0%
1815	0.053	+0.0%
1816	0.053	+0.0%
1817	0.053	+0.0%
1818	0.053	+0.0%
1819	0.053	+0.0%
1830	0.466	+779.2%
1831	0.466	+0.0%
1832	0.466	+0.0%
1833	0.466	+0.0%
1834	0.466	+0.0%
1835	0.466	+0.0%
1836	0.466	+0.0%
1837	0.466	+0.0%
1838	0.466	+0.0%
1839	0.466	+0.0%
1840	0.443	-4.9%
1841	0.443	+0.0%
1842	0.443	+0.0%
1843	0.443	+0.0%
1844	0.443	+0.0%
1845	0.443	+0.0%
1846	0.443	+0.0%
1847	0.443	+0.0%
1848	0.24	-45.8%
1849	0.168	-30.0%
1850	0.168	+0.0%
1851	0.168	+0.0%
1852	0.168	+0.0%
1853	0.168	+0.0%
1854	0.168	+0.0%
1855	0.168	+0.0%
1856	0.168	+0.0%
1857	0.168	+0.0%
1858	0.345	+105.4%
1859	0.288	-16.5%
1860	0.193	-33.0%
1861	0.196	+1.6%
1862	0.196	+0.0%
1863	0.222	+13.3%
1864	0.222	+0.0%
1865	0.222	+0.0%
1866	0.222	+0.0%
1867	0.222	+0.0%
1868	0.189	-14.9%
1869	0.189	+0.0%
1870	0.152	-19.6%
1871	0.152	+0.0%
1872	0.152	+0.0%
1873	0.152	+0.0%
1874	0.152	+0.0%
1875	0.152	+0.0%
1876	0.152	+0.0%
1877	0.152	+0.0%
1878	0.152	+0.0%
1879	0.152	+0.0%
1880	0.152	+0.0%
1881	0.152	+0.0%
1882	0.152	+0.0%
1883	0.152	+0.0%
1884	0.152	+0.0%
1885	0.152	+0.0%
1886	0.152	+0.0%
1887	0.152	+0.0%
1888	0.152	+0.0%
1889	0.152	+0.0%
1890	0.273	+79.6%
1891	0.273	+0.0%
1892	0.237	-13.2%
1893	0.287	+21.1%
1894	0.287	+0.0%
1895	0.287	+0.0%
1896	0.287	+0.0%
1897	0.289	+0.7%
1898	0.292	+1.0%
1899	0.292	+0.0%
1900	0.048	-83.6%
1901	0.048	+0.0%
1902	0.048	+0.0%
1903	0.048	+0.0%
1904	0.048	+0.0%
1905	0.048	+0.0%
1906	0.048	+0.0%
1907	0.048	+0.0%
1908	0.048	+0.0%
1909	0.044	-8.3%
1910	0.044	+0.0%
1911	0.044	+0.0%
1912	0.044	+0.0%
1913	0.044	+0.0%
1914	0.044	+0.0%
1915	0.042	-4.5%
1916	0.038	-9.5%
1917	0.038	+0.0%
1918	0.038	+0.0%
1919	0.038	+0.0%
1920	0.038	+0.0%
1921	0.038	+0.0%
1922	0.038	+0.0%
1923	0.038	+0.0%
1924	0.038	+0.0%
1925	0.038	+0.0%
1926	0.038	+0.0%
1927	0.038	+0.0%
1928	0.038	+0.0%
1929	0.038	+0.0%
1930	0.04	+5.3%
1931	0.04	+0.0%
1932	0.04	+0.0%
1933	0.04	+0.0%
1934	0.04	+0.0%
1935	0.044	+10.0%
1936	0.176	+300.0%
1937	0.239	+35.8%
1938	0.256	+7.1%
1939	0.262	+2.3%
1940	0.266	+1.5%
1941	0.389	+46.2%
1942	0.411	+5.7%
1943	0.42	+2.2%
1944	0.434	+3.3%
1945	0.5	+15.2%
1946	0.599	+19.8%
1947	0.724	+20.9%
1948	0.59	-18.5%
1949	0.18	-69.5%
1950	0.142	-21.1%
1951	0.142	+0.0%
1952	0.137	-3.5%
1953	0.1	-27.0%
1954	0.1	+0.0%
1955	0.1	+0.0%
1956	0.1	+0.0%
1957	0.117	+17.0%
1958	0.663	+466.7%
1959	0.791	+19.3%
1960	0.818	+3.4%
1961	0.838	+2.4%
1962	0.82	-2.1%
1963	0.817	-0.4%
1964	0.79	-3.3%
1965	0.804	+1.8%
1966	0.804	+0.0%
1967	0.804	+0.0%
1968	0.808	+0.5%
1969	0.856	+5.9%
1970	0.864	+0.9%
1971	0.864	+0.0%
1972	0.887	+2.7%
1973	0.897	+1.1%
1974	0.906	+1.0%
1975	0.906	+0.0%
1976	0.906	+0.0%
1977	0.906	+0.0%
1978	0.906	+0.0%
1979	0.908	+0.2%
1980	0.908	+0.0%
1981	0.908	+0.0%
1982	0.908	+0.0%
1983	0.908	+0.0%
1984	0.905	-0.3%
1985	0.905	+0.0%
1986	0.905	+0.0%
1987	0.905	+0.0%
1988	0.905	+0.0%
1989	0.902	-0.3%
1990	0.902	+0.0%
1991	0.902	+0.0%
1992	0.902	+0.0%
1993	0.903	+0.1%
1994	0.905	+0.2%
1995	0.905	+0.0%
1996	0.905	+0.0%
1997	0.898	-0.8%
1998	0.893	-0.6%
1999	0.822	-8.0%
2000	0.772	-6.1%
2001	0.754	-2.3%
2002	0.673	-10.7%
2003	0.664	-1.3%
2004	0.664	+0.0%
2005	0.663	-0.2%
2006	0.656	-1.1%
2007	0.654	-0.3%
2008	0.654	+0.0%
2009	0.654	+0.0%
2010	0.638	-2.4%
2011	0.633	-0.8%
2012	0.617	-2.5%
2013	0.555	-10.0%
2014	0.536	-3.4%
2015	0.509	-5.0%
2016	0.495	-2.8%
2017	0.379	-23.4%
2018	0.339	-10.6%
2019	0.308	-9.1%
2020	0.271	-12.0%
2021	0.305	+12.5%
2022	0.265	-13.1%
2023	0.265	+0.0%
2024	0.253	-4.5%
2025	0.224	-11.5%

Venezuela compared with similar countries

Venezuela's 0.224 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.567, 40% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Venezuela's 0.224 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.839, 27% of the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.016	0.016	0.016	1
1790s	0.016	0.016	0.016	10
1800s	0.029	0.029	0.029	10
1810s	0.125	0.053	0.293	10
1830s	0.466	0.466	0.466	10
1840s	0.3952	0.168	0.443	10
1850s	0.1977	0.168	0.345	10
1860s	0.2073	0.189	0.222	10
1870s	0.152	0.152	0.152	10
1880s	0.152	0.152	0.152	10
1890s	0.2804	0.237	0.292	10
1900s	0.0476	0.044	0.048	10
1910s	0.0414	0.038	0.044	10
1920s	0.038	0.038	0.038	10
1930s	0.1177	0.04	0.262	10
1940s	0.4513	0.18	0.724	10
1950s	0.2392	0.1	0.791	10
1960s	0.8159	0.79	0.856	10
1970s	0.895	0.864	0.908	10
1980s	0.9059	0.902	0.908	10
1990s	0.8937	0.822	0.905	10
2000s	0.6808	0.654	0.772	10
2010s	0.5009	0.308	0.638	10
2020s	0.2638	0.224	0.305	6

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Frequently asked questions

What is freedom of association index in Venezuela?: Freedom of association index in Venezuela was 0.224 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest freedom of association index recorded in Venezuela?: The highest recorded value was 0.908 in 1979.
What is the lowest freedom of association index recorded in Venezuela?: The lowest recorded value was 0.016 in 1789.
How does Venezuela rank for freedom of association index?: Venezuela ranks 144th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Venezuela?: Over the last ten years it is down 56.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Venezuela data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom of Association Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Freedom of Association Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,011 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which parties, including opposition parties, are allowed to form and participate in elections and the extent to which civil society organizations are allowed to form and operate freely.