Freedom Score in Venezuela
Venezuela: Freedom Score was 13 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Freedom Score in Venezuela, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Venezuela recorded 13 for freedom score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 62.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freedom score in Venezuela peaked at 59 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 13, in 2024.
That places Venezuela 171st out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Freedom Score in Venezuela, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 58 | — |
| 2003 | 58 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 59 | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 54 | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 51 | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 47 | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 46 | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 43 | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 42 | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 41 | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 39 | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 38 | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 35 | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 35 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 30 | -14.3% |
| 2017 | 26 | -13.3% |
| 2018 | 19 | -26.9% |
| 2019 | 16 | -15.8% |
| 2020 | 14 | -12.5% |
| 2021 | 14 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 15 | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 13 | -13.3% |
| 2025 | 13 | +0.0% |
Venezuela compared with similar countries
- Venezuela's 13 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 41, 32% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Venezuela's 13 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 81, 16% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52 | 43 | 59 | 8 |
| 2010s | 32.1 | 16 | 42 | 10 |
| 2020s | 14 | 13 | 15 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Venezuela
More social development data for Venezuela
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 14,333 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 417,010 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0146 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 417,010 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0005 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is freedom score in Venezuela?
- Freedom score in Venezuela was 13 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest freedom score recorded in Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 59 in 2004.
- What is the lowest freedom score recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 in 2024.
- How does Venezuela rank for freedom score?
- Venezuela ranks 171st out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is freedom score rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Venezuela data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Freedom House’s freedom score captures the extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, a functioning government, freedom of expression and association, the rule of law, and personal autonomy. Higher scores indicate more freedom.