Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Venezuela instead of Israel, you would:
Health
live 10.1 years less
In Israel, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Venezuela, that number is 73 years (70 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
pay a 32.0% lower top tax rate
Israel has a top tax rate of 50.0% as of 2016. In Venezuela, the top tax rate is 34.0% as of 2016.
make 79.9% less money
Israel has a GDP per capita of $38,300 as of 2020, while in Venezuela, the GDP per capita is $7,704 as of 2018.
be 56.8% more likely to be unemployed
In Israel, 4.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2020. In Venezuela, that number is 6.9% as of 2018.
be 50.5% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Israel, 22.0% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Venezuela, however, that number is 33.1% as of 2015.
Life
be 41.7 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Israel, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Venezuela, 125.0 women do as of 2017.
be 5.0 times more likely to die during infancy
In Israel, approximately 3.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Venezuela, on the other hand, 17.7 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 20.0% less likely to have internet access
In Israel, approximately 90.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Venezuela, about 72.0% do as of 2019.
Expenditures
spend 79.0% less on education
Israel spends 6.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Venezuela spends 1.3% of total GDP on education as of 2017.
spend 28.0% less on healthcare
Israel spends 7.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Venezuela, that number is 5.4% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 10.3 times more coastline
Israel has a total of 273 km of coastline. In Venezuela, that number is 2,800 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministerio del Poder Popular de Finanzas, SENIAT, Israel Ministry of Finance Tax Authority.
Venezuela: At a glance
How big is Venezuela compared to Israel? See an in-depth size comparison.