Marion Maréchal· ECR

Overestimated

Nearly 75% of Venezuela's population fell below the poverty threshold.

Omissions

• The speaker did not specify the year or the type of poverty measure (multidimensional, extreme, or income-based)
• The ENCOVI 2024 survey indicates poverty declined by 2.4 percentage points compared to 2023
• The claim conflates Venezuela's oil reserves with poverty statistics without context
• Sources published after the session date (2026-01-20) were used, but the data they contain refers to periods before that date

Sources

• SecondaryLatin News - ENCOVI 2024 Survey56.5% of respondents were living in multidimensional poverty in 2024, down by 2.4 percentage points compared with 2023
• SecondaryACAPS Venezuela Assessment53.3% of the population were still below the poverty line in 2022 (multidimensional poverty fell by 14% compared to 2021)
• SecondaryCaracas Chronicles - ENCOVI 2023 AnalysisExtreme poverty ranged from 47.4% to 76.5% depending on city/region in 2023, showing geographic inequality