Over 80% of those remaining in Venezuela are living in poverty
Social PolicySouth America
- Omissions
- The 80%+ figure refers specifically to INCOME poverty (82.8%) from the 2023 ENCOVI survey, not multidimensional poverty
- More recent 2024 ENCOVI data shows multidimensional poverty declined to 56.5%, down 2.4 percentage points from 2023
- Different poverty measures yield different results: income poverty (82.8% in 2023) vs multidimensional poverty (56.5% in 2024)
- The Americas Quarterly 2025 snapshot cites 51.9% poverty rate for 2023 using ENCOVI definition, which differs from the income poverty measure
- Source citing 82.8% (Caracas Chronicles) is a secondary source, not the primary ENCOVI publication
- Sources
- SecondaryCaracas Chronicles82.8% of Venezuelan households suffered from income poverty in 2023 according to ENCOVI survey
- SecondaryLatin News56.5% of respondents were living in multidimensional poverty in 2024, down by 2.4 percentage points compared with 2023
- SecondaryAmericas QuarterlyPoverty rate 51.9% (2023, ENCOVI definition)