Venezuela’s GDP per Person, With Sources and Forecast Labels

Venezuela’s latest published World Bank GDP per capita is US$3,494.81 for 2025, at current prices. For 2026, the IMF’s April 2026 World Economic Outlook projects approximately US$4,140 per person. Use the first figure for the latest year in the World Bank series and the second for the IMF forecast—not as interchangeable estimates for the same year. (World Bank, IMF)

The measure matters as much as the year. Both figures above are nominal GDP per capita in current US dollars. The IMF also projects approximately 9,460 current international dollars per person on a purchasing-power-parity basis for 2026. That is a different unit and comparison method, not another US-dollar estimate.

Choose the comparison you need; the tool shows the matching figures and their limits.

World Bank GDP per Capita Was US$3,494.81 in 2025

The following table keeps the historical source and indicator consistent. It contains six years of World Bank World Development Indicators data for Venezuela, using series NY.GDP.PCAP.CD, GDP per capita in current US dollars.

Year	GDP per Capita, Current US$
2020	1,506.04
2021	2,004.94
2022	3,155.04
2023	3,617.47
2024	4,244.46
2025	3,494.81

Source: World Bank WDI API, series NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are rounded to two decimal places. The API reports a database update date of July 13, 2026. Its country label is “Venezuela, RB,” and its ISO3 country code is VEN.

The returned observation-status fields are blank. A blank status field does not establish that these values are final official observations. In a published table, preserve that limitation rather than adding an “official” or “final” label that the response does not support.

Within these six years, the nominal US-dollar value rises from 2020 through 2024, then falls in 2025. That describes the displayed series. It does not, by itself, establish the direction or size of a change in inflation-adjusted output, household income or living standards.

A concise caption for this table is “Venezuela GDP per capita, 2020–2025, current US dollars; World Bank WDI.” The caption identifies the country, period, measure, unit and source without asking readers to infer them from a chart axis.

GDP per Capita Measures Output, Not a Typical Salary

GDP per capita divides GDP by population. It is an economy-wide output measure expressed per person, not the typical person’s salary or household income. The World Bank’s indicator definition identifies the current-US-dollar series used above.

The phrase “per person” describes the denominator. It does not mean that every resident receives the reported amount, nor does the table describe how income is distributed. A headline such as “Venezuelans earn US$3,494.81” would therefore change the meaning of the statistic.

“Current US$” also needs to remain visible. These figures have not been adjusted for price changes over time. The fall between 2024 and 2025 is a fall in nominal GDP per capita expressed in US dollars; it should not be presented as an equivalent percentage decline in real output or purchasing power.

For a data page, label the value column with the complete measure rather than simply “Income” or “GDP.” “GDP” alone omits the per-capita calculation, while “Income” suggests a different statistic. A short column label can work if a nearby caption spells out “GDP per capita, current US dollars.”

The published values support a nominal comparison across the listed years. They do not supply a breakdown explaining the movement. Without additional evidence, the table should not attribute the 2025 decline to a particular policy, population change or exchange-rate development.

The IMF’s 2026 Figures Are Projections in Different Units

The IMF’s April 2026 World Economic Outlook provides these two projections for Venezuela:

Measure	2026 Projection, Rounded	Unit
Nominal GDP per capita	4,140	Current US dollars per person
PPP GDP per capita	9,460	Current international dollars per person

The nominal projection comes from the IMF series linked in the opening paragraph. The PPP GDP-per-capita series supplies the purchasing-power-parity projection. Both figures refer to the April 2026 WEO release and are rounded here.

The release matters because “2026 forecast” is not a complete source description. A forecast belongs to a particular edition of a dataset. Store “April 2026 WEO” alongside the year so that a later release does not silently replace the basis for a comparison.

Venezuela also requires a prominent uncertainty note. The IMF’s April 2026 country note says most indicators for 2018–2025 are staff estimates. It warns that limited reported data, hyperinflation and uncertainty complicate its estimates and projections. Recent historical entries in the IMF dataset should not be relabeled as final official observations.

That statement applies to the IMF dataset. It is not a substitute for checking the World Bank’s own metadata. The World Bank API’s blank observation-status fields and the IMF’s staff-estimate warning are separate source limitations, and a combined page should report them separately.

PPP Helps Compare Price Levels, Not Remove Inflation Over Time

Purchasing power parity accounts for differences in price levels across countries. Its international dollar is a comparison unit, not a US dollar that someone receives or can exchange. The World Bank’s PPP definition describes the current-international-dollar measure.

For a comparison of purchasing-power-adjusted output across countries, PPP GDP per capita is more appropriate than treating nominal dollar amounts as equivalent purchasing power everywhere. But the 2026 PPP projection of approximately 9,460 is still a current-price figure. PPP adjustment across countries does not, on its own, remove inflation over time.

Do not place the nominal projection of approximately US$4,140 and the PPP projection of approximately 9,460 international dollars in one column labeled “US$.” They can sit next to each other in a comparison table only when each measure has an explicit unit.

The choice of measure follows the question. Use nominal current-US-dollar GDP per capita for a dollar-denominated output comparison. Use PPP for a purchasing-power-adjusted cross-country comparison. Use an appropriate constant-price series when the purpose is to examine inflation-adjusted change over time.

The World Bank’s NY.GDP.PCAP.KD series uses constant 2015 US dollars, according to its constant-price indicator definition. No values from that series are supplied here, so this page cannot calculate Venezuela’s real GDP-per-capita change. See nominal versus real GDP for table-design guidance.

A World Bank History Plus an IMF Forecast Has a Source Break

Appending the IMF’s approximately US$4,140 projection for 2026 to the World Bank’s 2020–2025 table creates a source break. The shared nominal unit does not make the two datasets a single uninterrupted series.

For a quick reference page, keep the World Bank history and IMF forecast in separate tables, as above. A reader can then identify the latest historical entry and the forward-looking projection without mistaking their provenance.

If a combined display is necessary, include a source column and a status note for every row. Mark the 2026 IMF entry as a projection and identify its April 2026 release. A chart should make the change of source visible rather than presenting a continuous line with one undifferentiated legend.

Do not calculate a 2025-to-2026 growth rate from these two entries and label it “World Bank growth” or “IMF growth.” Such a calculation would compare a World Bank value with an IMF projection. A forecast-growth analysis should instead use a consistent IMF series and its accompanying status information; the matching IMF historical value is not provided here.

Similarly, the difference between the nominal and PPP projections is not a forecast revision or a gain in personal income. The figures answer different measurement questions. Keeping the measure, unit and release attached to each value prevents these comparisons from acquiring a meaning the sources do not support.

Store the Measure and Source Release in Separate Spreadsheet Fields

For a publishable dataset, use one row per country, year, indicator and source release. This lets a later forecast edition coexist with an earlier one without overwriting it, and keeps nominal and PPP records distinct.

Field	What to Store
country_code	VEN
year	Numeric year, such as 2025
indicator_code	NY.GDP.PCAP.CD for the World Bank history
value	Numeric value without currency symbols or separators
unit	current US$ per person
source	World Bank WDI or IMF WEO
source_vintage	Database update date or WEO edition
status_note	Source’s estimate or projection status
source_url	Original series or download link
retrieved_on	Your actual retrieval date

The year field describes the economic period. The source_vintage field describes the dataset release, and retrieved_on records when you obtained it. These dates serve different purposes and should not be collapsed into one “Date” column.

Keep the underlying value numeric. For example, the spreadsheet cell for the World Bank’s 2025 entry should contain 3494.81; the public table can format it as 3,494.81. Currency symbols and explanatory words belong in display formatting or the unit field, not in the stored number.

Preserve two-decimal display precision for the World Bank table and the rounded presentation of the IMF projections. Adding decimal places to the rounded forecasts would imply precision not supplied by the figures used here.

Missing values should remain blank, not become zero. A missing GDP-per-capita observation means the value is unavailable in that record; zero would assert an actual numeric result. Status notes should likewise describe the evidence rather than fill an empty field with an unsupported “final” designation.

Publish a Table Readers Can Audit

Export the cleaned spreadsheet as CSV or XLSX. TablePage accepts both formats and generates a public, shareable dataset page with a filterable table. For this dataset, the useful filters are the ones that distinguish records: year, measure, source and source release.

After upload, check that years and GDP-per-capita values behave as numbers. A value column imported as text can sort by its characters rather than its magnitude. Keep units visible when readers filter the table; a filtered PPP row must not inherit a nominal-US-dollar heading.

Put the source note near the data, including the World Bank database update date and the IMF WEO edition where applicable. Readers should be able to trace a displayed value to its series without opening the original workbook or guessing which release you used.

A focused public page can present the six World Bank historical rows first, followed by the two separately labeled IMF projections. Keep source-status caveats accessible next to those figures. Publish the economic data and its provenance, not private working notes or sensitive workbook content.

The resulting page answers three distinct requests cleanly: the latest World Bank value is US$3,494.81 for 2025; the IMF’s April 2026 nominal projection is approximately US$4,140 for 2026; and its PPP projection is approximately 9,460 current international dollars per person for 2026. Each answer needs its year, unit and source to remain intact.