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2022
Economic Complexity
Trade -0.87Rank 107 of 133
2021
Economic Complexity
Technology -1.51Rank 91 of 96
2022
Economic Complexity
Research -0.51Rank 85 of 135
2022
Product
Exports | Imports $4.3B | $9.59B132 of 226 |  116 of 226
2022
Per Capita Product
Exports | Imports $152 | $339216 of 220 |  192 of 220

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Overview In 2022 Venezuela was the number 132 economy in the world in terms of total exports and the number 116 in total imports.

Exports The top exports of Venezuela are Scrap Iron ($564M), Petroleum Coke ($509M), Crude Petroleum ($495M), Acyclic Alcohols ($418M), and Raw Aluminium ($337M), exporting mostly to China ($703M), Turkey ($597M), Spain ($518M), United States ($438M), and Brazil ($361M).

Imports The top imports of Venezuela are Soybean Oil ($365M), Soybean Meal ($305M), Corn ($286M), Rice ($244M), and Raw Sugar ($241M), importing mostly from China ($3.01B), United States ($2.21B), Brazil ($1.33B), Colombia ($632M), and Turkey ($366M).

Location Venezuela borders Colombia, Guyana, and Brazil by land and Trinidad and Tobago by sea.

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The following section uses the most recent trade data from partners of Venezuela.

Disclaimer: data is presented based on availability and only countries that use the harmonized system are being shown.

* Trade values are converted to USD using each month's exchange rate. For December 2023 data, the exchange rate from December 30, 2023 is used.

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The data obtained is mirror data. The trade of countries that do not report current data can be reconstructed based on data reported by partner countries with current data available.

*All data is converted to USD using January 2020 exchange rates when data is reported in local currency.

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Historical Data

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Top Export (2022)Scrap Iron$564M
Top Destination (2022)China$703M

In 2022, Venezuela exported a total of $4.3B, making it the number 132 exporter in the world. During the last five reported years the exports of Venezuela have changed by -$27.9B from $32.2B in 2017 to $4.3B in 2022.

The most recent exports are led by Scrap Iron ($564M), Petroleum Coke ($509M), Crude Petroleum ($495M), Acyclic Alcohols ($418M), and Raw Aluminium ($337M). The most common destination for the exports of Venezuela are China ($703M), Turkey ($597M), Spain ($518M), United States ($438M), and Brazil ($361M).

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Fastest Growing Export Markets (2021 - 2022)
Spain$447M (+ 630%)
Brazil$194M (+ 117%)
Turkey$142M (+ 31.3%)
Fastest Growing Import Markets (2021 - 2022)
China$874M (+ 40.9%)
United States$661M (+ 42.7%)
Colombia$301M (+ 90.9%)

Crecimiento de exportaciones según mercado (2021 - 2022)

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Service Trade

Service Trade

Venezuela Exports Services (2018)$798M
Venezuela Imports Services (2018)$7.29B

In 2018, Venezuela exported $798M worth of services. The top services exported by Venezuela in 2018 were Sea transport ($277M), Personal travel ($175M), Business travel ($77M), Air transport ($75M), and Telecommunications services ($59M).

The top services imported by Venezuela in 2018 were Other personal, cultural, and recreational services ($2.13B), Sea transport ($1.05B), Air transport ($795M), Personal travel ($748M), and Miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services ($731M).

Exportación de Servicios (2018)

Importación de Servicios (2018)

Economic Complexity

Overview

Complejidad Económica (Comercio)-0,87Ranking 107 de 133
Complejidad Económica (Tecnología)-1.51Ranking 91 de 96
Complejidad Económica (Investigación)-0.51Ranking 85 de 135

Most Specialized Products by RCA Index

Venezuela has a high level of specialization in Iron Reductions (163), Petroleum Coke (79.9), Scrap Iron (59.3), Acyclic Alcohols (55.1), and Wood Charcoal (37.6). Specialization is measured using RCA, an index that takes the ratio between Venezuela observed and expected exports in each product.

Most Complex Products by PCI

The highest complexity exports of Venezuela according to the product complexity index (PCI) are Sulphonamides (0.87), Yarn and strip and the like of heading no. 5404 or 5405,... (0.57), Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre... (0.43), Copper; powders and flakes (0.4), and Hydrogen peroxide; whether or not solidified with urea (0.36). PCI measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters.

Export Opportunities by Relatedness

The top export opportunities for Venezuela according to the relatedness index, were Cocoa Shells (0.12), Tropical Fruits (0.11), Petroleum Gas (0.11), Palm Oil (0.1), and Other Ores (0.1). Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product. The barchart show only products that Venezuela is not specialized in.

Product Space

The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported. The product space can be used to predict future exports, since countries are more likely to start exporting products that are related to current exports. Relatedness measures the distance between a product, and all of the products a country currently specializes in.

Relatedness Space

This network shows the products most related to the production structure of Venezuela. These are products that tend to be co-exported with the products that Venezuela exports. Higher relatedness values ​​indicate greater knowledge, which predicts a greater probability of exporting that product in the future.

Espacio de la Afinidad (2022

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The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk vs strategic value of a country's potential export oppotunities. Relatedness is predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth, less income inequality, and lower greenhouse emissions.

Frontera de la Diversificación

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During the last 20 years Venezuela's⁩ ⁨economy has become relatively less complex, moving from the ⁩⁨55th to the 107th⁩ position in the ECI rank.

These economic complexity rankings use 6 digit exports classified according to the HS96 classification. We consider only countries with population of at least 1 million and exports of at least $1 billion, and products with world trade over $500 million. To explore different rankings and vary these parameters visit the custom rankings section.

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