Amazonas, one of the 24 Venezuelan federal entities, registered the highest extreme poverty rate in the country in 2021. That year, around 87 percent of the population of Amazonas was considered to live below the extreme poverty line. Monagas was the Venezuelan state with the second highest extreme poverty rate, at 86 percent. More than half of households in Venezuela are estimated to be under extreme poverty.
Percentage of population living in extreme poverty in Venezuela in 2021, by state
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