The municipalities of Manapiare and Bolívar, located in the Venezuelan states of Amazonas and Falcón, respectively, registered the highest share of population living under the poverty line in the country in 2021. That year, almost the entire population of these municipalities was reported to be living in poverty. All the 25 Venezuelan cities listed in this statistic had at least 99.7 percent of their population living under the poverty line.
Municipalities with the highest share of population living in poverty in Venezuela in 2021
Characteristic
Share of population
Manapiare
99.98%
Bolívar*
99.98%
Jesús Enrique Lossada
99.95%
Peña
99.95%
Ocumare de la Costa de Oro
99.94%
Andrés Eloy Blanco
99.94%
Andrés Mata
99.94%
Benítez
99.94%
Bolívar***
99.94%
Cajigal
99.94%
Mejía
99.94%
Ribero
99.94%
Píritu****
99.93%
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* Bolívar (Falcón).
** Bolívar (Sucre).
*** Bolívar (Yaracuy).
**** Píritu (Anzoátegui).
***** Píritu (Falcón).
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Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. (October 21, 2022). Municipalities with the highest share of population living in poverty in Venezuela in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 25, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1243826/municipalities-poverty-rate-venezuela/
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