France vs Venezuela: Compare Statistics

Side-by-side comparison of 107 key metrics across economy, population, geography, and more — latest data through 2026.

Summary

Comparing France and Venezuela: Venezuela leads on Refined Petroleum Products Production (926,300) against France (1.31); Venezuela leads on Oil Consumption (746,000) against France (1.86); Venezuela leads on Refined Petroleum Products Consumption (659,000) against France (1.71). Across 107 compared metrics, France wins on 66 and Venezuela wins on 32.

  • Communications: 6 metrics compared
  • Economy: 43 metrics compared
  • Environment: 6 metrics compared
  • Geography: 6 metrics compared
  • Government: 4 metrics compared
  • Health: 9 metrics compared
  • Military and Security: 1 metric compared
  • People and Society: 28 metrics compared
  • Transportation: 4 metrics compared

Communications

6 metrics
Metric🇫🇷 France🇻🇪 VenezuelaShare
Internet Usage Rate by Country (% of Population)80.5 %61.6 %
Internet Userspercent of population: 87% (2023 est.)percent of population: 62% (2017 est.)
Press Freedom Index Score76.62 points29.21 points
Radios55.310.75
Televisions34.84.1
Waterwaysmetropolitan France: 8,501 km (1,621 km navigable by craft up to 3,000 metric tons) (2010)7,100

Economy

43 metrics
Metric🇫🇷 France🇻🇪 VenezuelaShare
Agriculture Value Added as a Share of GDP by Country58.37B $8.19B $
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Country in Current US Dollars3.37T $162.01B $
Central Bank Discount Rate (%)0 %29.5 %
Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate (%)1.29 %21.1 %
Current Health Expenditure (% of GDP)11.3 % of GDP3.6 % of GDP
Ease of Doing Business Index76.80
Electricity Consumption450.871.96
Electricity Exports61.410
Electricity from Fossil Fuels1751
Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants1549
Electricity from Nuclear Fuels500
Electricity from Other Renewables190
Electricity Imports19.90
Electricity Installed Capacity130.831
Electricity Production529.1109.3
Energy Consumption per Capita (USD)123.53 USD per capita54.47 USD per capita
Gini Index Coefficient32.439
Gross Fixed Investment19.919.3
Gross National Saving22.912.1
Industrial Production Growth Rate (%)0.74 %-5.84 %
Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices)2 %200.9 %
Military Expenditures (% of GDP)2.1 % of GDP0.6 % of GDP
Natural Gas Consumption41.8824.21
Natural Gas Exports6.030
Natural Gas Imports48.590
Natural Gas Production16.9927.07
Natural Gas Proved Reserves8.415.74
Oil Consumption1.86746,000
Oil Exports487,2001.87
Oil Imports2.220
Oil Production84,8202.38
Oil Proved Reserves91.63211.2
Population Below Poverty Line15.6 people33.1 people
Public Debt98.538.9
Real GDP Growth Rate (USD)1.2 USD-19.67 USD
Refined Petroleum Products Consumption1.71659,000
Refined Petroleum Products Exports440,600325,800
Refined Petroleum Products Imports886,80020,640
Refined Petroleum Products Production1.31926,300
Remittances1.150.03
Share of population in poverty ($3 a day)0.039.71
Taxes and Other Revenues24.6244.2
Unemployment Rate7.4 %5.5 %

Environment

6 metrics
Metric🇫🇷 France🇻🇪 VenezuelaShare
Annual CO₂ Emissions Growth (abs)-6.11M-3.55M
Carbon Dioxide Emissions303.7876.73
Contiguous Zone1215
Population Distributionmuch of the population is concentrated in the north and southeast; although there are many urban agglomerations throughout the country, Paris is by far the largest city, with Lyon ranked a distant secondmost of the population is concentrated in the northern and western highlands along an eastern spur at the northern end of the Andes, an area that includes the capital of Caracas
Total Renewable Groundwater Resources by Country120 Cubic meters per year227 Cubic meters per year
Total Renewable Water Resources2111.33

Geography

6 metrics
Metric🇫🇷 France🇻🇪 VenezuelaShare
Percentage of land area by degree of urbanization4.22 %0.83 %
Above-Ground Biomass in Forest (tonnes/ha)135.5204.72
Agricultural land281,003.2 sq. km215,000 sq. km
Coastline Length (km)4,853 km2,800 km
Dam capacity per capita148.88 cubic meters per inhabitant5,928.85 cubic meters per inhabitant
Irrigated Land14,23610,550

Government

4 metrics
Metric🇫🇷 France🇻🇪 VenezuelaShare
Rule of Law Index by Country82.08 %0.52 %
Administrative Divisions1823
Independenceno official date of independence: 486 (Frankish tribes unified under Merovingian kingship); 10 August 843 (Western Francia established from the division of the Carolingian Empire); 14 July 1789 (French monarchy overthrown); 22 September 1792 (First French5
Suffrage Participation Rate1818

Health

9 metrics
Metric🇫🇷 France🇻🇪 VenezuelaShare
Diabetes Deaths Per 100,000 (Age-Std)10.5855.85
Diabetes Prevalence (% of Population)6.58.6
Health Expenditure (% of GDP)12.3 % of GDP4 % of GDP
HIV/AIDS Adult Prevalence Rate0.3 %0.5 %
Hospital Bed Density6 people/sq km1 people/sq km
Maternal Mortality Ratio (%)7 %227 %
Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate (%)21.6 %25.6 %
People Living With HIV/AIDS190,000100,000
Underweight Children Under 5NANA

Military and Security

1 metric
Metric🇫🇷 France🇻🇪 VenezuelaShare
Total Armed Forces Personnel (PPP)304,000343,000

People and Society

28 metrics
Metric🇫🇷 France🇻🇪 VenezuelaShare
Currently married (Percent)52.51 %47.71 %
Life expectancy at birth86.69 years77.19 years
Median age of population42.51 years29.62 years
Population Change62,507.4 persons207,929.9 persons
Population density121.19 per sq. km31.16 per sq. km
Total population66.75M persons28.63M persons
Academic Freedom Index0.80.13
Average Female Breast Size by Country: Worldwide Data & RankingsA-BB-C
Birth Rate (%)10.88 %16.45 %
Contraceptive Prevalence RateNA75 %
Death Rate (%)9.91 %6.54 %
Education Expenditure (% of GDP)5.3 % of GDP0 % of GDP
Female population of reproductive age13.97M persons7.03M persons
Labor Force Participation Rate31.7311.14
Length of paid parental leave for mother180 days0 days
Major Urban Areas Population11.21 people2.97 people
Mean Male Height (cm)179.74171.59
Military Manpower at Military Age1818
Military Service Age and Obligationgenerally 17-30 years of age for both men and women with some variations by service, position, and enlisted versus officer; 17-40 for National Gendarmerie; basic service contract is for 12 months; no conscription (abolished 2001) (2025) note 1: a 10-month18
Percentage of population by degree of urbanization62.53 %88.66 %
Physician Density3.28 people/sq km1.66 people/sq km
Population Growth Rate0.2 %0.88 %
Population living in slums0 %25.03 %
Total deaths607,731.9 persons220,071.7 persons
Total demand for family planning (Percent)70.02 %61.52 %
Total fertility rate1.56 per woman2.05 per woman
Total net-migration66,501.8 persons-8,316.8 persons
Under-five mortality rate3.49 per live births17.21 per live births

Transportation

4 metrics
Metric🇫🇷 France🇻🇪 VenezuelaShare
Air Travel Trips Per Capita (PPP)1.350.06
Airports1,218509
Civil Air Travel19556
Heliports40588

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