🇻🇪 Venezuela: market & economy news today
The latest market, economy, central-bank, policy and company stories from Venezuela, updated every 15 minutes. Last updated 19 October 2026.
Venezuela investor snapshot
| GDP growth (2025) | 1.6% | Moderate growth. |
| Unemployment (2025) | 5.3% | Moderate. |
| GDP per person (2025) | $3,495 | Average output per person: a rough measure of how wealthy a country is. |
| Exports (2025) | 14.9% of GDP | Driven mostly by its home market. |
Latest official annual figures from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Context, not a forecast or financial advice.
Latest stories
Plataforma de Machado convoca movilización para exigir fecha de elecciones en Venezuela
El Gobierno de Venezuela entrega al Parlamento la propuesta del presupuesto para 2027
EE UU levanta las sanciones a Jorge RodrÃguez, presidente de la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela
El chavismo y la oposición se reúnen para iniciar su tercer ciclo de diálogo en Venezuela
Top economic adviser says Venezuela aims to publish debt sustainability analysis ’very soon’
Venezuela presenta ante el FMI una hoja de ruta económica basada en petróleo y minerÃa
El FMI proyecta un crecimiento económico del 5 % para Venezuela en 2026
Cheap Venezuelan crude could add up to Rs 12,600 crore to RIL’s EBITDA. What investors should know
Reliance Industries could benefit from renewed access to discounted Venezuelan crude, which may boost refining margins at its Jamnagar complex. YES Securities estimates that every $1-a-barrel expansion in blended gross refining margins could generate around Rs 4,200 crore in annualised EBITDA.
Nobel laureate Machado says Venezuela is ‘ready’ for new elections
Exiled Nobel Peace Prize laureate demands ‘transparency’ over oil revenues after deal with Trump administration
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