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Venezuela

HighScore 7Compound crisesOpen the map

Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    6

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    0.3

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    100%

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    6

  • Population

    28.5 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    5 / 8

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level6

  • +2UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the countryUK FCDO travel advice
  • +11 death in organised violence in the last 30 daysUCDP GED Candidate
  • +119 critical internet-connectivity alerts in 24 hoursIODA, Georgia Tech
  • +13.3 million people in crisis-level food insecurity or worse (IPC 3+)FEWS NET
  • +11.6 million refugees and asylum-seekers have fled the countryUNHCR
  • +1Compound crisis: organised violence, official travel advice, internet outages, food insecurity, mass displacement at the same timeARMSMA situation watch

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Violence deaths, 30 days

    1

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    3

  • Violence incidents, 30 days

    1

  • Internet outage alerts, 24 h

    19

  • Refugees who fled

    1 598 166

  • Power plants near violence

    5

  • People in food crisis (IPC 3+)

    3 250 000

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Venezuela, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 25%
  • Against civilians · 75%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
3.3 M
2026-08
Share in food crisis
11%
2026-08
Undernourishment
5.9%
2023
Refugees who fled
1,598,166
Refugees hosted
15,910
Internally displaced
—
Sanctions designations
450
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$3,495
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).

FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis

Latest incidents of organised violence7

DatePlaceSidesDeathsCiviliansReported by
2026-08-31El Yabo sector of La Vela de Coro, Colina municipality of Falcón state.Unidentified armed group (Venezuela) — Civilians11Últimas Noticias
2026-08-11Las Torres de La Vega sector in Caracas.Government of Venezuela — Civilians11El Pitazo
2026-08-10San Francisco municipality of Zulia state.Unidentified armed group (Venezuela) — Civilians11El Pitazo
2026-08-05Road to La Concepción, west of the Zulian capital.Unidentified armed group (Venezuela) — Civilians11El Pitazo, Últimas Noticias
2026-08-03 – 2026-08-11Rafael Linares neighborhood, Guerrera Ana Soto parish of Barquisimeto, Lara state.Unidentified armed group (Venezuela) — Civilians11El Nacional
2026-08-02 – 2026-08-11BolívarUnidentified armed group (Venezuela) — Civilians11El Nacional
2026-08-01Caroní River, between the Macagua and Caruachi , in the Caroní municipality of Bolívar state.Unidentified armed group (Venezuela) — Unidentified armed group (Venezuela)22El Pitazo

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days3

  • Unidentified armed group (Venezuela) - Civilians5
  • Unidentified armed groups (Venezuela)2
  • Government of Venezuela - Civilians1

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Venezuela: Avoid all travel to parts

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Power plants near danger5

  • Antonio Jose de Sucre (Macagua) · Hydro · 2,930 MW

    1 incidents within 50 km in 90 days, nearest 6 km

  • Fransisco de Miranda (Caruachi) · Hydro · 2,196 MW

    1 incidents within 50 km in 90 days, nearest 28 km

  • Josefa Joaquina Sanchez · Gas · 1,586 MW

    1 incidents within 50 km in 90 days, nearest 8 km

  • Ricardo Zuloaga (Tacoa) Thermal Power Plant Venezuela · Gas · 1,720 MW

    1 incidents within 50 km in 90 days, nearest 25 km

  • Termozulia · Gas · 1,300 MW

    1 incidents within 50 km in 90 days, nearest 8 km

Distance only: this does not mean a plant was affected.

WRI Global Power Plant Database; UCDP; GDACS · USGS

Next 7 days in Caracas

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2917…283.7 mm23 km/h
Wed, Sep 3020…282.2 mm25 km/h
Thu, Oct 120…291.5 mm37 km/h
Fri, Oct 220…276.5 mm39 km/h
Sat, Oct 319…283.0 mm28 km/h
Sun, Oct 419…275.1 mm25 km/hthunderstorm
Mon, Oct 520…276.0 mm23 km/hthunderstorm

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets14

ItemPriceUSDYear
Rice (white) / KG1.38 USD1.38+7%
Oil (vegetable) / 850 ML3.61 USD3.60+44%
Maize flour / KG1.03 USD1.03+5%
Pasta / 0.5 KG0.73 USD0.73+4%
Cheese (white) / KG6.37 USD6.37-1%
Sugar / KG1.48 USD1.48+10%
Margarine / 0.5 KG2.6 USD2.60+11%
Onions / KG1.25 USD1.25+2%
Potatoes / KG1.4 USD1.40-14%
Tomatoes / KG1.61 USD1.60-4%
Carrots / KG1.01 USD1.01+16%
Salt / KG0.44 USD0.43+32%
Lentils / 900 G3.76 USD3.76+36%
Bananas / KG0.76 USD0.76+2%

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2025-05); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)