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8.21

Venezuela

Selected Economic and Social Data

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

Population ('000)

18,062

18,542

19,025

19,502

19,972

20,441

20,910

21,377

21,844

22,311

22,777

Growth Rate (%)

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

National Accounts

GDP, current prices (b.bolivares)

679.4

875.4

1485.6

2279.3

3037.5

4131.5

5453.9

8675.2

13,662

29,333

42,744

GDP, 1984 prices (b.bolivares)

457.4

485.6

447.5

478.3

524.9

556.7

558.2

545.1

565.0

562.6

591.3

Real GDP Growth Rate (%)

4.5

6.2

-7.8

6.9

9.7

6.1

0.3

-2.3

3.7

-0.4

5.1

Real Per Capita GDP (1984 pesos)

25,324

26,189

23,522

24,526

26,282

27,234

26,695

25,499

25,865

25,216

25,960

Real Per Cap. GDP Growth Rate (%)

1.8

3.4

-10.2

4.3

7.2

3.6

-2.0

-4.5

1.4

-2.5

3.0

Gross Domestic Investment/GDP (%)

25.2

27.9

12.9

10.2

18.7

23.7

18.8

14.2

17.9

16.1

17.7

Prices

GDP Deflator (1984=100)

148.5

180.3

332.0

476.5

578.7

742.1

977.1

1,591.5

2,418.1

5,213.8

7,228.8

Annual Change (%)

32.1

21.4

84.2

43.5

21.4

28.2

31.7

62.9

51.9

115.6

38.6

Consumer Prices (1990=100)

29.8

38.5

71.1

100.0

134.2

176.4

243.6

391.8

626.5

1,252.3

1,878.9

Annual Change (%)

28.4

29.2

84.7

40.6

34.2

31.4

38.1

60.8

59.9

99.9

50.0

Balance of Payments (US$m)

Current Account Balance

(1,390)

(5,809)

2,161

8,279

1,736

(3,749)

(1,993)

2,541

2,014

8,824

5,999

Exports, fob

10,564

10,217

13,059

17,623

15,159

14,202

14,779

16,110

19,082

23,693

23,966

Imports, fob

8,870

12,080

7,365

6,917

10,259

12,880

11,504

8,504

12,069

9,937

12,374

Trade Balance

1,694

(1,863)

5,694

10,706

4,900

1,322

3,275

7,606

7,013

13,756

11,592

Factor Payments, net

(1,619)

(1,771)

(2,368)

(774)

(598)

(1,746)

(1,715)

(1,896)

(1,924)

(1,735)

(1,877)

Other Services, net

(1,374)

(2,028)

(982)

(1,351)

(2,202)

(2,951)

(3,185)

(3,086)

(3,184)

(3,335)

(3,592)

Transfers, net

(91)

(147)

(183)

(302)

(364)

(374)

(368)

(83)

109

138

(124)

Capital Account Balance

960

(1,180)

(2,686)

(2,161)

2,425

3,203

2,388

(3,404)

(3,427)

(2,480)

(2,078)

Direct Investment, net

(16)

21

34

76

1,728

473

(514)

136

686

1,595

4,346

Portfolio Investment, net

..

..

(534)

15,976

351

1,003

621

261

(326)

758

626

Other Investment, net

976

(1,201)

(2,186)

(18,213)

346

1,727

2,281

(3,801)

(3,787)

(4,833)

(7,050)

Errors and Omissions

(505)

3,117

1,602

(1,742)

(1,516)

(299)

(539)

(310)

(497)

(48)

(1,497)

Overall Balance

(935)

(3,872)

1,077

4,376

2,645

(845)

(144)

(1,173)

(1,910)

6,296

2,424

External Public Debt

Debt Outstanding,12/31 (US$m)

25,008

25,181

25,166

24,509

24,939

25,830

26,855

28,042

28,494

28,452

..

Debt Outstanding/GDP (%) [a]

53.4

41.7

58.7

50.4

46.7

42.8

44.7

48.0

36.9

40.2

..

Debt Service/Exports (%)

24.3

29.6

18.4

22.2

13.4

11.8

14.3

12.0

16.7

12.3

..

Consolidated Nonfinancial Public Sector (% of GDP)

Current Revenue

31.3

23.8

29.4

32.8

29.5

24.2

25.8

27.7

25.8

34.4

28.4

Current Expenditures

19.0

18.0

18.3

20.1

18.0

17.7

15.9

16.3

17.3

16.0

17.4

Current Surplus/Deficit

12.3

5.8

11.1

12.7

11.5

6.5

9.9

11.4

8.5

18.4

11.0

Capital Revenue

0.4

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.5

3.8

Capital Expenditures

13.8

14.4

12.3

12.7

15.3

12.5

11.3

25.3

15.8

12.1

12.5

Overall Surplus/Deficit

-1.1

-8.5

-1.2

0.1

-3.5

-5.9

-1.3

-13.8

-7.3

6.8

2.3

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