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WHAT IS HAPPENING IN VENEZUELA?

  • 78% of the Venezuelan population faces food insecurity.
  • 65% of children in Venezuela suffer from malnutrition.
  • Venezuela’s food crisis is the 4th most severe in the world, surpassed only by Yemen, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Afghanistan.
  • To afford the basic food basket in Venezuela, 34.4 minimum wages are needed.
    • Monthly cost of the basic food basket per person: $108.5
    • Monthly minimum wage: $3.5

Sources: Caritas 2023, Encovi 2022, Food Security Information Network 2020, EFE 2024