Commodity Origins

What does Venezuela produce and export?

Venezuela ranks in the top ten producers of 1 commodity: sisal (#10, 0.5% of world output in 2024).

Where venezuela is produced, 2024World map shaded by share of venezuela production in 2024. Darkest: Venezuela 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: 100% (1)Guyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does Venezuela produce?

Commodities where Venezuela is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Sisal Fibres & other raw materials100.5%1,183 t2024FAOSTAT

What does Venezuela export?

Venezuela's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of Venezuela's own $10.6 billion of tracked exports, not by world trade. Crude oil alone is 92% of it. See the full export dependency report for how Venezuela compares with other countries.

Venezuela's tracked export mix by commodityCrude oil: 92.2%; Iron ore: 2.6%; Shrimp: 2.4%; Urea: 2.0%; Cocoa: 0.7%; Other tracked commodities: 0.0%.Crude oil: 92.2%Crude oil92.2%Iron ore: 2.6%Iron ore2.6%Shrimp: 2.4%Shrimp2.4%Urea: 2.0%Urea2.0%Cocoa: 0.7%CocoaOther tracked commodities: 0.0%

Venezuela is not a top-ten exporter of any commodity tracked here.

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

Venezuela in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Venezuela, computed from the same data as this page.

What Venezuela uses

Venezuela had about 28 million people and a food supply of 2,800 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in Venezuela, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Milk4.7 million tonnes0.4%125 (#62 of 142)90%11%
Corn3.8 million tonnes0.3%71 (#14 of 140)73%27%
Rice1.5 million tonnes0.2%43 (#51 of 141)41%60%
Wheat1.3 million tonnes0.2%46 (#97 of 143)0.1%100%
Sugar929 thousand tonnes0.5%32 (#38 of 143)60%41%
Plantains622 thousand tonnes1.4%19 (#21 of 119)100%<0.1%
Potatoes575 thousand tonnes0.2%16 (#100 of 143)92%8.2%
Bananas547 thousand tonnes0.4%16 (#23 of 140)100%<0.1%

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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