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With substantial income from oil production, Venezuela is a highly urbanized country with enough food available to meet requirements. But poverty remains widespread, affecting almost half the population. And up to one-third of the children in some impoverished rural states show signs of repeated or prolonged periods of undernutrition.
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On a national scale, a moderately low 15 percent of Venezuela's population is undernourished and rates of stunting, wasting and underweight among children are all low. However, between 20 and 36 percent of children suffer from stunting in several states in the south and east of the country where around two-thirds of the population falls below the poverty line.
Rising unemployment and high inflation have exacerbated
the nutritional problems of the rural poor and especially
indigenous people. More in-depth analysis is needed to
identify pockets of poverty and malnutrition in the cities
where around 85 percent of Venezuela's population lives.
