Total Population
Population with a disability
according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate2024
Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Article 62 states:
All citizens have the right to participate freely in public affairs, either directly or through their elected representatives...
Article 63 states:
Suffrage is a right. lt shall be exercised through free, universal, direct and secret elections. The law shall guarantee the principle of personalization of suffrage and proportional representation.
Aricle 64 states:
All Venezuelans who have reached the age of 18 and are not subject to political disablement or civil interdiction are qualified to vote...
Article 97 states:
An elector appearing in the Voter Registry is not to be impeded from exercising his or her right to vote.
Article 155 states:
The National Electoral Council….guarantees electors with disabilities the full exercise of political rights, without any discrimination…