Venezuelan diaspora

Venezuelan diaspora

World map showing countries with the largest Venezuelan populations
Location	of diaspora:  Colombia 1,700,000[1][2]  Peru 859,659[3]  Brazil 510,000[4][5]  United States 259,000-500,000[6]  Ecuador 300,000[7]  Spain 300,000[8]  Chile 288,000[9]  Argentina 130,000[9]  Trinidad and Tobago 130,000[10]  Mexico 95,000[11]  Dominican Republic 90,000[12]  Panama 80,000[11]  Italy 12,033[13]  Canada 34,000[14]  France 30,000[10]  Costa Rica 25,000[15]  Germany 20,000[10]  Paraguay 20,000[16]  Curaçao 16,000[17]  United Kingdom 15,000[18]  Cuba 15,000[10]  Vietnam 12,010[19]  Lebanon 12,000[20]  Uruguay 12,000[21]  Australia 10,000[10]  Haiti 5,198[22]  Guyana 5,123[23]  Guatemala 5,000[24]  Ireland 5,000[10]  Bolivia 4,000[25]   Switzerland 3,989[22]  Netherlands 3,878[22]  Aruba 3,399 [22]  United Arab Emirates 2,500[10]  New Zealand 2,000[10]  Sweden 1,837[26]  Norway 1,607[22]  Greece 1,026[22]  Japan 1,000[27]  Saudi Arabia 1,000[10]  Austria 915[22]  Denmark 706[22]  El Salvador 700[28]  Belgium 570[22]  Israel 373[22]  Botswana 305[22]  Honduras 200[29]
Cause	Social issues, political repression, crime, economic downturn, corruption, censorship and others.[30][31][32]

The Venezuelan diaspora refers to Venezuelan citizens living outside Venezuela. In times of economic and political crisis since the 2010s, Venezuelans have often fled to other countries in the Americas and beyond to establish a more sustainable life.