ANNUAL

MEMBERSHIP
CENSUS

2023
VENEZUELA
VENEZUELA│PHYSIOTHERAPIST NUMBERS

Physiotherapists Physiotherapists in Physiotherapists

in Venezuela World Physiotherapy in the world
South America region 2,000,000
5,000 1,800,000
500,000.00
4,500
450,000.00 1,600,000
4,000
400,000.00 1,400,000
3,500
350,000.00 1,200,000
3,000 300,000.00
1,000,000
2,500 250,000.00
800,000 35% 34%
2,000 200,000.00
3% 3% 3% 31%
1,500 40% 32% 5% 150,000.00
600,000

1,962,741
1,984,739

1,917,615

603,343*
660,794*
446,276
368,261

687,623
408,223
400,000
500

1,000
500

10,861

11,440
100,000.00

11,003
4,500
227
159
200

500 50,000.00 200,000

0 0.00 0
2021 2022 2023 2021 2022 2023 2021 2022 2023
Members in MO Total physiotherapists in Members in MOs Number of physiotherapists Members of Physiotherapists globally
Venezuela in the region in the region MOs globally

% shows the percentage of physiotherapists that are members of a World Physiotherapy member organisation
The data in this page includes data from all of World Physiotherapy’s 127 member organisations. Some data has also been collated from other sources available to World Physiotherapy.
*The decreases are due to changes in the number of individual members in the Indian Association of Physiotherapists from 2021-2022, and the resignation of the Polish Chamber of Physiotherapists, with effect from
1 January 2023.
VENEZUELA│PRACTISING PHYSIOTHERAPISTS
NUMBER OF PRACTISING PHYSIOTHERAPISTS PER 10,000 POPULATION

Venezuela South America

region
1.8 9
1.6 8
1.4 7
1.2 6
1 5
0.8 4
0.6 3
0.4 2
0.2 1
0 0
2021 2022 2023 2021 2022 2023

1.59 7.87
practising physiotherapists is the average number of
per 10,000 population in practising physiotherapists per
Venezuela in 2023 10,000 population in the World
Physiotherapy South America
region in 2023
VENEZUELA│GENDER

COUNTRY/TERRITORY GLOBALLY
of physiotherapists in the

54% Venezuelan Federation of

Physiotherapists are female

27% of physiotherapists in Venezuela

are female

SOUTH AMERICA REGION

of physiotherapists in member

65% organisations in the South America

region are female

of physiotherapists in the South

58% 63%
65% America region are female of the individual members of
World Physiotherapy member
organisations are female
of the global physiotherapy
workforce is female
VENEZUELA│ENTRY LEVEL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES
NUMBER OF ENTRY LEVEL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES PER 5,000,000 POPULATION

1.94
entry level education
programmes in Venezuela per
5 million population in 2023
14.37
is the average number of entry
level education programmes per
5 million population in the
World Physiotherapy South
America region in 2023

Bachelor’s degree
is the minimum qualification required
to practice in Venezuela
VENEZUELA│PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE
Have special interest groups which are There are support personnel who work
recognised by World Physiotherapy Provide CPD for members with physiotherapists

27%
64% 54% 59%
91% 78%
No No No
South Global South Global South Global
America Venezuela America Venezuela America Venezuela

Membership is required to practice Have postgraduate programmes Have access to PhD programmes

9% 17%
45% 46%
82% 76%
No No No
South Global South Global South Global
America Venezuela America Venezuela America Venezuela
GLOBAL│RESPONSE TO SURVEY
North America South America
Africa region Asia Western Pacific region Europe region
Caribbean region region
Angola Zambia Afghanistan Philippines Albania Latvia Bahamas Argentina
Benin Zimbabwe Australia Saudi Arabia Austria Lebanon Barbados Brazil
Cameroon Bangladesh Singapore Belgium Liechtenstein Bermuda Chile
Congo (Democratic Bosnia and
Bhutan Sri Lanka Lithuania Canada Colombia
Republic) Herzegovina
Eswatini Cambodia Taiwan Bulgaria Luxembourg Dominican Republic Costa Rica
Ethiopia Fiji Thailand Cyprus Malta Guyana Ecuador
United Arab
Ghana Hong Kong Czech Republic Montenegro Haiti Guatemala
Emirates
Ivory Coast India Vietnam Denmark Netherlands Jamaica Mexico
Kenya Indonesia Yemen Estonia North Macedonia Panama Peru
Madagascar Japan Finland Norway Puerto Rico Uruguay
Malawi Korea (Republic of) France Palestine St Lucia Venezuela
Mauritius Kuwait Georgia Portugal Suriname
Trinidad and
Namibia Macau Germany Romania
Tobago Responses to the
Niger Malaysia Greece Slovakia United States annual membership
Nigeria Mongolia Hungary Slovenia census were received
from World
Rwanda Myanmar Iceland Spain
Physiotherapy
Sierra Leone Nepal Ireland Sweden member organisations
South Africa New Zealand Israel Switzerland in these countries/
Sudan Oman Italy Ukraine
territories in 2023.
Togo Pakistan Jordan United Kingdom
Uganda Papua New Guinea Kosovo
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• The data in this report is based on responses to the

annual membership census (AMC) sent to World
Physiotherapy’s member organisations.

• The AMC was sent to 127 member organisations, of

which 119 responded, representing a 93.7% response
rate. In the South America region all 11 member
organisations submitted their AMC data, representing
a 100% engagement rate in the region. This is
consistent with previous years’ response rates and
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