Dengue in Venezuela
Country profile for Venezuela (Americas): official dengue surveillance data reported to WHO, analysed by the SENTINARA early-warning engine.
Key facts
- Venezuela reported 11,722 dengue cases from January to September 2026, -66.3% compared with the same period of 2025, according to WHO Global Dengue Surveillance.
- Deaths reported in 2026 to September: 10 (0 in the same period of 2025).
- In 2025, the last full year, Venezuela recorded 41,500 cases, an incidence of 145.5 per 100,000 people and a case fatality rate of 0.157%.
- SENTINARA early-warning level for September 2026: Normal, because cases are within the usual range for this time of year.
- Ensemble forecast: October 2026 about 1,049 cases (80% range 714 to 1,542); November 2026 about 910 cases (80% range 557 to 1,486); December 2026 about 755 cases (80% range 428 to 1,332). Backtest MAPE 25%, MASE 0.25.
- Cases usually peak in December (based on 12 complete years).
- The anomaly detectors flagged 27 months; the most recent was March 2025 with 3,611 cases.
- OpenDengue holds complete annual totals for Venezuela since 1960.
- Countries with a similar seasonal pattern: Puerto Rico, Panama, Sri Lanka, Dominican Republic, Colombia.
Related pages
- Dengue in Puerto Rico
- Dengue in Panama
- Dengue in Sri Lanka
- Dengue in Dominican Republic
- Dengue in Colombia
- Dengue in Ecuador
- Dengue in Peru
- Dengue in El Salvador
- Dengue in Grenada
- Dengue in Trinidad and Tobago
- Dengue in Costa Rica
Data updated 2026-10-31. Sources: WHO Global Dengue Surveillance; OpenDengue V1.3 (Clarke et al., 2025), doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.24259573; Dinas Kesehatan Kota Semarang; World Bank Open Data; NASA POWER.