VENEZUELA · ECONOMY
Key Facts
—Cash per person: Venezuela’s physical bolívar cash is worth roughly US$3 to US$5 per inhabitant. Brazil holds about US$300 per person in notes and coins, Mexico about US$1,500.
—Highest note: The largest banknote in circulation, 500 bolívares, is worth about US$0.63 at the official rate of 798.33 per dollar on 1 September 2026.
—Vault claim: A July research memorandum says some 750 million unused banknotes printed in 2016–2018 sit in central bank vaults. The Rio Times could not verify that figure independently.
