The World Bank has estimated that a series of earthquakes in Venezuela caused $19.6 billion in damage, according to a recent assessment. The figure, released on July 23, 2026, provides one of the first large-scale estimates of the disaster's economic impact.
Total damage from the Venezuela earthquakes, as estimated by the World Bank.
According to the same assessment, 47% of the physical damage from the earthquakes impacted residential buildings. It was not immediately clear how much of the total $19.6 billion figure corresponds to residential losses, as the data on other sectors was not provided in the assessment's summary.
The 47% figure, reported by the World Bank, has not been independently corroborated by other sources. The bank's estimate is based on its own damage and loss assessment methodology, which often relies on satellite imagery and field reports, but the specific data inputs for this calculation have not been publicly detailed.