This page is the complete Zakat guide for Venezuela, written for payers who calculate and pay in VES (Venezuelan bolivar). Everything that follows is the universal Shariah method expressed entirely in local terms — local thresholds, a local worked example worth VES 74,474 of savings, local payment channels and local Ramadan dates. Everything is free, and the calculators linked from this page run in your browser with live prices, converting the thresholds into VES on the day you actually calculate.
The two thresholds a payer in Venezuela is judged against, at this guide's reference prices, are VES 244,011 — the value of 87.48 grams of gold at VES 2,789 per gram — and VES 21,904, the value of 612.36 grams of silver at VES 36 per gram, with the conversion running at 36.5 VES per US dollar. Treat both figures as indicative: on your actual due date the live tool will quote the thresholds afresh in Venezuelan bolivar. On the silver standard most scholars recommend for cash, a payer in Venezuela whose net savings pass VES 21,904 for a full lunar year owes 2.5% of the total.
In Venezuela today, the Zakat of most households leaves through the same short list of routes: mosque collections, especially around Jumu'ah and during Ramadan, charity platforms and mobile giving apps and payroll deduction schemes offered by some employers. The channel matters less than the conditions: the money has to arrive with recipients whom Quran 9:60 names as eligible, and become theirs in law and fact (tamlik). Plenty of households here the calculation is settled at home, then the payment is split across two or three trusted routes. Ask any intermediary how they distribute, file the confirmation with your PDF report, and check whether administration costs come out of the Zakat itself where an organisation deducts them. Because community life in Venezuela runs in Spanish, make sure family instructions are understood in that language.
Ramadan 2027 should begin on Monday 8 February 2027 across Venezuela, subject to the sighting of the new moon and the announcement your community follows. The last ten nights begin from Maghrib on 27 February, Laylat al-Qadr being sought on the odd nights that open on 27 February, 1, 3, 5 and 7 March and the 27th night falling on the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. The final fast should fall on 8 or 9 March 2027, and Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. Sehri and Iftar times across Venezuela are collected via the Ramadan 2027 timetables by city, and Fitrana must be paid before the Eid prayer.
A resident of Venezuela holding VES 74,474 held as cash and savings , roughly 3.4 times the silver Nisab, and no debts due. It has passed the Nisab and sat for a full lunar year, so 2.5% is due: VES 1,862. If the same saver also held gold, business stock or foreign currency, those values would be added in VES first and the 2.5% applied to the combined net total.
On reference prices, the gold Nisab is VES 244,011 for 87.48 grams of gold and the silver threshold is VES 21,904 (612.36 grams of silver). Behind those figures sit a gold gram at VES 2,789 and VES 36 for silver in Venezuela, at 36.5 VES per US dollar. Both metals trade daily, so check the live calculator for the binding figure on your due date; and most scholars test cash against the silver figure.
For Venezuela, the money of the calculation is VES — the Venezuelan bolivar. Wealth held in other currencies is brought into VES at the rate of your Zakat due date and added to the total before the Nisab test — a balance kept in Colombia, for example, enters at its VES value on that date, not at the rate from when it was earned. What travels is the method, not the money: 2.5% of net zakatable wealth above the Nisab, after one full lunar year.
Work in VES throughout: cash and savings, metals priced today, stock bought for resale, investments and money owed to you. Take off the debts due now, and test what remains against the Nisab — VES 21,904 on the silver standard, or VES 244,011 on the gold standard. If it reaches the Nisab and a lunar year has passed, pay 2.5% of the net total to eligible recipients — the worked example on this page turns VES 74,474 of net savings into VES 1,862 of Zakat.
There is no single ZakatSuite rate for Venezuela: Fitrana is one sa' of the local staple — roughly 2–3 kilograms of wheat, flour, rice or dates — per person. Scholars in Venezuela announce the VES rate each Ramadan, and community announcements there are commonly made in Spanish. Every household member counts, children included, and deliver it before the Eid prayer. The Fitrana calculator on this site multiplies the announced local rate by your household size.
Venezuela is listed in the Americas region, and its community languages are recorded as Spanish. Its two-letter code is VE — and the short version of this page is at zakatsuite.com/ve. Every one of the 209 tools accepts Venezuela with VES, with PDF reports for the record.