Belarus
Region Europe & Central AsiaIncome Upper middle incomeCapital MinskISO3 BLR
Human development
0.824
HDI, 0–1 scale
GDP per capita
29,666.2PPP $
2021 international $
Life expectancy
74.4yrs
At birth
Governance
38.6/100
Avg. of six WGI
Governance
Control of Corruption
- Control of Corruption36.2Ranked 137th▲ 7· 2024
- Government Effectiveness37.7Ranked 153rd▲ 6· 2024
- Political Stability & Absence of Violence59.4Ranked 134th▼ 8· 2024
- Rule of Law35.8Ranked 183rd▼ 1· 2024
- Regulatory Quality35.4Ranked 182nd▲ 2· 2024
- Voice & Accountability27.3Ranked 192nd▼ 2· 2024
- Military spending2.1%Ranked 51st▲ 2· 2024
- Women in parliament33.9%Ranked 48th▼ 1· 2025
- V-Dem electoral democracy0.16Ranked 132nd▼ 10· 2025
- V-Dem liberal democracy0.04Ranked 149th▼ 3· 2025
- Human rights index (V-Dem)0.22Ranked 137th▲ 3· 2025
- Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0.22Ranked 137th▲ 3· 2025
- Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0.03Ranked 149th▲ 3· 2025
- Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0.05Ranked 140th▼ 8· 2025
- Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0.03Ranked 150th▼ 2· 2025
- Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0.23Ranked 100th▲ 6· 2025
- Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0.66Ranked 100th▲ 7· 2025
- Rule of law index (V-Dem)0.12Ranked 141st▼ 7· 2025
Economy
World Bank (WDI)CC BY 4.0updated 2027Our World in DataCC BY 4.0updated 2027UNDP (HDRO)CC BY 3.0 IGOupdated 2027
GDP
- GDP93.4BRanked 79th▼ 4· 2025
- GDP per capita, PPP29,666.2Ranked 63rd▼ 7· 2025
- GDP growth1.3%Ranked 151st▲ 92· 2025
- Inflation6.6%Ranked 136th▼ 1· 2025
- Unemployment3.4%Ranked 54th▼ 1· 2025
- Trade openness112.1%Ranked 36th▼ 2· 2025
- FDI net inflows1.7%Ranked 52nd▼ 55· 2025
- Tax revenue13%Ranked 68th▼ 19· 2024
- Current account balance-1.9%Ranked 55th▼ 38· 2025
- Gross savings25.5%Ranked 26th▼ 26· 2025
- Gross capital formation27.1%Ranked 34th▼ 22· 2025
- Government expenditure28.5%Ranked 39th▼ 16· 2023
- External debt stocks46.1%Ranked 63rd▼ 8· 2024
- Personal remittances received2.5%Ranked 43rd▼ 33· 2025
- R&D expenditure0.59%Ranked 8th▼ 42· 2024
- Researchers in R&D1,567.8Ranked 10th▼ 35· 2024
- High-technology exports6%Ranked 83rd▼ 10· 2021
- Youth unemployment9.2%Ranked 61st▼ 16· 2025
- Agricultural employment9.5%Ranked 108th▲ 1· 2025
- Vulnerable employment6.3%Ranked 17th—· 2025
- Agriculture value added6.9%Ranked 77th▼ 13· 2025
- Industry value added31.6%Ranked 39th▼ 9· 2025
- GDP per capita (nominal)10,279.3Ranked 83rd▼ 13· 2025
- Annual working hours per worker1,874.8Ranked 76th—· 2023
- GNI per capita (PPP)26,724.9Ranked 66th—· 2023
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)3.1%Ranked 45th▼ 7· 2027
- Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)7.8%Ranked 49th▼ 4· 2027
- Labour force participation rate61.7%Ranked 90th▲ 2· 2027
- Employment-to-population ratio59.8%Ranked 72nd▲ 3· 2027
- Capital stock per worker131,552.7Ranked 89th▼ 2· 2019
Life expectancy
- Life expectancy74.4Ranked 114th▲ 2· 2024
- Infant mortality1.8Ranked 3rd▼ 1· 2024
- Maternal mortality1Ranked 1st—· 2023
- Health spending7.1%Ranked 82nd▼ 13· 2023
- Physicians4.7Ranked 6th▼ 5· 2023
- Basic sanitation access99.7%Ranked 13th▼ 2· 2024
- Basic drinking water access99.9%Ranked 25th▼ 3· 2024
- Undernourishment2.5%Ranked 1st—· 2023
- Measles immunization98%Ranked 2nd▼ 1· 2024
- Tuberculosis incidence17Ranked 51st▼ 2· 2024
- Road traffic deaths7.6Ranked 28th▼ 3· 2019
- Suicide mortality rate15.6Ranked 154th▲ 3· 2021
- Smoking prevalence29.2%Ranked 108th▲ 2· 2024
- PM2.5 air pollution exposure12Ranked 60th▲ 8· 2023
- Child mortality0.23Ranked 4th▼ 1· 2024
- Daily caloric supply per capita3,396.3Ranked 36th▲ 5· 2023
- Stunting prevalence (under 5)1.2%Ranked 2nd—· 2023
- Wasting prevalence (under 5)1.3%Ranked 4th▼ 1· 2023
- Overweight prevalence (under 5)3%Ranked 4th▼ 5· 2023
- DTP3 immunization coverage98%Ranked 2nd—· 2024
- Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage98%Ranked 2nd▼ 1· 2024
- Under-5 mortality rate2.3Ranked 5th▼ 3· 2024
Education
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Secondary enrollment
- Secondary enrollment94.8%Ranked 51st▼ 9· 2024
- Education spending5%Ranked 15th▼ 18· 2024
- Adult literacy99.9%Ranked 3rd▼ 1· 2019
- Primary enrollment96.8%Ranked 88th▼ 34· 2024
- Tertiary enrollment70.1%Ranked 29th▼ 12· 2024
- Primary completion rate95.8%Ranked 53rd▼ 24· 2024
- Expected years of schooling13.7Ranked 93rd▲ 5· 2023
- Mean years of schooling12.3Ranked 38th—· 2023
Demography
World Bank (WDI)CC BY 4.0updated 2050
Population
- Population9.09MRanked 99th▲ 1· 2025
- Population growth-0.51%Ranked 200th▼ 2· 2025
- Urban population79.5%Ranked 49th▼ 2· 2025
- Fertility rate1.2Ranked 181st▲ 1· 2024
- Crude birth rate7Ranked 187th▼ 3· 2024
- Median age of population40.5Ranked 42nd—· 2023
- Total age dependency ratio50.9Ranked 144th▼ 7· 2023
- Net migration rate-0.33Ranked 118th▼ 20· 2023
- Projected population in 2050 (medium)7,453.5Ranked 114th· 2050
- Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)79Ranked 111th· 2050
Electricity access
- Electricity access100%Ranked 1st—· 2024
- Renewable energy share8.2%Ranked 137th▼ 4· 2021
- Forest area43.4%Ranked 65th▼ 1· 2023
- Electric power consumption4,197.7Ranked 55th▼ 1· 2023
- CO₂ per capita6.2Ranked 48th▼ 1· 2024
- CO₂ emissions55.82MRanked 54th—· 2024
- Renewable electricity4.8%Ranked 82nd▼ 81· 2025
- Electricity from coal0.04%Ranked 3rd▲ 1· 2025
- Electricity from solar0%Ranked 86th▼ 51· 2025
- Electricity from wind0.89%Ranked 67th▼ 21· 2025
- Electricity from hydro1.8%Ranked 72nd▼ 56· 2025
- Power-sector CO2 intensity312.5Ranked 43rd▼ 27· 2025
- Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCF-14Ranked 1st—· 2023
- GHG emissions per capita-1.5Ranked 1st—· 2023
Deaths in armed conflicts
- Deaths in armed conflicts0Ranked 1st—· 2025
- INFORM risk score2.6Ranked 15th· 2026
- Hazard & exposure2.6Ranked 21st· 2026
- Vulnerability2.2Ranked 11th· 2026
- Lack of coping capacity3.1Ranked 23rd· 2026
- Natural hazard & exposure1.9Ranked 7th· 2026
- Human hazard & exposure3.3Ranked 28th· 2026
- Socio-economic vulnerability1.1Ranked 12th· 2026
- Vulnerable groups3.2Ranked 27th· 2026
- Lack of institutional coping capacity5Ranked 29th· 2026
- Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0.6Ranked 3rd· 2026
Society
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Gini index
- Gini index24.4Ranked 3rd—· 2020
- Extreme poverty0%Ranked 1st—· 2020
- Internet users94.3%Ranked 32nd▼ 8· 2024
- Homicide rate2.4Ranked 67th▲ 3· 2019
- Female labor participation56.8%Ranked 66th▲ 2· 2025
- Fixed broadband subscriptions36.3Ranked 33rd▼ 3· 2024
- Life satisfaction5.8Ranked 64th▼ 8· 2021
- Human Development Index0.82Ranked 51st▼ 1· 2023
- Gender Inequality Index0.08Ranked 25th▼ 1· 2023
- Gender Development Index1Ranked 18th▼ 5· 2023
- Inequality-adjusted HDI0.77Ranked 34th—· 2023
- Youth NEET rate6.3%Ranked 13th—· 2027
- Poverty headcount at $2.15/day0Ranked 1st—· 2026
- Poverty headcount at $3.65/day0Ranked 1st—· 2026
- Poverty headcount at $6.85/day0Ranked 22nd▼ 1· 2026
- Poverty gap at $2.15/day0Ranked 1st—· 2026
- Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)40,794Ranked 70th▲ 3· 2025
- Refugees originating (by country of origin)19,462Ranked 129th▲ 1· 2025
- Asylum seekers8,119Ranked 116th▼ 12· 2025