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Belarus

At a glance

  • Belarus has a population of about 9.1M; its total GDP of $93.4B ranks #79 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 208,086 km² is about 1.1× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Renewable electricity share stands out most against the median: 3.1% — rank #152 of 169 countries with data.

Belarus: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 9.1M (2025) #99 / 169 median 11.5M · 79%
Population growth -0.5% (2025) #161 / 169 N/A
Urban population share 79.5% (2025) #40 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.2×
Population aged 65+ 18.3% (2025) #37 / 169 median 7.4% · 2.5×
Fertility rate 1.2 (2024) #156 / 169 median 2.1 · 58%
Birth rate 7.0‰ (2024) #158 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 44%
Death rate 13.1‰ (2024) #10 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.8×
Net migration -3K (2025) #82 / 169 N/A
Surface area 208,086 km² #86 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 1.1×
Population density derived 43.7/km² (2025) #116 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 60%
Economy
GDP (total) $93.4B (2025) #79 / 168 median $80.7B · 1.2×
GDP per capita $10,279 (2025) #68 / 168 median $6,834 · 1.5×
GNI per capita $9,160 (2025) #68 / 168 median $6,350 · 1.4×
GDP growth (annual) 1.3% (2025) #129 / 168 median 3.1% · 42%
Inflation rate 6.6% (2025) #38 / 162 median 3.3% · 2.0×
Unemployment rate 3.4% (2025) #120 / 168 median 5.1% · 66%
Gini index 24.4 (2020) #152 / 153 median 35.3 · 69%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.0% (2020) #142 / 153 N/A
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 55.1% (2025) #32 / 163 median 35.0% · 1.6×
Imports share of GDP 57.0% (2025) #41 / 163 median 40.2% · 1.4×
Agriculture share of GDP 6.9% (2025) #86 / 168 median 7.2% · 96%
Manufacturing share of GDP 20.5% (2025) #15 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.8×
International tourist arrivals 3.6M (2020) #45 / 162 median 1.1M · 3.2×
Tourism receipts $542M (2020) #92 / 165 median $705M · 77%
Health & education
Life expectancy 74.4 years (2024) #82 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.0×
Infant mortality 1.8‰ (2024) #163 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 14%
Under-five mortality 2.3‰ (2024) #163 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 15%
DPT immunization 98.0% (2024) #13 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Hospital beds 9.8 per 1,000 (2023) #5 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 4.8×
Health spending share of GDP 7.1% (2023) #73 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.1×
Secondary school enrollment 94.8% (2024) #65 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Education spending share of GDP 5.0% (2024) #52 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.2×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.824 (2023) #55 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.1×
Internet users 94.3% (2024) #26 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.2×
Mobile subscriptions 131.1 per 100 (2024) #43 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.1×
Fixed broadband 36.3 per 100 (2024) #29 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 3.0×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #8 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 5.9 t (2024) #38 / 165 median 2.6 t · 2.2×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 54.2 Mt (2024) #54 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 2.5×
Renewable electricity share 3.1% (2021) #152 / 169 median 34.1% · 9%
Renewable energy consumption 8.2% (2021) #142 / 169 median 26.9% · 30%
Forest area 43.4% (2023) #51 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.3×
Agricultural land 39.6% (2023) #88 / 169 median 41.7% · 95%
Arable land 27.4% (2023) #31 / 168 median 11.0% · 2.5×
PM2.5 exposure 12.0 µg/m³ (2023) #135 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 61%
Military spending 2.1% (2024) #59 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.1×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Belarus's true-shape outline

Belarus's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 208,086 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).