Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Belarus instead of Aruba, you would:

Health

live 3.7 years less

In Aruba, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022. In Belarus, that number is 74 years (69 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 53.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Aruba, 7.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2016. In Belarus, that number is 3.6% as of 2023.

pay a 78.0% lower top tax rate

Aruba has a top tax rate of 59.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

make 32.9% less money

Aruba has a GDP per capita of $41,300 as of 2022, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $27,700 as of 2023.

Life

be 73.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Aruba, approximately 12.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Belarus, on the other hand, 3.3 children do as of 2022.

have 28.4% fewer children

In Aruba, there are approximately 11.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Belarus, there are 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 12.4% less likely to have internet access

In Aruba, approximately 97.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Belarus, about 85.0% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 24.2% less on education

Aruba spends 6.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Belarus spends 4.7% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry for Taxes and Levies of the Republic of Belarus, Ministerio di Finansas, Comunicacion, Utilidad y Energia.

Belarus: At a glance

Belarus is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 202,900 sq km. After seven decades as a constituent republic of the USSR, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than have any of the other former Soviet republics. Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a two-state union on 8 December 1999 envisioning greater political and economic integration. Although Belarus agreed to a framework to carry out the accord, serious implementation has yet to take place. Since his election in July 1994 as the country's first directly elected president, Aleksandr LUKASHENKO has steadily consolidated his power through authoritarian means and a centralized economic system. Government restrictions on freedom of speech and the press, peaceful assembly, and religion remain in place.
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