If you lived in Belarus instead of El Salvador, you would:

Health

live 1.1 years less

In El Salvador, the average life expectancy is 75 years (72 years for men, 79 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

make 2.5 times more money

El Salvador has a GDP per capita of $11,300 as of 2023, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $27,700 as of 2023.

be 82.0% less likely to live below the poverty line

In El Salvador, 26.6% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Belarus, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.

pay a 56.7% lower top tax rate

El Salvador has a top tax rate of 30.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

be 29.3% more likely to be unemployed

In El Salvador, 2.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Belarus, that number is 3.6% as of 2023.

Life

be 97.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In El Salvador, approximately 43.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Belarus, 1.0 women do as of 2020.

be 12.1% more likely to be literate

In El Salvador, the literacy rate is 89.1% as of 2019. In Belarus, it is 99.9% as of 2019.

be 73.1% less likely to die during infancy

In El Salvador, 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 51.5% fewer children

In El Salvador, there are approximately 17.1 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 34.9% more likely to have internet access

In El Salvador, approximately 63.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Belarus, about 85.0% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 35.4% less on healthcare

El Salvador spends 9.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Belarus, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 14.6% more on education

El Salvador spends 4.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. 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 of Finance, Ministry for Taxes and Levies of the Republic of Belarus.

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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