Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 7.2 years less

In Germany, the average life expectancy is 82 years (79 years for men, 84 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 67.6% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Germany, 14.8% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Belarus, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.

pay a 72.6% lower top tax rate

Germany has a top tax rate of 47.5% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

make 55.3% less money

Germany has a GDP per capita of $61,900 as of 2023, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $27,700 as of 2023.

be 17.0% more likely to be unemployed

In Germany, 3.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Belarus, that number is 3.6% as of 2023.

Life

be 75.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Germany, approximately 4.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Belarus, 1.0 women do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 50.0% less on healthcare

Germany spends 12.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Belarus, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt), 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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