Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

be 60.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Greenland, 9.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Belarus, that number is 3.6% as of 2023.

be 70.4% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Greenland, 16.2% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Belarus, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.

make 59.3% less money

Greenland has a GDP per capita of $68,100 as of 2021, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $27,700 as of 2023.

Life

be 62.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Greenland, approximately 8.8 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 38.5% fewer children

In Greenland, there are approximately 13.5 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 22.3% more likely to have internet access

In Greenland, approximately 69.5% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Belarus, about 85.0% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 53.9% less on education

Greenland spends 10.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. 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.

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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