Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Belarus instead of Hong Kong, you would:

Health

live 9.3 years less

In Hong Kong, the average life expectancy is 84 years (81 years for men, 86 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 75.9% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Hong Kong, 19.9% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Belarus, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.

pay a 13.3% lower top tax rate

Hong Kong has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

make 57.0% less money

Hong Kong has a GDP per capita of $64,400 as of 2023, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $27,700 as of 2023.

Life

be 28.2% more likely to die during infancy

In Hong Kong, approximately 2.5 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.

Expenditures

spend 17.5% more on education

Hong Kong spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. 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, Inland Revenue Department, Hong Kong.

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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