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

Health

be 31.0% less likely to be obese

In Jordan, 35.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Belarus, that number is 24.5% of people as of 2016.

live 1.7 years less

In Jordan, the average life expectancy is 76 years (75 years for men, 78 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 2.9 times more money

Jordan has a GDP per capita of $9,400 as of 2023, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $27,700 as of 2023.

be 80.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Jordan, 17.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Belarus, that number is 3.6% as of 2023.

be 69.4% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Jordan, 15.7% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Belarus, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.

pay a 35.0% lower top tax rate

Jordan has a top tax rate of 20.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

Life

be 97.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Jordan, approximately 41.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Belarus, 1.0 women do as of 2020.

be 76.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Jordan, approximately 13.9 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 62.6% fewer children

In Jordan, there are approximately 22.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Belarus, there are 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 14.7% less on healthcare

Jordan spends 7.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Belarus, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 46.9% more on education

Jordan spends 3.2% 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: Jordan Tax Service, The World Factbook, 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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