Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 1.5 years less

In Lithuania, the average life expectancy is 76 years (70 years for men, 81 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 48.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Lithuania, 7.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Belarus, that number is 3.6% as of 2023.

be 77.0% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Lithuania, 20.9% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Belarus, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.

pay a 13.3% lower top tax rate

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

make 40.0% less money

Lithuania has a GDP per capita of $46,200 as of 2023, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $27,700 as of 2023.

Life

be 88.9% less likely to die during childbirth

In Lithuania, approximately 9.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Belarus, 1.0 women do as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 13.1% less likely to have internet access

In Lithuania, approximately 97.8% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Belarus, about 85.0% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 14.7% less on healthcare

Lithuania 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 17.5% more on education

Lithuania spends 4.0% 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, State Tax Inspectorate, 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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